What BIAB package do I need - real Country and Western Swing

[Leon Grizzard]

I have looked at the PG Music website but their descriptions are not very detailed. Let me just ask you guys. I play old Country 40s to 60's, maybe 70's, Western Swing and Texas Style Old Time Fiddle. I have BIAB 12 but it will not run on Windows 7 and so I need to buy a new package. I have used BIAB mostly for practice, but say I was going to gig with it, or colloborate with people who gig or record with it. What package do I need?

[Graham]

All you really need to start with is the Mega pack. It will more than likely cover anything you want to do. For most average users, the Ultra pack is overkill. You wouldn't use 99% of what is included in it.

You can then buy the individual Real Drum or Real Tracks cd's that suit your style of music when ever you want to so you are only spending money on what you want, not on material you'll never likely use.

[Leon Grizzard]

Thank you very much. I kind of thought that, but it was hard to compare these new configurations with what used to have.

[Brad Hawkins]

I have two waltz Cds and a breakdown CD made specifically for fiddle players usind biab instruments. They contain total over 20 tunes each. They sell for $10 and contain most basic texas style contest tunes. They include texas style guitar backup with walking bass chord changes etc...

[Mark Butcher]

Hey Brad where do you find sets for $10? As far as I can see each set is $29. Realpaks are $79 and you get 5 sets. That makes the upgrade to the Ultrapak to get all 82 sets at $279 a good deal even if you only use a few of them.

I find the real tracks in the Megapak make some excellent tracks but only work for a few songs then they all sound the same! Good marketing I guess.

There is no price for a Megapak to Ultrapak upgrade so I guess you just pay the £279. I'm in the UK so postage, customs and VAT add a lot to that. A few sets at $10 would suit me fine!

[Rick Campbell]

Mark, I think Brad is referring to a CD of BIAB songs and not styles or real tracks.

Leon,

I'd suggest you give the folks at BIAB a call and tell them what you want to do and they will tell you exactly what sets you need. They are very easy to work with. Have fun.