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I wasn't aware that Realband could do part of the work of BIAB and was very surprised when trying it. A small part of the the job can be done in BIAB like entering the chords and generating the tracks using Realtracks.



For most projects Real Band does all of the functions of Biab. RB has the same chord grid as Biab so you can start your tune from scratch in RB by entering the chords. The one useful exception is generating a midi soloist. RB can't do that so you would have to create the soloist in Biab first, save it as a midi file and open that up in RB. Note this is only for the midi soloists, not the Real Track ones. RB handles all of the Real Tracks/Drums including the RT soloists. Also, RB is exactly the same as Power Tracks, there's nothing missing. What PG did was to add most of the Biab functions to it and called it Real Band. They even added the TC Helicon to RB if you have a recent copy of PT that includes that.
What RB really allows you to do is to create a midi/audio song either from scratch or from a source midi file, add live audio tracks to it like a vocal or live instrument and then add some Biab style tracks for extra flavor. Those style tracks can be created by first selecting a style, right clicking on a blank track and selecting the midi instrument you want. This can be very cool because you can create say a certain guitar or piano part just for that one track only and see how it sounds in the mix. Don't like it, delete it and try another style. Using this method, you may use several Biab styles on different tracks for different instruments to go with your prerecorded midi or audio tracks.
The more you learn about RB, the better you'll like it.

Bob

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