@justanoldmuso
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@jim....and any lurkers.

the problem is rb does things bb doesnt as to features and vice versa. Very true. The features in Band-in-a-Box and the features in RealBand complement each other. It is helpful for a user to be familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of both programs.
and thus imho the coders of both rb and bb need to update both bb and rb to establish commonality between both apps as this seems to cause confusion for new users.
jim...with respect actually the points you make re rb not doing certain things have never stopped me doing a song in rb. lots of ways to do things and alternatives.I did not say don't use RealBand. I said that not all the work Funkifized performed in Band-in-a-Box will accurately transfer to RealBand. I suggested one (of numerous) way he might accomplish what he wants to do.
for example with great respect i would far prefer to do audio and midi editing in rb than bb which is a dogs breakfast imho by comparison.
rb tracks view is king imho. plus in rb...its superior in handling imho odd time sigs
etc etc. while bb's advantage is speed of generation.
as i said plusses and minuses of each. True.

@rharv
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This is misleading...
In RB default a track is 'frozen' automatically. So, if I freeze a track in Band-in-a-Box and then drag the BiaB frozen track to RealBand the RealBand track does not regenerate?
Unless you specifically change it, it is for all intents and purposes froze Correct, RealBand only regenerates by user control. However, that is only after the initial generation is automatically performed.

/The exception is if you use RB in BiaB mode where it generates everything .. .
// why would someone do that? By using RealBand in Band-in-a-Box mode do you mean where the first eight RealBand tracks act as legacy Band-in-a-Box midi tracks? I'm not sure what you mean by BiaB mode in RealBand.

Last edited by Jim Fogle; 05/31/25 05:12 PM. Reason: typos.
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