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Jim Williams
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I have an older version of BiAB, from 2007. It has the Realdrums add on. I've never really worked with this software much, it's just been sitting around. I played with it a bit the other day, and most of the stuff I was doing sounded very unrealistic...kind of like a kid playing a toy instrument. Do I just need to upgrade or is there a way to get a decent very basic bg track out of this version?
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Erv Niehaus
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Post by Erv Niehaus »

I believe most of your problem is the equipment you are using for playback. The sound card that comes in most computers is not adequate to get a good sound. The quality of your playback is very dependent on what it is being played back through.
Don't blame BIAB, you should be able to get a good sound out of the 2007 version. :D
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Thanks Irv, I'll look into that further.

Any suggestions on what I might need to add to a fairly modern but run of the mill Windows 7 PC?
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Off hand, I would suggest adding a Sound Blaster board to your PC.
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