Thanks Rustyspoon! I look forward to more conversation about this with you.

I would def disagree about Toontrack's instruments. I have an assortment of their EZ products and find them to be quite good. And I suspect, if EZD2 to EZD3 is any indication, EZ Keys 2 will be even better!

I agree with your assessment of some similarities between BIAB and EZ. Both are essentially recorded bits and pieces of real instruments that were played by session musicians and recorded professionally. The differences are interesting too. BIAB has many tracks that, because they are audio, tend to have a bit more variety sometimes. But EZ has the benefit of all tracks being totally editable because it is all MIDI. BIAB has an advantage in being a more complete package with tons of various instruments that have been curated into RealStyles so you can put together a complete song much faster. EZ has the advantage of allowing me to select the specific patterns I want from the library whereas BIAB requires me to click the random button over and over until I come up with what I want.

My bottom line is these are two incredible tools to have in my songwriting toolkit! They complement each other quite well!!

I look forward to figuring out how to quickly isolate the BIAB MIDI good stuff and to see your console idea!