Quote Originally Posted by dflat View Post
Yes midi is the note information (etc.) and not audio; and iReal Pro exports what the piano (or guitar etc.) and bass is playing as a midi sequence, then you can change any notes (delete, change timing etc.) as you require. The drum midi track is not very useful because we use our own internal midi mapping system in order to get the different drum sounds we use, so it you would probably want to delete this and perhaps use drum loops in GB instead.
For the past year I have been exporting to GarageBand the midi of iReal's automated accompaniment, and even though iReal's drum mapping is not standard, it's been easy peasy to take each instrument designation and move the midi notes to an appropriate drum in the kit. I really don't want to go auditioning a lot of drum loops (all yearning to be dynamic and unique) when the part I need is one that does not distract.