Tony,

I agree with many of the things you have said including the idea that a Band-in-a-Box lite has a place and would be successful. Should you decide to make a request for BiaB lite in the wishlist part of the forum I'll give the idea a +1 as soon as I see it posted.

Lets assume for a moment BiaB Lite is released as a product and the product is promoted as a beginner's tool to create cover songs. The next question is what accessories do you include with the program?

Presently PG Music offers five packages. All five packages include the identical Band-in-a-Box software application but have different accessory groups. Each package is based on the premise of the more you pay the more accessories you receive.

Many beginners purchase the Pro and Mega Paks to start with because they are the lowest price packages. They want to try before they sink a lot of money into something they may not use that much. However, these packages also have the least amount of accessories. Beginners do not completely understand how Band-in-a-Box works so there is no way for them to realize how dependent the program relies on accessories to create the large variety of backing tracks. Beginners likely gain an appreciation for what the program is capable of delivering but, at the same time, quickly become frustrated with the limited amount of accessories available to create a variety of songs. I believe it is at this stage that many potential users either learn as much as they can about how to use the program to kill time until they can afford to upgrade to the UltraPlus, Everything or Audiophile Paks or abandon the program.

In my mind PG Music would need to offer multiple Lite editions where each would have the same Lite program but include genre specific accessory materials.

Jim Fogle - 2025 BiaB (Build 1128) RB (Build 5) - Ultra+ PAK
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