Thank you guys for the quick responses.

It's expensive to update.

You would think the core program of BiaB would last longer than a year and that you could buy additional packages along the way to enhance it.

One year is very short lifespan even for a software program.

I sure love my Cakewalk Pro Audio ver 9 for midi. Old but solid as a rock. I still use Sonar Producer 3 but Reaper is my DAW software.

Reasonable price - rock solid and free updates almost every month!
All BiaB RealTracks are saved as waves and imported into Reaper.

Works great.

BiaB now forces you to upgrade to use the new RealTracks.

Disappointed is the word I think is best to describe this problem and I'm a huge fan of BiaB since the 90's.

Thanks for the input.