Hi Dave,

I've probably read your post wrongly but it sounds like you are asking people to criticize BIAB. I can't do that because I think the program is brilliant.

For what it's worth, my experience is that whenever one uses automation to intimate a real musician, there's a trade-off between what a musician would do and what a computer program does.

For me, BIAB is not the answer to my musical backings, it's the starting place. Once I've created something in BIAB, I take it to Realband and re-generate those sections that I feel do not work as effectively as they could. This applies to all instruments and not just the bass. I also cut and paste those riffs that I like so as to provide some musical hooks. Once I get a sound that I like, I save the SEQ file. I also export it as a WAV file and compress it to a hi-fi mp3.

This is where Realband excels. It allows me to take a computer creation and, using everything that I know about music, to modify that creation and to enhance the realism as I hear it.

Regards,
Noel

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