I did some digging and found that PGMusic sells CoyoteForte Dxi. This appears to be exactly what I'm looking for. I used their handy comparisons to judge, and even my ears can hear a huge difference between CoyoteWT and Forte...huge. I'm sold because it's an obvious step up playback synth at a very modest price, that I assume will upgrade all the virtual instruments already found in BIAB. But I do have a question: what does GM2 "support" (in the MIDI?Audio Drivers Set Up Menu) mean?
Specifically, if I assign a GM2 virtual instrument to a track in BIAB, is that also sent to whatever I have selected as the default synth (currently, CoyoteWT, soon to be CoyoteForte)?

In other words, can I expect the GM2 voices will be upgraded by moving to CoyoteForte just as all the others will be? Or, is GM2 handled somehow by a different synth? My MIDI driver is from my Focusrite Saffire Pro soundcard, and it appears to handle GM2 just fine.


I own BIAB 2015, my first and only purchase so far. If a BIAB 2016 upgrade came with Forte I would pull the trigger immediately but I doubt this is the case. I'll just get Forte...I'm really looking forward to much better sounds, and ease of use, from that.

edit: PS. Although, the Cakewalk TTS sounds much better than the Coyote Forte. I went to Cakewalk website and saw that I can buy Sonar Artist for only 99 bucks, but I don't see anything yet that specifies whether this would include the TTS or similar. If anyone knows, that'd be appreciated information, thanks.

oops, duh, sorry. PG sells the Music Creator 7 that includes the TTS for only 49 bucks.

Last edited by DIOECHOOTO; 12/31/15 08:08 AM.