The trials and tribulations encountered in my mMaj7 thread have inspired me to
create this thread on RealTracks. smile

I would like to learn (if possible) how RealTracks (RT) are manufactured from start to finish.

It is my understanding that RealTracks are created by real musicians. I don’t know whether they must use real instruments exclusively or they can also use syths to create their tracks?

Do these real musicians record their ‘tracks’ in a special studio? If so, do all the musicians record their tracks in the same place? If not, can they record their tracks in any music studio?
Can they record their tracks in a home studio?

Are the musicians given songs or sets of changes to record at various tempi?
Are they asked to record one or two bar tracks, or longer tracks which will then be chopped up into smaller segments?
Are they asked to record the changes in all 12 keys or just a few which will then be ‘pitch bent’ to cover all 12 keys?

Do they record their changes with a click track and nothing else, or with other accompaniment?
What software are they/engineer recording their changes with?

If they are recording jazz tracks, will they be asked to record all of the chords in the standard jazz vocabulary?
Will they be given a complete list of chords to record?
Will they be asked to record each chord in a certain number of chord inversions?

I think this is a good starting point for this thread. smile

A BIAB user for more than 30 years (if you can believe it) !