This is something I discovered many years ago. When I realized that every time I generated a real track, it always came out different. This was especially evident in the solos. Not so much the rhythm tracks. But that variation in the solo tracks seemed like something useful. I remember when I learned that the real tracks are completely generated from scratch every time. I had a really cool track and didn't freeze it before I turned the machine off and the next day, when I came back to that project, needless to say, that particular track was totally different. I tried for a good hour to regenerate it but.... nope.... Lesson learned. If you get something you like, save it by freezing, or export it.

In one of my projects I had used one of the Brent Mason solo tracks but it didn't come out "complete" or should I say, the way I really wanted it. A few wanky/weak places in the track. So I used the same exact real track and generated it a total of 5 or 6 times. I took the time to put each one in a different track in my DAW.... then it was a simple process of figuring which track to start, and then select each phrase of the solo, phrase by phrase, track by track. See what works and what doesn't. On 20 second solo, this is a fairly easy job to do, using volume envelopes in the tracks to get the exact parts I needed. No more wonky or weak sections.

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