Hey guys-

lot of good / interesting posts here.
I'll try to reply in general.

SOYL - No wasn't planning on doing it
live. But recording a cover version
. But I felt I hit the wall with the BIAB program on this test - and put it away for another 8 months.

You could really only bring the drum part into a DAW - the bass / guitars were unsuitable I thought. And even then - were the drums following the riff in a GINGER fashion? No.

MIDI - Gosh. I saw midi demos in guitar stores stretching back decades. So many years - so many lacking releases. I finally got the GK Roland setup about 10 years ago. It was bad. Can't remember exactly what I disliked about it.

RECENTLY - got that new midi system, { Fishman } but moved, and it went back in the box before I got too far with it.

Is midi the key to getting what I want
with BIAB?

RIFFING

I guess tests here haven't allowed a RIFF approach to the program to succeed yet. I think that's really what I was hoping for.

{ And for the program not to ADD COUNTER STUFF - THAT RUINS/ CHANGES WHAT YOUR'E TRYING TO DO. Which also seems to be a problem, as noted in this thread. }

But I'm guessing that's the BIAB section that needs to be overhauled.

The STYLE section of the program seems to be a hack to try and get toward it - but I normally find it a disappointment.

JAZZ

No haven't thought about moving to jazz quite yet. I note- All my beloved GENRES seem to be getting less and less popular. And, Jazz wasn't a huge crowd pleaser, even when I started, imho. Now ROCK seems to be taking a bad down turn.

FUSION

My all time fusion favorite would be
Inner Mounting FLAME - Mahavisnu.
But who would pay to come and see the
cover versions - lol?