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Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Hello,
PG music has been emailing me lots during the last 4 weeks to upgrade to BIAB 2017. I have taken the Xmas break to have a look at the site, forum posts and content of 2017 to see if I should upgrade
Several things I noticed.
1. BIAB is not 64 bit and Dr Gannon shut down all the usual suspects by pointing out with jbridge it can handle vsti's with >4 GB sample memory. A different set of usual suspects came out to endorse his view.
2. I am grateful for BIAB being able to load 64 bit Vsti's but >4 Gbg 64 bit vsti's are elite instruments and they need a suite of controllers to bring out their magic. In my view the midi interface in biab and realtracks is MSDOS and unable to communicate in other than a basic way with these elite instruments.
If you have Logic, Cubase or Ableton Live you will know the attention that has been taken to provide expressive communication with Vsti's. And you are not thinking DAW - you are thinking of just one track at a time.
I am not asking BIAB to become a DAW. Rather I request it has a full set of tools to communicate with its standard 5 instrument channels, particularly if we choose to put 64 bit instruments in each slot; preferably 64 bit for I no longer have any interesting or useful 32 bit Vsti's or DAW software.
32 bit BIAB has become an in between that I forget until I get reminded at Xmas I have a PG account.
So with this in mind I will pass for now on upgrading.
have a Great New Year
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Neil1000,
Thank you for taking time to share your viewpoint with us. I'm sure you are taking the action that you believe is best for you.
You did not mention what version of Band-in-a-Box you presently use. That information would help other forum members highlight features that have been upgraded or added since you purchased Band-in-a-Box that are indispensable in their daily use of Band-in-a-Box.
You also did not mention how you use your current version of Band-in-a-Box. The program has become as feature laden as a swiss knife. You're missing out on a lot.
Many forum users have a DAW in their musical toolbox because Band-in-a-Box is not a DAW and does not pretend to be a DAW. Band-in-a-Box is a music accompaniment program. It is very strong in providing practice, accompaniment and song building tools. Just as I would not expect the drawing tools in Microsoft Office to be as strong as CorelDraw we do not expect Band-in-a-Box to have the same tools as ProTools.
I would enjoy learning more about "expressive communication". What is that?
Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1111) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home
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Big +1 Jim
Fed up hearing about this button should be colour...that one is too grey..32 bit ..64 bit ..we should have this we should have that ..all the time there is improvements to Biab ...and I only bought a decent version a little over three four weeks ago ..and I am in heaven no other program gives us what this program gives us...But it is a company that has to pay its way...ie... get money in to improve the service...I for one think this is what pg music are doing...So on a final note..
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SCOTLAND TO ALL..
Take care
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I have a complaint -- I ordered the 2017 version this morning and it hasn't arrived yet (and I am too lazy to download it).
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)) I have a complaint -- I ordered the 2017 version this morning and it hasn't arrived yet (and I am too lazy to download it).
The drone we dispatched seems to be stuck in a snow bank ... we are looking it into it.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Hello Peter
Leave the drone where it is. Kemmerich will not miss the content. 2014 will do just fine!
Fingers crossed you have the 64 bit version when I revisit next Dec
Love your humour
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