Originally Posted by Sunset_Poet
Band in the Box plugs in nicely to my DAW.
I was going to purchase it but there are several versions ranging in price from a couple of hundred bucks to 600. I dont want to buy a loaded program with bells and whistles that I will never use.

Can anyone suggest what level BIAB package would prolly work for someone such as myself.

Thanks

Martin



What I did was buy the bare bones version, and purchase the individual 'real tracks' and 'real drums' that I actually use when I actually use them, on a song by song basis.

You should use BIAB for scratch demos only, never for anything that you are going to release, for two reasons. The resolution of the real tracks are only 16 bit, and the real tracks and real drum tracks are all public domain. You could create a cool song, and the backing tracks could be sampled and nothing you can do about it, afaik.

Also, if you get the audiophile the bit resolution might be better. BIAB is better for more traditional styles. But, if you want of their real tracks, they are 'public domain' because you are drawing from a pool of pre-recordings that is in all BIAB users possession, so it can't be copyrighted, ( but the melody and vocals and any track you lay on top of BIAB, those are protected, and I"m talking about an SR copyright ).




Last edited by Pat Hardy; 07/22/20 07:39 PM.