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hello
i got pt years ago when i purchased the pg music omnipak.
i havent used it for years but came across it recently,im currently on pt 12.
im just wondering if there is any need for it anymore.is there anything it can do more than realband.
im using bb614 with realband
thanks.
rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks.
win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz
64 bit hp envy
biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6.
running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.
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RealBand is PowerTracks with additional BIAB capabilities built in, and over the years, PowerTracks has even gained a few BIAB features. SEQ files (your audio/MIDI project files) created by RealBand and PowerTracks are compatible between both versions. Powertracks can read and process RealDrums (and ships with a handful of RealDrums, but can also read the RealDrums from an instance of BIAB); however, PowerTracks can not process any chordal arrangements using RealTracks or MIDI styles, as you can with RealBand.
Those are the biggest differences. If you have the current RealBand, then you can do everything PowerTracks can do and more. PowerTracks 12 is pretty old (from 2007). PowerTracks 2018 is essentially the same as RealBand 2018 (minus the BIAB features described above). I expect to see PowerTracks 2019 come out pretty soon, now that the new RealBand 2019 is getting the last of its issues ironed out.
I have both (and will upgrade to PowerTracks 2019 when it comes out). PowerTracks is a little more lean than RealBand and some prefer it if just dealing with recording your own Audio or MIDI. But if you need chordal accompaniment generation features, then RealBand is the way to go. PowerTracks is sold as a separate product; whereas, you have to purchase Band-in-a-Box to get RealBand.
Hope that helped.
John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 2x2TB, 1x4TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 2x1.5TB, 2x2TB, 1x4TB SATA BB2024/UMC404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/MixBus/Notion/Finale/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com
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agree with jford - PT is a little less cluttered than RB so i often use it after creating a track in BIAB, working on it in RB then going to PT for final recording and mixing. with a seq file you can always go back to RB.
PT 2019 is out now and i'll be upgrading.
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John/Bob
thanks for info.
going by what you have both said has confirmed what i thought.
im happy to leave pt and carry on with realband.
rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks.
win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz
64 bit hp envy
biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6.
running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.
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must admit most of the new features are ones I will never use. i also reverted to classic look re the icon set and turned off the grid lines.
last year's big step forward was WAS drivers that replaced the flaky Creative ASIO drivers I was using but nothing of that magnitude this year.
still i depend on PT for a lot of my home recording for the reasons above and $29 is not much to pay to stay up to date
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I just ordered my copy of PowerTracks 2019. I've been using PowerTracks since Version 5 back in 1999 (20 years now). And while I generally use RealBand, I use PowerTracks when I help my wife record her occasional podcast entries, since it's leaner/cleaner for that purpose. So I've stayed up to date ever since.
John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 2x2TB, 1x4TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 2x1.5TB, 2x2TB, 1x4TB SATA BB2024/UMC404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/MixBus/Notion/Finale/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com
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I'm strictly a live player. I play twice weekly. I setup RealBand with the jukebox. I also have P open and setup exactly like RB. If I have a request I use put so as not to mess up the jukebox in RB. Of course if the jukebox was fixed in RB I wouldn't need PT.
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