DeaconBlues09,
Many thanks for such a warm welcome to the PG Music forums.

And thanks for your wonderfully clear and helpful answers to my questions.

I have grown to love Reaper, even though I have not done as much recording on it as I had on GarageBand (I am basically a PC person, but bought a now-outdated super-duper Mac about 11 years ago for exclusive audio and video recording because PC's at that point were plagued by all kinds of IRQ problems, and the like).

I do miss the drums in GarageBand, and was getting a little weary of programming using MD Drummer in Reaper, so I am hoping BIAB will shorten the process of getting a good basic drum track into Reaper, which I can then edit to my heart's content.

I watched some BIAB installation videos earlier and I think that the hard drive option meant that you had to install more files on the computer than if one uses the USB option. However, I will double-check that.

I want to make sure that whatever Pak I get has enough Real Tracks on it because I think that the only MIDI I am likely use on BIAB is for export to Reaper. And I do get sick of the same old sounds so I want a good variety of Real Tracks.

Money is less of an issue - basically, I want to set myself up fairly well, and then dive back into recording.

Does that help in narrowing the field a little so that you can suggest an appropriate Pak?

As I said earlier, I am mostly doing rock (and some pop), but I also would like to be able to use tabla if BIAB has any North Indian Classical instruments.

Many thanks for your offer of asking you questions. I am sure that I will be in touch again.

All the best,

drutgat

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