I have been using BIAB for well over ten years and still use it for it's original purpose - to provide a quick and easy accompaniment for my keyboard playing. I have very little musical knowledge and quite frankly not a lot of creativity and the beauty of BIAB is that you don't need much of either because the basic MIDI styles have always given me what I needed. I don't have the necessary skill or desire to get into the style maker or into Realband - there must be hundreds of users like me.

When RDs came along it was a simple extra that gave an option that added to the overall sound and more importantly was a simple substitution within the basic MIDI style. When RTs came along things started to change and the program started to concentrate on a more professional kind of user. It took me a while to realize that the Realstyles weren't of much use to me because most of them were fairly boring styles with the addition of a solo. Even the improvement in sound didn't really excite me as I am perfectly happy with the sound from my SD50 synth. I would much rather have more choice of exciting ready made styles than have to cope with the complexity of building my own styles from the different RTs. I have learned to cope with the problems of needing a better computer, RT load time and the need to freeze everything. But for me to really use RTs I need 5 instrument Realstyles without solos, (I will add my own) that are as varied as MIDI styles.

Don't get me wrong, I am full of admiration for those profesionals who can produce wonderful results with BIAB, Realband and other DAWs and PG must cater to these users but it's just that PG shouldn't lose sight of their roots and need to keep an eye on the MIDI crowd and users like me. Recently I have turned to Bob Norton's styles as a way of keeping things fresh.

Regards
Tony