Since it is so expensive is it really worth the cost to purchase the Mac version of Audiophile USB drive to be used with my iMac intel currently running macOS Sierra 10.12.5 ?
I like the Audiophile version. After listening to it for a couple of years now, I wouldn't go back to the compressed file version for producing my songs. There's a difference. It's not major but there is slightly more sound clarity. It's particularly noticeable in the higher frequencies.
With the Audiophile edition, it's possible to install the compressed version on one's hard drive (if desired). That's what I did.
Installing the compressed version gives me the equivalent of the EverythingPak or UltrplusPak on my hard drive. I then use the USB drive with the uncompressed files as my Realtrack and Realdrum source when I want the original 16 bit, 4.1 kHz WAV files.
Below is a link to an article that Matt Finley put together with his thoughts on the Audiophile edition.
If you go to Audio Link in my signature and listen to the top half a dozen songs, what you'll hear were created with the Audiophile version of the software. I have run the final audio through Ozone, though, so what you are hearing is not the raw BIAB sound. Also, because Soundcloud compresses files when they are uploaded, you are hearing a compressed version of what I created rather than the WAV version.
And it becomes a lot more significant difference once you venture into manipulating the audio. Even the built-in "Tone" adjustment will definitely give you a very noticeable difference (in favour of the uncompressed, of course), if not but because, by definition, the compressed files have already been 'manipulated'. And taking an upgrade deal (as opposed to buying like it's a 1st time purchase) is actually not all that pricy...but of course 'pricy' is very much a relative term.
There's only one thing to do in crisis like this - Sleep on it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBox 2022 Audiophile, Mac Pro Intel, OSX 10.6.8, 800x600 (TV VGA)
Yes, that's great a graphic that shows frequencies truncated at 16,000 Hz on the compressed files.
There's more to it also. When I last properly tested my hearing in a physics lab back in the 1990s, 16,000 Hz was beyond my ability to hear. These days, that threshhold has dropped to around 13,000 Hz. The reason that I mention this is because even though very high frequencies are beyond my ability to appreciate, I can still hear the difference between BIAB's compressed version and the original WAV files for most of the instruments. (Distortion guitar is one that I cannot hear any great difference with.) As mentioned before, it's not huge but it's there.
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With this update, there's more control when saving images from the Print Preview window, we've added defaults to the MultiPicker for sorting and font size, updated printing options, updated RealTracks and other content, and addressed user-reported issues with the StylePicker, MIDI Soloists, key signature changes, and more!
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"The Tracks view is possibly the single most powerful addition in 2024 and opens up a new way to edit and generate accompaniments. Combined with the new MultiPicker Library Window, it makes BIAB nearly perfect as an 'intelligent' composer/arranger program."
"MIDI SuperTracks partial generation showing six variations – each time the section is generated it can be instantly auditioned, re-generated or backed out to a previous generation – and you can do this with any track type. This is MAJOR! This takes musical experimentation and honing an arrangement to a new level, and faster than ever."
"Band in a Box continues to be an expansive musical tool-set for both novice and experienced musicians to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs, as well as an extensive educational resource. It is huge, with hundreds of functions, more than any one person is likely to ever use. Yet, so is any DAW that I have used. BIAB can do some things that no DAW does, and this year BIAB has more DAW-like functions than ever."
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