To add to this you don't need to even worry about styles when it comes to Real Tracks. They are not styles at all like midi styles are. An RT "style" is simply a collection of RT's that sounds like they could fit one style or another. They are really just suggestions. Unlike midi styles where you actually write out the midi parts as notation, RT's are prerecorded so there is really zero "style" information written.

What I've done when I'm not sure what's going to fit with what is start with an all midi style. Any style, it doesn't matter. You still set the tempo and time sig in your song. Right click on any instrument like bass for example. You go into the RT picker and like Charlie said filter for bass, country or whatever, tempo etc and start auditioning them, pick one and that's it. Go to the next instrument and do the same. What have you done? You're creating your own brand new RT style. You can even save it as a style if you want. Since the project was already created using a midi style, whatever instrument track you may want as midi is already set up as midi.


Now here's where I'll differ a bit from a workflow point of view. Saving part of your song as an audio file then importing it back onto the Audio track so you can create more tracks is too much for me. I'll start the whole song from scratch in Real Band. You have the same style selections, the same RT's and RD's and most importantly the same chord grid. Set up the chords exactly the same as Biab, select the style and what do you get? The exact same song you would have if you started it with Biab. What do you also get? 48 tracks to experiment with, adding as many other midi or RT parts as you want. You can change the chord grid to give you different slash bass chords, or different chord subs, or add part markers for drum fills. RB is a DAW so you're not messing with freezing tracks. As a DAW each track stands on it's own anyway. It's like you recorded a guitar on track one and decided to record a variation of it on track two. What does that have to do with track one? Nothing.

All you have to do is remember to check the box saying "Make all Biab tracks regular tracks". Then you can keep generating more tracks until you've used up all 48 if you have a need for that many tracks. You never change the ones already generated unless you want to. Remember EACH TRACK can use a different chord grid, a different style, can be audio or MIDI. Imho, who really needs Biab other than simply to audition a basic style with your initial chords? But once you want to go beyond that, time to move the song to RB.

Now to really add to the confusion the new VST can potentially do the same thing but in your DAW of choice. It's still early yet, the VST is getting it's kinks ironed out but it seems to me it could make RB redundant assuming you already prefer another DAW. If you don't then you get RB included for free so it can be your DAW.

Bob

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