I understand about the cost thing. But for me, music is a priority.

Some people spend money on Cable TV (I don't have cable or even an antenna or converter), expensive cell phone plans (I use MetroPCS for 50/month unlimited talk/text/web), and other things that are important to them, but not important to me.

For what a friend of mine spends on his Cable TV subscription in 2 months, I could be a Ketron SD2. Before I had my mother-in-law switch to MetroPCS, she would have phone bills of up to 200 per month, mostly from incoming calls that she couldn't control.

My backup software is Norton Ghost. It makes a disk image on an external drive, and it has saved my 'you know what' a few times. It will even un-do a virus because the restore is a complete re-write of your hard disk from the image. Thankfully I've never had to use it for a virus, but I eliminated a few new programs that trashed my computer.

A good backup program is essential. There are only two kinds of computer users, those who have had a hard disk crash, and those who haven't had a hard disk crash YET.

Personally, I think a good MIDI sound module is an essential tool for musicians. But of course we all have different priorities, so of course YMMV.

For those of us who love MIDI and the creativity it allows, we hope that along with the RTs, PG Music will continue to improve the core MIDI part of BiaB like it had done for years. At least I think I can speak for us.

Notes

Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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