Originally Posted By: nonchai
+1 from me.

But then i'm also of the view that BIAB needs a total overhaul - from switching to and adopting a modern truly CROSS-PLATFORM underlying framework - to reworking the GUI so that all the wonderful mega-kitchen-sink of options can be reworked into a far more logical interface.

For example- in the Mac version of BIAB there is still some ANCIENT GUI code which is a legacy from BIAB's early years on Atari-ST and/or Mac Plus! - written in pascal

Such an overhaul would of course take several years so does raise the thorny question of how to provide income for PG and its staff for the time before the revamped BIAB 2.0 is complete -

and ironically - one way of doing this might be to do the opposite - and just have one or two years where only minor improvements are made to BIAB while at the same time selling basically just new styles and real tracks.

The other option would be to sell PG to a company like Yamaha in order to provide the needed round of investment to support a team of programmers to focus on BIAB 2.0 during the "fallow" period where no income or less income is being made.



The music buiz is a rough one. I am not the one to try and manage their company from afar.

I only posted this post as hopes from an outsider on how to move ahead. Band in a Box has been a huge part of my musical life and I want PG to be hugely successful.

I was a Cakewalk user from inception until they went belly up last year. I really did not like the Roland or Tascam years. It seemed like that is when they lost their way.

I imagine Yamaha with PG might be like Cake with Roland. Not my first choice.

I like the software developed by inspired leaders myself.

By the way, I have listened a little bit to the 2019 version and wow I have to say it sounds great!