Band in a box - worth it or alternatives?

[Pacman]

Originally Posted by shwashwa

pacman, can i bother you to make a backing track to how insensitive at around 110bpm for me to play with and see how it feels?

Here you go. 8 choruses, the 1st and 8th are the "head."

https://soundcloud.com/quartuslive/howinsensitive

[shwashwa]

thats pretty darn cool. its like your own personal aebersold. thanks for that. did you use real tracks for that?

[Pacman]

Yes, everything I've put up for you is done with Real Tracks.

[shwashwa]

so whats the difference between band in a box and real band?

[shwashwa]

ok, i went ahead and bought biab and so far its still very confusing!! i have a quick question. what if i want to create a midi drum track? it doesnt seem possible. even when i select a midi style, i get a real drum track. that's cool and all, but sometimes i can hear the mistakes in the drummer's time, and i want to mess around with a midi drum track too. likewise for the piano tracks. i seem to be able to get a midi super track, which is an unquantized "human" track with all the timing variances, but what if i want a metronomic like track? i cant seem to be able to get one

[shwashwa]

ignore my last question. figured it out. this program is not very intuitive, but once you figure it out its kind of fun. im just using it so far for 8 or 16 measure loops, but its pretty fun.

[shwashwa]

just wanted to post a little sample of my biab experiences. thanks to all who helped. this is just me practicing with it a bit. i leave it up for a few days before i delete it. feel free to refer anyone to the link who is wondering what gut strings sound like on the D and G strings. please go easy on my playing, im just practicing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWgB_Dk1bwM

[Pacman]

Sounds great man! Glad it's working out for you.

[Wally Malone]

Nice playing!

Wally

[shwashwa]

thanks guys