OS X 10.5.8
iMac with Intel

It's a good program and my previous BIAB experience is 5 years with Windows version.

I now have an iMac and am only 80% happy with BIAB for it - I sort of feel like I paid to debug a Beta version. I'm actually happy to do the debugging (I'm an engineer and programmer) but, I won't be happy to be required to purchase the 2010 version for the things listed below in categories A and B. I hope all will be addressed in an update patch.

In three categories:
A. Bugs and Glitches
B. Not User Friendly
C. Wishful's

A. Bugs and Glitches
1. Lyrics window covers the style/tempo window and does not clear if tune finishes naturally (without spacebar pressing). And, of course, pressing the spacebar then starts the tune when I don't want it to start.

2. Program locks up randomly but often if trying to play from a specific bar via the bar selected and pressing spacebar to start play.

3. First note in tune with an added real soloist track that's muted (for first chorus) plays note on the first beat - (about 50% of the time).

4. Printing - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - it seems to depend, in part, on the tune and it's arrangement.

5. There is no bail-out/escape from selection of first or last bar when selection is required (as in changing the tune length)


B. Not User Friendly
1. Windows scrolling - I have a few long tunes with chords that span the display from one to another (re the boxes 1,2,3,4). I'm not able to select/highlight the range of bars that span them (like I can in earlier Windows version) or mouse scroll.

2. As noted in other posts - no way of knowing what chorus is being played (this would be very useful in debugging solo and style change patches...).

3. Chord Sheet with the usual shorter notations - bars with 4 chords such as: BbM7b5 Eb7b9 AbMaj#4 Fmin7 get very unreadable/small.

Also, the Repeats (bar ends with double dot) are missing.

4. Small Fonts. My monitor is two feet back from the edge of the desk, sitting with a guitar in my lap puts my eyes about 4 feet from it and the fonts used in the Style/Tempo info window is far too small to read without sliding up to the desk and smashing the guitar into. Older Windows version is much better!

C. Wishful's
1. Fix/address the above

2. Pedal steel - it would be nice to have a jazz pedal steel soloist in the Jazz pack (such a Buddy Emmons...)

Jazz organ - something like Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff.... would be nice...

3. Would be nice to add/remove toolbar buttons (like older Windows version) - I'll never use things like Jukebox, Title, Harmonist, chord analyzer...

4. Soloist - maybe this is a bug? Can do only one real soloist if using the Soloist button - this function has features not available when creating a soloist track using RealTraks button

5. An easy way of making a custom Favorite list for Styles (adding and deleting items) - i.e., need an ADD and DELETE button.

6. Custom user Default settings (for things like Do Not Overall Loop automatically, Mute Middle Choruses...)