Are you prepared to pay $300-500 for such a collection? Bob Norton said years ago he looked into paying the royalties so he could include melodies and it was over a dollar per song. The Real Books are over 400 songs each.

What we all do is simply scour the web for Biab songfiles. A lot of sites have been taken down due to threats of lawsuits but some are still around.

As for using old Biab songfiles with RT's that's no problem at all. All you is select a Real Track style and hit play. I think the oldest files I have are dated in the mid 90's. They play fine with Biab 2017, it's the styles that determine if it's midi or Real Tracks.

Oh, and don't fall into the old trap concerning cheezy sounding old files. That crap sound you hear is simply the synth you're using. PC's do not come with an expensive sound engine, they use a very small (read cheap like pennies) piece of software for sound. Play the same file with Sampletank 3 or a dedicated hardware synth and you'll be amazed at how good it is.

Bob

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