Yep, what Noel said. RealBand responds to note based lyrics, not bar based lyrics. What I normally do is rather than enter syllables note-by-note in RealBand (or even BIAB for that matter) is to create the melody line and lyrics in my go-to notation program (Noteworthy Composer), export to MIDI, and then import from the MIDI file.

I like Noteworthy Composer for lyrics, because you don't have to enter them note by note as you do in many other notation programs (and as you have to do in RealBand or BIAB).

You just open the notation editor and type in the lyrics (with dashes where you want syllable breaks) and underlines when you need to skip non-tied notes. Quick and easy. Sometimes, I'll actually just copy/paste from a lyrics site, then edit it to add the dashes for syllable breaks. Much quicker than moving note-by-note and typing in syllables.

But that's just my work flow. I'm sure others have different ways of accomplishing it.

John

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