User Guide

Chapter 7: RealTracks and RealDrums
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In the RealDrums Settings dialog, there are now buttons that will, for a chosen RealDrums style, enable you to (1)
play the RealDrums demo song, (2) show a menu of BB styles that would work with the Real Drum style and (3)
play a song demo of various BB styles that work with the Real Drum style.
INSTALL button. When this is pressed, WAV files will be created from any RealDrums styles that are still WMA
files. Make sure that you have enough space available on your hard drive prior to installing the RealDrums. The
small button installs WAV files for a single folder.
Note: Usually the WAV files have already been created upon installation, if so this feature isn’t needed.
This will erase the WAV files in the Drums folder when there is a smaller WMA available. The WAV files can be
restored by pressing the [Install] button. The small button archives files for a single folder.
Selectable Folder for your RealDrums styles. Now you can choose any folder (e.g. e:\Drums) for your
RealDrums. This allows you to, for example, conserve space on your C:\ drive.
If Band-in-a-Box cannot find your Drums folder, a yellow hint message appears at boot up to alert you to that, and
tells you how to fix it: “Note: You have RealDrums installed, but none are found in your Drums folder. You should
point to your correct Drums folder in Prefs | RealDrums Settings.”
Tempo checking for chosen RealDrums styles. If you choose a RealDrums style, and the tempo is out-of-
recommended-range for the style, Band-in-a-Box will inform you of that – you can still use the style of course.
RealDrums styles that get chosen automatically by Band-in-a-Box will always be compatible with your song.
RealDrums Picker – Assign RealDrums to Songs
Shift+click on the RealTracks toolbar button to open the RealDrums Picker , or Ctrl+click to go directly
to the RealDrums Settings dialog.
A single click on the toolbar button opens a menu with
selections for the RealDrums Picker Dialog and the RealDrums
Preferences (RealDrums Settings dialog).
The RealDrums Picker is also available from the RealDrums Settings dialog, by selecting “For this song only, use
this RealDrum style” and clicking on the [RD] button.
The RealDrums Picker is used to assign a particular RealDrums style for just the one song you are working on.
RealDrums made by you (or others) that are added by you to the Drums folder also appear in the RealDrums
Picker dialog.