Never liked Mixcraft, seems like a toy to me, still it has some nice features, but nothing RB does not have and then some. Reaper to me is far too much work, it does have the most flexable routing in the business, but you have way to many options to fiddle with to get something done. I am sure that in the end you can template up and get their with ease, but for me it was too much work and the great features are too hidden in multiple layers.

Cakewalk was my first love, and i still have a fondness for it, but there are a few things i don't like.

Multitrackstudio is the most solid robust, and simple of the real powerful DAWs, i have really loved working in it, still there are a few things in the workflow i did not like overall, but would fall back to it , if i needed to pound out a few projects quickly. The plugins are top notch by the way, simple and clean.

Realband is my fav, sure there is still a few naggy issues for me, as we have discussed many times here (please fix the tempo lock issue), and add panning and FX to the node system. I would add a toggle button to toggle thru those three making them different colors, and change the drag system to open the automation to a click a button instead. Just smoother and less fiddling. If RealBand had timing lock on VSTi i do not think i would open another DAW.

Think about it, no other DAW does all the following.

Acid loop generation
Realtracks
Realdrums
Midi tracks
Audio tracks
Style creation
generate by bar
super midi tracks

If you add to that the ability to use VSTis like jamstix and the like to their fullest ability. And add to that again a little bit more on the automation, what is missing.

Really only one thing (expand the 48 track limit)

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.