David,

>> the RealTracks and RealDrums sound awesomely good, and the whole technology works fine on my system (2008 MacBook Pro with 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB RAM), tracks generate very fast. Big applause to Peter and his team for this impressive technological achievement.

Thanks.


>>> Most frustratingly, BIAB 2009 for Mac won't save anything I type into the solo track -

I checked it out, but I cannot duplicate any problem with the Soloist track saving and loading.

- For example, I load in any files from the Soloist Demos/SoloDemo folder, and the Solo track is all there. Are you saying that the soloist track doesn't show for files in this folder?
- I make a new song, put some notes on the Solo track, save it, and they are all there.

If this issue recurs, I would recommend:
1. email a song that has the problem to support@pgmusic.com, ask them to forward it to me.
2. Reset to 'Factory settings' - that is done by renaming the Applications/Band-in-a-Box/Preferences folder to something else, and then running the program. If that cures the problem, please zip/email your renamed Prefs folder to support@pgmusic.com

>> Sure, listening to my computer blowing a realistic-sounding solo over the changes is a neat trick, but it's not actually of any practical use, is it?

Many of the RealTracks have RealCharts, which show the notation. That's of practical use. Also, the fact that you are playing with real musicians, and it sounds so much better, is of practical use, because that's whay you are practicing for - to play with real musicians.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.