I think it is inevitable that BIAB will not appeal to many professional muscians who will find it too constricting and they may not be heavily into electronics.

I also believe that PG are making a mistake in not trying harder to appeal more to beginner and amatuer muscians, like myself. The average BIAB enthusiast, at least on this forum, is a musical geek who revels in the technical side of electronic music and embraces every BIAB technical improvement. This means that BIAB gets more and more complex every year and looks terrifying to the average beginner/amatuer.

Most wanna-be musicians are amazed at what BIAB can do when I demonstrate the basic accompanyment feature while playing the melody one-finger on my keyboard. When I show what else the program can do their eyes glaze over. I think there is a strong case for a MIDI-only BIAB-Lite version that is specifically marketed towards beginners. It's not enough to simply say that you can ignore the features you don't want.

Tony

Last edited by Tony Wright; 09/08/11 06:47 AM.