Yes, force MIDI drums, as Milt just stated, does not mean interpret the RealDrums to MIDI; it simply means to use the MIDI drum patterns defined in the underlying MIDI style instead of the RealDrums file.

I'm glad you figured this out Milt. Lots of folks don't realize that RealTracks and RealDrums are merely audio substitutions that sit on top of the tracks defined in some underlying MIDI style. It doesn't matter what style it is, as the RealTracks generate using a completely different engine than the MIDI style uses. However, if you are using a RealStyle (with all RealTacks) and you force MIDI drums, you will quickly find out that the drum patterns used in the underlying style may have nothing to do with and may sound completely different from how the RealDrums (as well as RealTracks) sound.

That's just the way it works. PGMusic decided early on to use the existing style system as the framework upon which to overlay RealTracks, RealDrums, and ultimately RealStyles.

Clear as mud?

John

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