Tony just record the medley as a backing track.... Its very easy to do..

Sparky, good subject for discussion. First of all, from a personnel standpoint I absolutely LOVE my BIAB. It is so far advanced from the modern arranger kb. Yamaha makes a big thing out of there REVO Drums and they should but BIAB has had real drums forever. No one else has come up with Real Tracks yet and they are "real". So, why don't I use it more and still use the kb? Simple. Even though BIAB can make a song file up in 5 minutes, it still takes 5 minutes and in most cases to get it right a lot longer. The kb allows instant gratification. Once I find the proper style and lead voices (I have to do the same with BIAB) I can then play the tune right now. BIAB has a feature called 'conductor' that will allow you to repeat sections of your tune in real time but it is not the easiest feature to learn how to use. The 2019 BIAB manual is 617 pages long! This program is huge and will let you do all kinds of things if you take the time to learn it (I haven't yet, but plan on spending more time with it in the furure).

The truth is although I upgrade every year I don't use any of the new features. I could very easily get by doing what I do with 2012. BUT! Every year the marketeers at PG Music add another 100 of so additional Real Tracks (This year 202). During there annual sale I get the upgrade for $99. I figure that if there is just one additional Real Track that I really want it is worth it to save having to pay a live musician $100 per hour for studio time. And I couldn't find musicians of this caliber anywhere near Mountain Home, Arkansas. It also allows me to play with these guys at 3:00 in the morning if I so desire.

As to the comment about support. I agree that PG Music provides the best service & support of any software I use. Peter Gannon, who is the main dude behind the company shows up often on the BIAB forum to answer questions and help users solve problems. The forum has a huge user base that is very well versed in the program.

As you can probably guess I am a huge fan of BIAB. It is my favorite program to show off to folks just getting interested in computer music and what can be done with this stuff.

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MEL

I'm thinking about starting a forum for arranger keyboards.

Of course I could do that, Donny, - and I have - but I'm talking about spontaneously going into another song based on what I feel the audience might like to hear at the time ...

Great idea, Don ... I'm in ...

I'm putting more suntan lotion on it gets hotter the more South I go....

It shouldn't have to be either, or. I am working on songs and styles to import to my PA4X. Why?, because I have a $3000 keyboard that does everything I ask of it, and, I don't want to have to use a laptop for everything. To be sure, I am just getting re-acquainted with BIAB, but I can see it is awesome, but not to the exclusion of my hardware. To each his own.

And we've ALL been there before ...

Just to get this train back on the track ...