Scott,

For example, … we all are guilty of purchasing “Upgrades” for no other reason than that they’re available.

I bought upgrades to BIAB every year up until 2009. I couldn’t tell a rats ass difference between the old and the new. Why? Because I only used the most basic functions for backup.

Now that I see where they may have fixed some egregious errors in how they handle bluegrass, …… I can no longer afford upgrades.

I suspect that what the “average” user wants in a DAW is Play, Pause, Record, Stop, FFWD and Rewind. EQ, Compression and Reverb are just icing on the cake.

That means any “intuitive” DAW would suffice.

Bob
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