Any serious musician knows the the bass part in a song is very important for the global harmony of a song and for the groove.
So, getting a reliable and precise bass part is very important.


***THE PRESENT ISSUE :
When we specify a bass note over a chord, the realization is mandatory. Up to now, the requested bass note may be played or another note may be played.
Many Bass RealTracks have a defective implementation of slash chords. It has already been reported in the forums to PGM people.
So, to attempt to get the right notes, we regenerate the whole song, because we can't - yet - regenerate only the bass RT.

But, we may get the right bass note for some chords in the song and, in the same time, there where it was ok with the bass, we now get wrong bass notes.
So, it is time consuming and the result is poor.


For example : Bass RT N°2426
C2 chord / 2 beats : the bass plays G - E, sometimes you may get the notes C - E, that is correct.
Cmaj7 chord / 2 beats : the bass plays G - E, sometimes you may get the notes C - E, that is correct
G7 / 1 beat : the bass plays F, sometimes you may get a D note or a G note, the correct one.
G7/F / 1 beat : the bass plays E or B.
See view below.

***PROPOSAL :
For each Bass RealTrack recording, it would be fine to record sufficient combinations of slash chords.
I reasonably propose to do that for each supported chords having 3 or 4 notes.
For example :
C chord : check to get the right bass notes for C/E and C/G for durations of 4/3/2/1 beats
C7 chord : check to get the right bass notes for C7/E, C7/G, C7/Bb for durations of 4/3/2/1 beats.

***ADVANTAGES :
- we could get more elaborate bass lines : useful for diatonic/chromatic bass notes
- we could get the exact bass note as requested in the arrangement
- we could get precise bass lines : we don't get wrong notes
- The final result is a better sound, a more musical and a more professional arrangement.

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