To me that's a workflow question. If I had a song I was serious about, I'd audition the styles all first, write it down, and then do it.

Secondly it only takes a wee moment to click save as, give it Version1mytune as the name, then open the first file and mess around, save version2, etc. All in a new folder.

I also chop the song up so that I don't have to listen to more than I want, nor do I want it to take a long time to make my tracks, just work.

I doubt you are going to hit nirvanna with this, simply by the upgrade. But heck, maybe that's the ticket.

It's been a while since I really got into the song production mode. I did use Band in a Box and some great tricks to get Holst's planets for a soundtrack I needed on a video. But I design the potential workflow questions on paper, sketch the requirements, and often hand write parts of the score before I open Band in a Box.

On any big project my 'office' was lined with those flip chart pages hung with masking tape, and big points and flow charts and information all around me. I even papered over the windows in my office a few times. Of course I'm NUTS and know it.

Good Luck.

John Conley
Musica est vita