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It would help you immensely to watch the videos available on this site. There have been literally hundreds of improvements to the program, RealDrums, Real Instruments, and features too numerous to get into.

Without knowing your background, your musical goals, and an idea of your 'equipment', it's very hard to give you more direction than that.



Hello John and thanks for your reply.

My musical background is: I sing tenor with a 50-voice auditioned chorale in Johnson City, TN. I play some chords on a guitar to accompany my singing when I occasionally perform solo (mostly folk music, Christmas music, etc.). I read music and I can play the piano, but very slowly and with virtually no technique worth mentioning. I am about to acquire a keyboard with a midi interface. I am very computer literate. I am just beginning to explore BB, even though I have had the software for a number of years. I have no idea how far I can or will go. It is a hobby, among several other hobbies, now that I am retired. I know vert little music theory. From decades of listening, I have an extensive knowledge of classical music, jazz, pop from the 20s through the 60s, and broadway and show music up to about 1970.

I suppose that my main interest in upgrading at this point would be centered around issues such as ease of use, rather than, for example, more elaborate compositional tools which I am not able to appreciate at this time. If I am successful with BB, I will probably try to compose music, using the keyboard I will acquire as the input device. I have much to learn about chording, etc. before I could even begin to take advantage of the BB features I see.

Having said all the above, I would appreciate your comments about upgrading BB and my objectives.

Thanks,

Art