RealTracks Set 238 : Danny Gottlieb Jazz Drums is $29 and is part of the RealPAK Jazz: 12.

I've checked your chart and found that there is mostly non jazz stuff. ( Sounding like a Jazz snob :))

Don't like the idea of buying something I will never use.

I still haven't found out if you can use 3rd part MIDI files for drum plugins like Addictive Drums 2 ? That would be sweet because then I could use MIDI for drums and usertrack for other instrument when making my own backing tracks !

I guess I have a lot to read in the manual smile









Originally Posted By: Noel96
Like you, I'm simply a BIAB/RB user and not PG Music staff. I mention this just so you are aware that I have nothing to gain from my below comments.

In 2006, I bought the MegaPak because I didn't want to spend too much money (just to be safe in case the software was going to be a white elephant). At the very first sale PG Music had following my purchase, I was so impressed with the software that I upgraded to the UltraPlusPak (the UPP is the first package that has everything). I've been getting everything ever since. As Peter mentioned, the UPP package is really popular on these forums and is used by jazz musicians, country musicians, pop musicians, etc.

In relation to the price (and assuming I'm doing the numbers correctly)...

Since you've already purchased the ProPak, I suspect that you are eligible for the crossgrade option with the UPP. This reduces the UPP to $299. (The 'full refund' pathway is also available to you but I think you do a little better by going for a crossgrade if that's an option the company permit.)

Also, since you've mentioned that you bought Danny Gottlieb, I'll assume that that's RealPak Set 12 for $79. You'd be able to get a full refund on this (as Peter mentioned above).

This brings the price down to $299 - $79 = $220.

I haven't checked this before but I notice that there are 12 jazz packages available (11 at $79 and 1 at $99). These total $968.

It's only my view, but it seems to me that if you want to do the best by yourself from a jazz perspective, $220 extra still represents a huge saving in the long term if you are looking for jazz accompaniments.

One of the things I've discovered about Realtracks is that it's best to be flexible and open-minded when it comes to creating a backing. Many times, I've used tracks from very diverse genres and have mixed them together very successfully.

In addition, the extra MIDI styles that come with the UPP will be very useful from a jazz perspective. With a good soft synth, MIDI tracks can sound really awesome. I often use MIDI/Realtrack combinations.

Lastly... You mentioned odd time signatures. Below is a link to a list of odd time signatures that I have in my version of BIAB so that you can check them against what your package contains. Use Stylepicker "Other | Other" as shown on the image.



...and here's my list...

List of Odd Time Sigs (pdf)

Even though some of these od time signatures are midi-only templates, once they are loaded into BIAB or Realband, they set the chord sheet template and Realtracks can be added and will be generated according to the time signature. (Some of these generations will sound better than others - it will depend on the Realtrack.)

...the above is just my 2 cents worth of thoughts.

Regards,
Noel

P.S. Because I'm not PG Music staff, you need to check all prices with PG Music. I may be wrong and not know it.

Jazz! Sure - But far from smooth !