I agree with Rharv that RB is far more powerful than most folks give it credit for, there are not as many missing pieces as one might think. It has a ton of Midi tool, maybe not crazy midi filters and stuff that a Sonar and or Reaper have, but it is very usable. It's audio editing is really quite good you can double click and open the audio editor, or cut and paste right in the track in tracks view. You have to setup Reaper for that with a pile of mouse modifiers.

What RB needs to be a very solid contender is simple:

1. Finish the VSTi coding so that timing sensitive plugs work like Jamstix and such

2. Update the ASIO so that it is as useful as WDM

3. Add an automation/envelope system like cakewalk with nodes and such that can be added to control volume, panning and effects.

4. tidy up the coding so that some of the aforementioned lagging is cleaned up.

5. Make it have more than 48 tracks

Do this and you have a solid full featured product. It already does things the others do not do.

HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2025, Realband, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 9 32c , Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app.