User Guide

Chapter 7: RealTracks and RealDrums
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Typing 361 and pressing [Go To #].
2.
Choosing Favorites will allow you to return to a recently chosen Soloist
3.
Choose the Genre “RealTracks (audio soloists)” from
the list of genres to see all available Soloists that use RealTracks.
As with other Soloists, press the [All Solo] button to make sure that the Soloist will be generated for
all choruses, or [Melody and Solo] if you just want the Soloist for a certain chorus.
Your RealTracks solo will be saved with the song and the Soloist track will be frozen and
marked with an asterisk (*).
Saving Your RealTracks
RealTracks that have been frozen will be saved with the song. Frozen tracks will play back instantly, not requiring
time to generate. They play back the same way each time, so if you like a solo, you can “freeze it.” If you send a
song to a friend as “frozen,” they will hear the same performance.
Rendering RealTracks to .WAV
The RealTracks performance is not saved with the Band-in-a-Box MGU file. This is because the Band-in-a-Box
MGU file only contains chords/melody/lyrics (and an optional audio track WAV file)
As with other MIDI Band-in-a-Box parts and RealDrums, the RealTracks can be saved by
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Rendering the performance to a WAV file, or
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separate WAV files.
Technical Tip: If you want to permanently attach a RealTracks WAV file to a MySong.MGU song, you could render
to separate WAV files, and then rename the RealTracks WAV file to MySong.WAV. Then the RealTracks will be
on the Audio track.
When a song is loaded, played or saved, a yellow hint message will appear if any RealTracks or RealDrums are
missing, listing the files that are missing.
Are other RealTracks available?
There are hundreds of RealTracks available with more in production. Check
http://www.pgmusic.com/products_RealTracks.htm for the latest releases.
RealDrums
The RealDrums feature replaces MIDI drums with audio drums. A single click on the toolbar button opens
a menu with selections for the RealDrums Picker Dialog and the RealDrums Preferences.
Shift+click on the RealTracks toolbar button to go directly to the RealDrums Picker, or Ctrl+click to open the
RealDrums Settings dialog.
Why do RealDrums sound better than MIDI Drums?
The RealDrums are recordings of top studio drummers, playing multi-bar patterns. MIDI drums are patterns based
on single drum hits, being programmed, typically on a quantized grid, of what people assume drummers are
typically playing. We record drummers at multiple tempos, so the playing you hear at various tempos is also