I guess I will title this problem: Oh why, oh why, oh why

Here is what I have. See if you can duplicate it and is there a work around.

The synopsis of this is that I do not want a drum beat on measures 1a and 2a. They need to start on 3a.

This problem presents itself on every style I have tried with RealTracks so far, about 15 of them, however I will use _CORDIAL.STY as an example.

1. Load the style _CORDIAL.STY Cordial Bouncy EZ Jazz
2. Load the associated DEMO SONG
3. Now go in and replace the 1st chord (G) with a G...b at measure 1a
4. Replace the 2nd chord (G#dim) with a G#dim...b at measure 2a
5. Go to measure 1a and press F5 and MUTE the drum track on measure 1A
6. Go to measure 3a and press F5 and BACK TO NORMAL the drum track on measure 3A

When you generate the song, it will play perfectly as I want it do play. Hold the chord when starting, keep the bass playing and kill the drum beat on measures 1a & 2a. Everything returns to normal in measure 3a

HOWEVER, the audible count-in also gets muted if the drums are muted in measure 1. The visual count-in is OK.

If I DON'T mute the drum in 1a & 3a,I get a nasty drum hit, which I don't want at all. I know I can just cut the drum hit out in the DAW but I would like to know why the count-in goes away in this scenario.

If I don't mute the drums in measure 1a, I get the drum hit in measure 1a, which I don't want - but the count in works fine.

If I mute the drums in measure 1a, the drum hit is muted, which I want, but the count-in is also muted which I need.

Thoughts other then editing in the DAW?

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