It's good to read that the naming convention will be changed. Every year, I have to call the fine people at PG Support to determine what I should get.

My secondary hard drive failed me last spring, and it required surgery to bring the data back. A couple of weeks ago, I was reinstalling BiaB, and I found that a number of RealTracks were being reported as NA. I was sure that I had the complete set, so I talked to PG Support.

It turned out that - despite talking to PG Support before ordering - I'd ordered the wrong pack. Perhaps I just asked the wrong question, or read their answer wrong. No problem, the matter was set right by PG.

My point is just to echo that the current naming convention is confusing, and it can be confusing to figure out where particular tracks came from.


It's probably too late to suggest names, but I think "Basic" or "Core" are good. But "Basic MIDI" is better, because it's more clear in the name what you get.

"Audiophile" is also mostly clear, mostly because it's the "top tier", so all the tracks are included.

But I'm not a fan of names like "Mega", because it gets back into the squishy naming convention that we've currently got.

Because of all the extras, it's hard to come up with a good name for some of these products. The decision to make some RealTracks "Bonus" tracks also muddies the waters.

But it's encouraging that the problem is being addressed.

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?