Band-in-a-Box 2023 New Feature - Playable RealDrums/MIDI/MIDI SuperTracks

Playable RealDrums

You can now customize the RealDrums performance by adding your own notes. You will then hear those notes using a MIDI sound created from the RealDrums recording. This means you can get the RealDrums to play the notes you want at key parts of the performance, either augmenting or replacing what the RealDrums is playing, for any sections in the song. This includes full drum kits in GM note number format. You can enter the notes in the Notation (using drum notation) or the Piano Roll window.

To add some Playable RealDrums, load a song that has RealDrums. Press PLAY to generate it. Choose a track with Drums. Open the Notation window, and you will see the notation for the Drums track.

Switch the Notation window to the Editable or Staff Roll mode to enable editing of the Drums track.

Press the [PT] button and select Enable Playable Track from the menu. When this menu item is enabled, you can choose a MIDI Drum sound that will match the selected RealDrums. You can now use the same functions as for Playable RealTracks. Inserting your own notes (green color) and muting sections of the RealDrums will allow you to add notes to the current RealDrums or replace sections of the RealDrums. For example, add a cymbal crash, control the volume using the velocity of the MIDI note (or overall volume setting using the [PT] button menu).

Playable MIDI Tracks and MIDI SuperTracks

You can now customize the MIDI generated tracks by adding your own notes (on the same track). This uses the same sound as the MIDI tracks. You can use this to replace or augment sections of the performance. You can re-generate the MIDI tracks, and your customizations will remain.

 In a manner similar to the Playable RealTracks and RealDrums. press the [PT] button and select Enable Playable Track from the menu. This allows you to add or replace sections of the MIDI track or MIDI SuperTracks. These additions you make won’t get erased when you generate new MIDI tracks.