Frank beat me to the punch as I was going to suggest that you get a free DAW to start with. If you get BiaB you will get a free DAW in RealBand. Realband comes with all versions of BiaB.

I would suggest that you get BiaB and work exclusively, at least in the beginning, in Realband. Pick a style and chords and have fun. In Realband you can add as many as 48 tracks so that and Garritan should fill your needs at a very reasonable price. Now I do not use Realband so others will have to help you get started.

As mentioned the better sounding MIDI sound sources cost lots of dollars, need the latest computers with lots of ram and a lot of hard drive space. I started very small then worked up to the better sounds and I would suggest that you do the same.

FWIW - I have an old Garritan Jazz & Big Band program running so your old program may still run.

I hope this helps. good luck.

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