PG Music Home Forums General Discussion Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production ADVANTAGES OF REALBAND OVER PG's COMPETITION.

(note RB = realand.)
before someone asks, i decided to post this topic here in this forum, as i feel the readership is probably higher.

why did i decide to post this ?..

1.because yesterday useing rb i was reminded once again the tremendous power of rb, ...and because
2.reading the long contemporary modern pop songs thread elsewhere on these pg forums, i was left wondering if
modern pop song creators who are also users new to pg
possibly have not explored rb's power.
also because rb is included free..i wonder if some people are doing a great disservice to themselves by not bothering to delve into all its features, or i suspect even ever booting rb up.
3. most of the talk on these forums is mostly centered
around biab. biab this n that etc. thus i wonder if certain new users ever bother with rb.
a shame imho if they never use rb.

let me say on these forums there are more than a few long term rb users like moi. who realise how wonderfull rb is.
one leading user is rharv. and i dont profess to have his
understanding in depth of the product....ive just developed my own methods over the years.

so, LETS GET AT IT...THE CASE FOR REALBAND.RB
1. it has features you wont find in any daws that are
competitors to pg. even very high priced daw software.
(as far as i'm aware currently. correct me if i'm wrong.)
why ?..heres why ?
2. i invite anyone to open up rb, and go to traks view
and, if youve never done it, right clik on a trak with the mouse. as a result youll be presented with a big list of actions. now some might say its inelegent.
but please persevere..go to generate and youll see all sorts of audio and midi trak generation options.
i know of no other companies daw/multitrack software that has these generation and accompaniement features.
lets look further.
3. not only can you generate ad nauseum audio and midi traks. but, in addition you could plug in your favorite
third party sample player (see the contemporary long thread) with its huge data base of gigs and gigs of modern sampled sounds and generate traks that way.

eg just a very simple idea i sometimes perform.
i generate a midi trak useing the rb (or imported biab)
chord sheet, then, useing a plug in i can audition and generate tracks useing the sounds in the plug in triggered via midi. if youve become more comfortable
useing your daw youve used for years before coming to pg
you have up to 48 traks in rb you can generate, then export into your fav daw for example.

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in conclusion, ive only had time to touch on some of rb's deep features.
other long time rb users can add their own if they wish.

THE KEY to enjoying rb is really understanding all its features/menus/various views AND PARTICULARLY RIGHT CLIK OVER A TRAK....to expose the long list of actions/options.
let me say, dont discount rb, it does a lot of things pg's competition dont. which probably explains why some mac users would liker a mac version.
and to those contemporary song creators who want more
modern sound pictures in pg's products...just use a plug in sample player with a big data base of modern sound samples.

best to everyone.
i like realband old muso

ps.
what a HOOT. after i posted this i noticed pg have posted a new version of rb.
jeez i must have esp/be psychic. lol.
for those sceptics amongst us, please note i'm just an end user like every other pg user with no links to pg.