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Hello, This is my very first post - greetings from the Scottish Highlands. I am seriously considering buying the BIAB 2017 for Windows Megapak and at this stage I am trying to establish whether the available styles are likely to suit the sort of music I hope to be able to produce.
I am looking to do marches, hymn tunes, cool and Dixieland Jazz, and what I am calling some classical/film style noodling - all of this simply for my own amusement as a creative persuit.
I would be very grateful if somebody would please let me have an educated opinion as to whether or not BIAB styles would fit the bill here and if so could you please hazard an opinion as to roughly how many styles there might be to suit my wish list - are we talking a handful, hundreds, or something in between.
Many thanks in advance for any advice or comments
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Welcome Daithi
I am pretty new here myself, as for styles I think you would be over the moon and in the hundred +.
Though I would recommend you go for the everything pak,that is what I have.
1. You don't need to pay for the import tax in the u.k.
I paid 44.00 pound, after I had paid pg for the program.
The everything pak you can download, as the meerkats say simple.
I am sure a lot of the experienced lads will be answering your call in a bit.
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For RealTracks, you should preview the RealTrack Demos of the RealTracks that come with the MegaPak. That should help you decide if that's sufficient for you. You will also get 400 MIDI styles; however, I don't know which of the 2000+ MIDI styles are included with the MegaPak.
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Hi Daithi and welcome to the friendliest site on the Internet.
If you are going to work in MIDI only then the Megapak would supply styles in each of your genres. However if I were you I would look at the UltraPlus Pak. I know that it is $200 more but with it you are completely covered for what you want to do in both MIDI and RealTracks. Not only do you get a lot more for your money it is less expensive than if you ordered the MegaPak then started to buy separate RealTracks. Not only would you get RealTracks but you would also get a lot more styles that contain MIDI and RealTracks and RealTracks alone. This is in addition of the MIDI only styles. That is a big bang for the buck increase in my opinion.
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For RealTracks, you should preview the RealTrack Demos of the RealTracks that come with the MegaPak. That should help you decide if that's sufficient for you. You will also get 400 MIDI styles; however, I don't know which of the 2000+ MIDI styles are included with the MegaPak. Excuse me John but the MegaPak contains all 2000 MIDI styles. It is the ProPak that contains only 400.
I want my last spoken words to be "I hid a million dollars under the........................"
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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You're right. I was looking at the wrong column. My bad.
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It comes with a 30 day money back no questions guarantee.
If it doesn't work for what you want to do, uninstall it and return it.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Daithi Welcome to the forums, You'll find a great team of like-minded folk here, all willing to help each other. The BiaB product is second to none, and the flexibility and versatility with styles is nothing short of astounding. As the others have mentioned, check out some of the RealStyles that are available, however, from what you have described, there are many that fit the genres you are looking for. And with a 30 day money-back guarantee, you can't lose. Go on, get it, you know you want to
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Hi Daithi and welcome. This is the wrong forum for your question but since it's your first post, no problem. Just read the FAQ's in the top of each forum to find out what each forum is for.
You have a countryman here who's username is Furry. He's an accordian player who also runs an old time music radio show. You can do a Username search and contact him via PM (Private Message). This is also why you should put this in the Band in a Box forum though, he usually hangs out there. Lots of Biab users won't see your question here.
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