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Yes, I caught that John but you're complaining about the slow generation times when you're exporting the tracks to Reaper. All I was saying is you can also export the tracks to RB. No need to generate them so from that point of view they're the same. Export to Reaper, export to RB. About the same amount of time.



I was not complaining...just adding my comment to the thread of why I do or don't use RealBand. And I covered the point that exporting is different in my original post.

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What I'm curious about and I ask this because I'm considering buying another DAW is exactly what can you do in Reaper that you can't do in RB?

So much of this is what your priorities are. I do a lot of midi work so I need a good midi editor. RB is a pretty good midi editor and from reading a lot of different forums, Reaper is not a very good midi editor. From what I'm seeing Cubase is the best midi editor out there, a lot of pros think it's better than ProTools, Logic and Sonar. They say it's because Steinberg practically invented midi and they did invent the VST standard. So I am looking for specific points of comparison.



I have no idea about midi as I do not use it at all.

BIAB very well may be the most amazing piece of software I have ever used; I cannot say enough good stuff about it! And yet, of all the software I use currently, its interface is one of the most outdated and uncomfortable IMHO. But there is nothing else like it so that won't stop me from enjoying it's amazing goodness! RealBand, on the other hand, is a DAW. And, other than the RealTracks capability, there are many full-featured DAWs with modern interfaces. For me, the mixing process is one that needs to be very smooth and easy flowing. Reaper provides that for me.