I now use the USB drive for my BiaB work, too, because more and more I have to get things done on the laptop and not the dedicated DAW. The USB drive allows me to work on either machine, though, with all my personal songfiles right there and updated as I go.

I do have the BiaB .exe file installed on my DAW desktop, though and pointed that to the external drive for the RealDrums/Realtracks. But on the laptop, I no longer find that necessary, running it all from the external drive works as well.

Those who are only using BiaB for home recording have a different set of needs than those of us who also use it for live autoaccompaniment. The laptop sits on the Grand Piano musicboard along with that USB drive...


--Mac