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I've also written some basic songs that I would like to develop if I had BIAB plus I could use BIAB to create some backing tracks for a friend who wants me to play for him when he sings to some old folk doing his gospel hour.

Here's the thing, I only play rhythm guitar.



Bottom line, if you can use a Word Processor you can use BiaB. You play Rhythm guitar, so you know chord structure, right?

Then all you do is type in the name of the chords where you want them, select a style, and hit play. Say you did the progression in a Rock Style, how would it sound in a Jazz Waltz Style, and at 88bpm instead of 120bpm? A few clicks and you will know! LOL

Of course there is a LOT more to it than that, but that is the basics to get rolling, after install you could be up & running within an hour I would say, then dig in deeper as you go. These forums are a HUGE help, with a lot of great folks. And here is a link to a good beginners series.....



https://www.youtube.com/user/tenic/videos?query=BIAB+Made+Easy



As far as he Audiophile verses the Regular Version. Yes, the Audiophile is in the .wav format and the rest are in Windows .wma format. You can tell a difference with a close listen-to, but most folks would never be able to tell. I think it is Mac that has used them the longest, both recording & live, and says they sound fine. I have been using them for Demos & Tracks for clients and have had no complaints either.

While it is true that you can convert the .wma's to .wav format, it will NOT increase the quality, only the size of the file. .wma, like mp3 and .ogg formats, is a lossy format that REMOVES part of the signal that it feels is "not needed", and that the human ear can "fill in the blanks" for. Once that is removed there is no way to replace it. So if it is important to you to have the BEST quality, head for the Audiophile set.

i5 3.20GHz, 32gb RAM, 1tb SSD OS, 12tb HDD, 4gb gForce vid card, 32" monitor, Audient id44, Win10 x64, BiaB/RB 2023, Reaper 6,IK Multimedia Total Studio 3.5 MAX, Waves 10