Hi, Ed -

RealBand lets you use a number of BIAB features directly from within RealBand (which you can't do with other DAWs). You can highlight a group of bars and set a BIAB style, and RB will generate the parts just like in BIAB, but with greater granularity. For example, I can generate a whole song, then just select a couple of bars to regenerate. RealBand also lets me use RealDrums and RealTracks (based on the chord grid which is very similar to the one in BIAB). RB doesn't do BIAB solos, but you can start in BIAB and bring one into RealBand from BIAB. RB will open existing BIAB files natively (but regenerates it). Plus you get a total of 48 MIDI or mono audio or stereo audio tracks. MIDI tracks can be assigned to different sound sources (unlike BIAB). If you happen to also have the latest version of PowerTracks (which is a lot like RealBand without the BIAB features), you can also use the TC-Helicon harmonizer (it's a licensing issue, which is why you need PowerTracks). RealBand also includes the Audio Chord Wizard, so you can generate both a chord progression, as well as a tempo map. I've taken some acoustic song recordings (that I ripped from CD) that didn't have drums and added RealDrums to it. With the chord progression, you can also add RealTracks solos or accompaniment, as well.

So, with RealBand, you can generate a BIAB accompaniment, add a vocal or two or three, some RealTracks, some Realdrums, play your guitar, add VST or DX effects to each track, use multiple supported DXi's or VSTi's, set the levels for each individual track, set the stereo pan for each individual track, convert MIDI tracks to audio tracks that can then have effects applied, easily copy/paste entire or parts of tracks to the same track or other tracks, etc, etc.

But RB is really designed for creating tracks you want to mix down to WAV or MP3. BIAB is better for auto-accompaniment or live performance. RB is ultimately going to give you a static performance each time.

But basically PGMusic took the best of PowerTracks (PGMusic's DAW) and BIAB and nicely merged those features into a single interface.

Plus 50 more new features.

Hope that helped a little.

John

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