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<< 1. Demo song "Guitar, Electric, Soloist RockBalladBrent Ev 065 #1167 solo.wma" was not generated by BiaB, but was manually chopped and put together by PG Music staff member. >>

That may or may not be the case. The screenshot doesn't show evidence to how the demo was generated, only that the audio clips exist in that RT data file.

This issue was resolved years before 2023 and I'm unaware if you visited the forum regularly before 2023.

There were far less RealTracks and RT data years ago and there was a common issue with tracks generating abrupt and cut off intro's and endings.

This was due to how users edited tracks. Bar Settings (F5) was the overwhelming choice to mute and change instruments, particularly when a song used two or more soloists. In other words, manually chopped and put together by users rather than generated by BIAB.

I had discovered RT#1152-Silence RealTrack and found that it eliminated these abrupt intros and endings. I shared this information in a forum post and a PG Music staffer later posted in that thread that using RT#1152 was the preferred and a better method for changing soloists because that RT was designed for the BIAB algorithm to 'read ahead' and 'see' the forthcoming change and 'seeing' this would prompt the algorithm to select different ending and intro material.

So, to recap, this method prompts BIAB algorithm to create a 'Smooth Transition'. Evidently, the algorithm does exist.

The reason this is better is because it prompts the algorithm to select different audio than may normally be selected if the algorithm is unaware of a forthcoming change in a soloist. The algorithm interprets RT#1152 as a different and unique RealTrack to be the same as every other RealTrack.

Whereas using Bar Settings, the user is working with generated music that didn't account for the soloist change. Doing post generation editing like a DAW operates.

<< 2. Performance track "eg4800.wma" was first chop off with the first 16 bars (excluding the 2 bars lead-in), and then combined with the last 4 bars ending, to make a demo song. >>

Correct. But there's no evidence whether the editing was done by a staffer manually or generated by BIAB. Two takeaways.

a) eg4800.wma is not a Performance Track. It is a RealTrack data file for RT#1167. The two are not the same.

b) I agree that the 1:15 clip used for RT#1167 is also the demo for that track and it may also appear in an actual performance by Brent Mason in an actual Artist Performance Set but in either case, the clip was included in the RT data file and all indications are it was recorded at the same time as the remainder of that RT data file not a clip extracted from an Artist Performance Set.


<< 3. Don't use Audacity. Use a DAW. Set to bpm 65. Chop it yourself. Listen to both tracks together, and you will see. >>

I didn't analyze anything in Audacity. That screenshot is for display only.

I analyzed and generated tracks in BIAB. I analyzed the audio using the Audio Chord Wizard for the Chords, key signature, and tempo which automatically populated the Chord Chart. I converted the solo recording into an Artist Performance File and generated and played the solo over several different styles, keys, and tempos. And having the solo's notation and tabs available for study or to learn how to play that solo just like Brent.

Here's what PG Music states about the Brent Mason Artist Performance Set 4:
"Each of these electric guitar solos has notation which shows exactly what is being played by Brent Mason. This means you can use the amazing audio stretching features in Band-in-a-Box to slow down the audio with out changing the pitch and learn to play along with Brent Masons solos. Each song in Artist Performance set 4 has a solo that was specifically recorded for that song. "

Those specific solos are in the Artist Performance Track media. Just like midi, SuperMidi, Loops, or RealTracks, an Artist Performance Track is designed to work within the BIAB Mixer, Notation, Chord Chart, Piano Roll and all the other feature tools BIAB offers.

This also means you can take any Brent Mason solo from any SGU chart when Brent's RealTrack included notation. Saving that track as an Artist Performance Track also saves the integrated midi from that track's performance. This works with any artist, any style, any tempo, any key and any instrument that includes midi data for notation. You ever use this feature?

This is getting long. I'll post replies to the remaining points in another post.