Hey Dan,

Thanks for the encouraging words on the BIAB tune I posted. My version of the software is just before they got into Real Tracks. I find their stuff pretty confusing to wade through these days as they have so much. At times I have thought that one of their everything packages on a hard drive might be a better investment for me than a new keyboard.

When I go on the PG site I hear a lot that I like but there is so much there that I find it kind of intimidating to wade through it all. I know I could make some great recordings using BIABn so I might need to check out the 2015 version. Would I still get some credit for purchasing an older version in terms of upgrade options or do they only back date so far? My version is probably more than 15 years old. I had a computer lab in my music room and used it with the kids a fair bit on old scrounged 486 computers. After I retired the board had it installed on all the modern school computers. Don't think it's there anymore since PG made so many improvements.

God Bless,
Don

That phone thing is funny... i enjoyed it.

I disagree with you that BiaB is not a good tool for live playing, sure its not an arranger, but as a singer, solo guitarist, or whatever non keyboard instrument it is a great tool for making backings... and using those backings in a live environment..

Still wayting for an arranger to add a chord arranger being fully compatible with the BiaB styles and all its features..

Oh wayt, there is one... its called Varranger, You can have Varranger, BiaB and Ableton live (or any other DAW)running on your touchscreen PC side by side.. sadly BiaB is not really build for touchscreens

sometimes i wonder why we stick to hardware arrangers, as they are way less flexible then a mobile PC with a masterkeyboard

On the ther hand, despite all the gear i own and owned, i have never owned an instrument that is so much fun as the Tyros 5-76

Thanks, Bachus. Glad you got a giggle out of it.

I agree that BiaB would make some fine backing tracks for live play. I was thinking about playing it like an arranger in my original post. To me this would be the best of both worlds. The subject comes up over at the PGMusic forum, but I don't think BiaB will have this feature anytime soon (or ever for that matter).

Thanks for listening,
Dan

why BIAB when you can use an arranger KB to easily record backing tracks that sound amazing..?

Because Yamaha doesnt put a chordsequencer in their arrangers? And BiaB styles in general sound much better then most arranger styles