Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle


... Because with this function, BIAB can produce a song project consisting of dozens of instruments across dozens of tracks in a single digital audio render.

Prior to having Utility Tracks, audio files had to either be imported or recorded onto the Audio Track and then the audio recorded onto the Audio Track could be converted to a Artist Performance File and moved to any one of the other six original BIAB Legacy Tracks (Bass, Piano, Guitar, Strings, Melody, and Soloist). I believe the Drums Track could be used but wasn't recommended because of peculiarities of drum specific functions on that track.

The capability to record audio into BIAB has been available since around 2014/15 for both MAC and Windows versions. Combined with the Artist Performance File feature and the RealTrack Medley Maker, it adapted the BIAB program into a digital multi track recorder and eliminated the 8 track output limitation. Today, BIAB is a very robust multi track recorder capable of creating complex mixes and arrangements totally within the program, easier and faster than what it takes digital multi track, stand alone hardware units from Tascam, Zoom, Roland, Alesis and other brands to do.

Just using BIAB, Vocals, multiple backing vocals, instrument solos, instrument backing tracks, midi instruments, SuperMidi, RealTracks and complex sub-mixes can be produced in a single BIAB song project. Artist Performance Files and now, Utility Tracks, provide the ability to mix multiple different Styles, Midi, SuperMidi, RealTracks and recorded Audio together and reside on a single track together.


Wow thanks very much for this explanation Charlie.
Although I don't understand all of the features yet that you have described, I can see how rich BIAB now is and has become in the past few years.

I was aware of RealBand as an additional tool available to BIAB users (never used it) but now see that BIAB has integrated some/many of RealBand features directly into BIAB.

Perhaps if I have some spare time to experiment in the future,
I will try to record audio (guitar) into a BIAB song and see what can be done.

My go-to method of creating a song up until now has been to get the backing tracks sounding good in BIAB, then rendering .wav files for them and importing them into Reaper and then adding my guitar parts there.

A BIAB user for more than 30 years (if you can believe it) !