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...Gee, I wonder what else is in here? ...


Believe me, I know what you mean. I have never missed an upgrade until 2008.5, and 2010 is under the tree.

I really buy BIAB for my church to use (on my dime), so staying current is a good idea for me. RealTracks weren't too useful until the 2010 upgrade--far too slow to build a song in realtime.

Even though I study all of the features and try them as much as I can, I don't use many of them. BIAB audio track and harmonizer for instance, is a feature that I never use. On the other hand, BIAB provides features for recording soundtracks (such as RealTracks (pre-2010), piano roll editing, MIDI out, rendering, etc.) that aren't necessary in realtime use; so I find myself using BIAB in very different ways depending on my goals at the time.

Peter Gannon has consistently exceeded expectations in incorporating wishlist items from a very diverse set of users with varying goals split fairly evenly among studio use, realtime use, and educational use. There are lots of useful features packed in there.

I am truly praying, however, that 2010 fixes core software issues present in 2008.5 (UNDO undoes all sorts of things, strange reset of song during entry, etc.). From what I read, improved undo is on the feature list; I expect a lot of other improvements are too.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Joel