This whole debate should point back to the title of the thread.

BIAB/RB are unparalleled for song composition/backing tools. No argument there. Some basic recording and editing aspects are also included.

The title of the thread, to remind everyone, is: Decent DAWs for free.

Rewind all the way up there to that title, every one of the words in the title.

Working on digital audio. These days, it seems from my perspective, that includes ASIO support.

My latest sound card I bought (Tascam US-800) doesn't even show up in my list of devices except for the ASIO driver, in the DAW software I use. Non DAW use of the card uses it's WDM drivers, and the DAW software seems to only recognize ASIO. This is right in the manual for the device on how it functions, on page 12 - here: http://tascam.com/content/downloads/products/207/us800_om.pdf Expand the image in the left column of page 12 and you'll see TASCAM's internal driver routing. I don't even have a choice to use WDM in DAW software with this device.

When I say that this is rudimentary functionality for DAW, this is the kind of perspective that exists out there in the 'other than PG' DAW world.

This isn't a 'PG Elite' view, it comes from the basics outside of PG.

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