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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.



This is where I differ from you. I don't purchase upgrades until I'm convinced I've sussed out available opportunities with what I have. I bought 2 versions of PowerTracks Pro Audio over an 8 year period of use.

The average user can get by without making a DAW purchase whatsoever, as long as they bought an entry-level audio card. It's the quite more expensive cards that assume you have a DAW and are just upgrading the I/O.

Cubase LE works a treat for this. As do the lite versions of the other DAW softwares that are often bundled with cards.

The Studio 1 product from PreSonus is outstanding as a standalone product - comes free with PreSonus interfaces. They make you pay for VST/VSTi capability, but for the functions you describe, it's incredibly well-done. For FREE.

-Scott

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