Never heard of someone who didn't love Band in a Box once they learned to use it. I use Kontakt or Logic Pro 9 for MIDI sounds, but I like Real Tracks the best (still use MIDI anyway). Blues, Pop and Jazz are incredible with Biab, and worth the money on that alone. Most can't tell the difference from Wma and Wav, unless they have an unbelievable system and hearing. The forums and people here are the best of any software company and PG's music generating products are light years ahead of anything else.