jazzmammal,

Thank you for your informative response regarding Real Band. I must admit that I am a total novice when it comes to Real Band. I never really got into it. From what I can understand from your post, it sounds like its a part of BIAB that warrants some time investment to get to know. It sounds like Real Band can save a lot of time "composing" solo parts to match an existing Real Style.

Since the available "soloists" are quite limited, I'll be writing solos using bits and pieces from where ever I can find the "Pieces". When something is written in this manner, the finished composition will still have to be played by a studio musician to record the finished solo.

When recording a solo, a passage or the entire instrument part for a song, its rare that I encounter a musician who can "play through" without error. Typical level of "musicianship" of a session player for a typical demo studio usually requires a number of takes. I just have to make sure I have enough "good parts" that I can comp a finished track later. After the "parts" are recorded, I would export each "good part" as a WAV file to be edited in Ableton. Once in Ableton, it has a feature that allows me to edit each WAV file to quantize a each beat point of an audio file. Once all the pieces are quantized, I can comp the finished solo in Ableton. Then its just a matter of exporting to the DAW for mixing. Therefore, all the import / export process I mentioned previously is in regards to the required process for completion after the tracking session is finished.

As much I dislike reading manual, you gave me enough incentive to go through the Real Band manual. I just did not get around to doing that because BIAB seemed to be doing what I needed. Now I have the incentive to explore into Real Band.

Thanks for your help.
Ed Layola

www.pointconceptionstudio.com