There is no one stop solution to every possible need, or as Mac always said a swiss army knife of DAW software. Studio one may integrate Melodyne, and that is great, but i can use Melodyne as a stand alone and import the results into any other DAW. RB on the other hand is the ONLY daw to include RealTracks and Real Drums, and all you can do with that system. Sonar does not do that, and Reaper does not do that. I have all of them except Studio One, which i do not need just for ARA implementation. I can wait till one of my other DAWs includes that. Heck the time i lose moving the file out and back in will be lost in setting up, and learning a new system.

Heck I am fast realizing that i can do almost anything in RB. I have done songs in RB, and moved them to Sonar X1, Multitrackstudio, and Reaper, for finishing. Guess what they all did a fine job at the project, but guess what else?!? The version finished in RB sounded just as good.

It keeps being said here and elsewhere! It ain't the tools, it is the carpenter.

This conversation is going on at every Forum on the web right now, is xxxx better that yyyy?

No not really just different. another fact is that so much of this depends on the user, the skill level, and the computer system. All during the Sonar craziness, there were people screaming that it was fatally flawed, at the same time others had zero problems. Over at Reaper they were experiencing virtually the same issue. A few less bugs, but i tried Reaper for a couple years and all it did was crash my system, yet others swore by it. I finally bought version 4, and guess what it is fine. What ever did not work well with my comp, was either fixed or something. I bought Sonar X1, and guess what i have yet to have a crash that was not caused by a third party plug, and those have been very few. I still use MTS, guess what it is still rock solid, but there are a couple things i wish were different, or that work different. Over all they all work fine.

RB needs about two things in my mind. 1. revamped VSTi handling 2. upgraded automation node based system. There are a few more but that is true of all systems

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.