User Guide

Chapter 7: RealTracks and RealDrums
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Use the song and style demos to audition RealTracks.
The [Song Demo (MGU)] button will display a list of songs in the bb\RealTracks –
Demos folder that use the selected RealTrack instrument. Click on the song name
and then press the [Play] button to hear it.
The [Style Demo (.STY)] button shows a list of styles that use the currently highlighted RealTracks instrument.
Clicking on a style name will load the style into the current Band-in-a-Box song. Press [Play] to hear your current
song played with the RealTracks style that you want to audition.
This will display installation errors of RealTracks when you open the dialog.
Press the [Rebuild] button for more information, or after you have installed new RealTracks.
With the Timebase option you can play any RealTracks at normal, half-time, or
double time. Half time is used for fast tempo songs when a much slower tempo
RealTrack has been chosen. Double time is used for slow tempo songs (e.g.
ballads) when a much faster tempo RealTrack is chosen. This allows you, for
example, in a ballad at a tempo of 70, to add a RealTracks Sax solo with a
tempo of 140, and play it as a double time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70. All of your existing
RealTracks can be used at three different tempos (normal, half-time, double time).
[Defaults] sets the dialog to default values.
[Settings] launches the RealTracks Settings dialog.
The [Save Style] button saves the current style, but with RealTracks assigned to the style equal to
the current song’s RealTracks. The volumes used in the style will match the volumes set on the
main screen in Band-in-a-Box (compared to a default of 90). For example, if you set the bass volume to 40, the
Style will be saved with a negative decibel (dB) setting, so that it will playback at a quieter volume (when all
volumes are set to 90).
[Audition (WMA)] and [+] buttons play a short WMA file demo of the currently selected
RealTracks, without affecting the currently loaded song in Band-in-a-Box.
The [Audition WMA] button plays a solo file, and the [+] button plays a file in context with a band.
The [None] button sets the current track to no RealTracks assigned for the song.
This sets all RealTracks for the song to “None.” It will also optionally disable RealTracks present in
the style for this song.
Select “Disable RealTracks for this track (Force this track
to MIDI)” if you want to have no RealTracks instrument for this track, even if the style specifies a RealTrack.
Since RealTracks are add-on purchases for Band-in-a-Box, your version may not
contain all RealTracks. Selecting the “Show RealTracks that are N/A” checkbox
will show you all available RealTracks.
Tip: Opt. | What add-ons do I have? will tell you what RealTracks sets you have.
Some RealTracks have variations available, such as the Acoustic Jazz Bass, which
has variations that play in “2” only, in “4” only, or in “2”and “4” (for “a” and “b” substyles). Normally you will
want to “Show RealTracks Variations.”
Use “Show if Tempo is out of Range” checkbox to show/hide RealTracks that are
out of compatible tempo range.
A filter is available. Type a filter text, (e.g., bass) and press [Update] and
you will then see the list filtered to show only RealTracks that have the word
bass somewhere in the title, memo, genre, etc. Pressing [Show All] will
cancel the filter, and show all RealTracks again.