Hi Jim.

You probably know this already. I apologise if that's the situation. Just in case you don't, though...

For various reasons that still exist today, there have been many times over the years that I have required BIAB to fully generate the Realtracks/Realdrums before they started playing. This can be achieved, but not exactly in the way that you would like. Maybe it will do the job that you're after, though. When Realtracks/Realdrums were starting to grow very popular (many years ago), PG Music included this option to accommodate slower computers.

  • There is a setting in Realtrack Preferences (Options >> Preferences >> Realtracks) called "Speed up generation of Realtracks".


What this setting does is that it forces BIAB to generate the tracks fully before playback starts. So if you activate this option, when you hear playback start, you can be assured that Realtrack/Realdrum generations are complete. (This is the same process that Realband uses.)

As you have pointed out, BIAB's normal process involves starting playback when RT/RD generations are only partially done. BIAB then continues generating the tracks in the background while playback occurs. For modern computers, handling generation and playback at the same time is not a problem. For older computers, though, they can struggle.

  • The "Options >> Preferences >> Realtracks" option is the global override and if you set it here, every song will generate fully before playback starts.

  • If you only want to engage full generation before playback starts on a song-by-song basis, then it can be activated using "Song Settings" and selecting "This song has playback problems, disable Fast Generation." This setting saves with each song.


I hope this is useful information for you and that it helps.
--Noel


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