I guess I'm a slow learner, because once I start to get the hang of a program, I HATE to change. Over the years I've dabbled with Cakewalk, Sonar, then Jammer and some daw from voyetra, then I found power tracks, then realband.

While I must admit I am always tempted to try new stuff, for example I love the look and the praise I'm hearing for MultitrackStudio. Seems to be really a cool system, but then it kinda limits me working with realtracks. Mostly what I do is build backing tracks and the occasional writers demo. BIAB and RB have been a godsend for those activities, and the time saved by popping in a realtrack solo, verses trying to come close to playing something as good, is worth more than I can explain.

We musos........tend to listen differently than the average humanoid. We listen "for" certain things, most people listen "To" the basic mix and arrangement. Most could tell you if its a good midi fiddle or a real fiddle or a realtrack. Most of us can, although, I'm not sure it really matters as long as it sounds good and does what we want.

For now I'm sticking with RB and PT and BIAB, and maybe a little Jammer, cuz, well, they do what I need, at a very affordable price, and I'm kinda getting used to them. On top of that, the customer support is the best I've ever seen.

Yamaha, Roland, and many others, might as well not have any support. But I can't wait to get my $$$$$$$$$ together for the new S910 yamaha keyboard, which is strange since I'm not really a keyboard player.

PG meets my needs, even if it doesn't quite meet all my wants, but they do keep working on it, and they keep it affordable.

Dang....This is addicting.

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