Originally Posted By: Hugh2

......if im happy with the outcome of how the realtrack plays is the quality up to professional recording standard?(the track being mixed and mastered professionally being a given along with good computer systems etc)

Hugh


Essentially, the answer is YES.

I've had people ask me, more than one time, "who's playing that instrument?" It sounds that real. It's that good, and the person asking also played that same instrument. One guy, a studio engineer, commented on one of my fiddle parts stating that he could "hear the rosin on the bow and strings". When I tell them its a "real track" they are blown away and often reply... "A computer did that?"... yep, a computer put that part together for me.

As far as I'm concerned, there's a very small but almost negligible difference between the Real Track and tracks that would be professionally recorded in a specific recording session with professional players. Live tracks from a professional studio can sound a bit cleaner or clearer, if you will. This comes from a number of things but as time goes on, I'm hearing some really nice, clean RT's coming out as PG improved things on their end.

So 99% of my stuff is either me recording the track parts live.... Piano, bass, guitars: both electric and acoustic, mandolin.... I use a mic and track those instruments... (piano and bass are midi with samples)

BUT.... in many of those songs, I'm using the Real Track parts for the bass, piano, and drums as well.

In fact... concerning the quality.... suffice it to say, that for most home recording enthusiasts, it's easier to use a REAL TRACK for say.... acoustic guitar and have it sound better than anything they could record at home...the quality is just plain good straight out of the box. (no pun intended) I have since learned how to get a good quality capture on acoustic and even the electric guitar, but when I was first getting started, the RT's were my "go to" resource for acoustic guitar tracks.

I have dozens of my BB/RB/RT songs placed with publishers and libraries and several have been cut into some reality TV shows and documentary made for TV films. So the quality is there. I'm not the only composer/writer who is doing this and placing songs in this manner.

For someone who has a limited budget... the really good studio cats cost big bucks.... Real Band and the RT's are the way to go.

Keep a few things in mind. Try to keep the tempo and the KEY as close as possible to the original key of the RT. You can go to the RT folder and find the track/style and listen to the raw wave to determine the key. This way, you don't end up with the artifacts that come from the time and pitch changes. I've had some of the piano parts in some of my early work sound so bad, I had to use plan "B" as a result. The judicious use of EQ and compression and reverb will also help to make the RT's "pop" a bit. IMHO, some are a bit subdued sounding and need a touch of spice.

The Real Tracks can sound as good if not better than tracks recorded in your studio. Remember, they were recorded in a professional studio by some of the best musicians in the world. IMHO... the secret to getting the most from those RT's is to use a good DAW, learn about music production, and practice, practice, practice your mixing skills. The more you mix and experiment and get feedback on what you're doing, the better you will get with time.

Click on my link at the bottom of this post and listen to the music I'm creating. There are several songs where the mix is 100% BB/with RT's. I rarely if ever use midi from BB. If there's midi in the song, it's me playing the part with a good sampled synth. One user here thought my studio was a big professional setup with the best live players until he found out how I did this and now.... well, he's a regular user here as well.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 10/11/16 02:52 AM.
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