I am just about ready to upgrade to 2010. At present I am running 2008.5 PlusPak. The UltraPak appears to be a great value considering all the RealTracks that are included. Even if I just bought the RealTracks that I absolutely need, it would cost well over the $299 that I can get the UltraPak for through upgrade. That and I like the idea of RealBand.

Presently I am exporting audio from BIAB and pulling that into Cubase so that I can play along using my Lexicon Alpha interface. The RealBand option looks to give lots more flexibility with regard to the individual tracks. Right now I am locked in once I export the audio from BIAB. I have some option though, I can export individual audio tracks from BIAB and assemble it all in Cubase. That leaves room to try different RT's or change them up later if I want without regenerating everything. But that is time consuming and a workflow stopper of sorts. RealBand can generate the RT's right? I believe that is the case. If so, that allows for a lot more flexibility.

I was curious about the 160GB HD that is included. Specifically, when running from it are there any performance problems? Is it better to install it to the hard drive of your computer? I have plenty of room. Right now I have a 500GB drive partitioned with Vista and Linux(Kubuntu). Vista has 200GB and Kubuntu has the rest.

I believe the UtraPak ends up being 80GB, right? If so, then I have plenty of room. The Vista install is a clean install with nothing added yet, other than service packs.

Also, I was wondering what brand is the HD? Any insight is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Donnie