I use BIAB to make jazz numbers, using the (wonderful) jazz bass & piano Real Tracks and Real Drums. (I don't use midi at all).

I make the BIAB SGU files on a good recent Dell Latitude; render the SGUs to WAV files (with the maximum allowable +30db volume increase), then convert the WAV files to MP3's at 192bps.

The quality of the resulting MP3 tracks is pretty good. My first question is: is there anything I can do to make the quality even better ?

My second question is: I spend a lot of time mixing - ie getting the volume balance between the three instruments right. Is there any benefit in doing that in Real Band, rather than BIAB ? Are there any other clever tricks for mixing I should know about ?

Many Thanks for your help.