Russ, I'm just a kid compared to you. I was born in 1945...

This is the key question. Do you really need those song specific hooks that you hear on records? If yes, you really want those then you have to learn midi. If it's no, you can live without them then the Real Tracks are awesome, no muss, no fuss.

Here's something else. If you like song specific backing tracks you can buy a hundred or so of them from several professional studio websites for about the same price as the Biab Ultra Pak. Just sayin. You can also go on Youtube and search for the name of a song and the words "backing tracks". You will be amazed at what you can find and you can download them for free.

But to all of us here, this isn't just that it's also a very interesting hobby, it's fun to roll your own.

Let us know what you think of this and I'll have some more comments for you.

Bob

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