Hi Dome and welcome,

I agree with what everyone else has said thus far, especially the listen to what has been done with BiaB in the “User Showcase” forum. Check out all the different genres of music that is being done with BiaB.

RealTracks (RTs) are very nice and I do use them. They are snippets of music recorded by professional musicians that you can use in your music. They are not static loops. These snippets will follow your chord progressions. Give a listen, as they are excellent and very unique in what they do.

Although I do use RTs I use the midi side of BiaB more often. BiaB is based on General Midi (GM). If you use the GM sounds in your soundcard, and/or some very inexpensive soundsource the midi will sound very poor. If you use a good midi soundsource like the Keyton SD2 http://www.amazon.com/Ketron-Orchestral-...ords=ketron+sd2 it will sound much better.

However I do not use GM. Kontakt is my main soundsource and you can get some very exceptional sounds using it. I have many third part sounds that I use in Kontakt. For me it was the way to go. For keyboard/piano sounds Kontakt is far better than any GM synth IMHO. I start virtually all of my songs in BiaB then transfer the song to my DAW for finishing, mixing and mastering. I use Sonar however BiaB comes with a very good DAW in RealBand that will do everything that I have mentioned.

Also unless you have “golden ears” and a super near field monitor system you may not be able to tell the difference between the Audiophile edition and the others. If you do then god bless you, I don’t!

If you have any questions feel free to ask. This forum has some of the nicest and most helpful people on the planet! Many are pros!

I hope this helps - MarioD

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