Someone has probably mentioned this in one of the comments above... I didn't read them all. There are several folks with sites online that have already taken the time to create MGU and SGU files of quite a few of the hits from the past. That will certainly save you a lot of time and effort if the songs you want are in the list. And with time being equal to money.... it might actually be cheaper to buy them if they are not too overly expensive.

I don't know if they are free or you have to pay. I don't know if they are as close to the original as one can get with BB or if they are loose interpretations of the song. And I don't know the names of the sites or how many there are.

I've never had the need, curiosity, or desire to go looking to find out. On the rare occasion that I did any covers with BB, I worked in the program to create my own. One was a loose interpretation of the song and the other two were actually fairly accurate versions of the cover. Yeah... In all the years Ive had BB I've only done 3 covers.

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