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I have found BIAB in every music school I've visited.



I bet that was on your second visit to those schools. In the first visit you probably directed the teachers gently towards BiaB (with a baseball bat )

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I tend to agree with Mac that Real Tracks and Real Drums are like clip art. However, I don't agree or think that you could buy the Pro Pak and then work up from there. You *CAN*, but it's akin to saying 'Okay, I'm going to get this art program, and I'll get 5% of the clip art that's available for it, hope it works, and then move up as I need more.' To my way of thinking, that's a way to spend a lot of money and not get what you want.

I still believe that we need more examples of how easy it is to use BIAB, and what it really takes.



That is the way I started with BiaB in 2006. After fidling with the demo I bought the basic package. Then, after using the program for about 6 months I decided I "needed" everything. So I bought the whole shabang.
But if you are only interested in, say, jazzmusic, you don't have to buy all the other styles and just stick with jazz. Most of us will want all of the available styles, RD's and RT's and more. But it is possible to stick with one or two musicstyles......

As for the first-time purchaseprice of BiaB I think it is a lot of money to cough up for the everythingPAK. But so is the price one has to pay to get Cubas 5. Both examples are excelent software and absolutely worth their price. Most importand thing to consider is if the product is worth it for YOU as the end-user. If you don't need the full-featured product you have the choise to buy the same product, with a few less options for a lower price. You still have the top-grade software and above that, have the opportunity to upgrade in the future should you wish to do so.

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I even would pay a 20% extra if I could download all the audiophile realtracks.



Yes!!! I allready put this in the wishlist.

Mike
www.mikewever.nl