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You need to go to a real beefed up DAW like Reaper x64 if you have a 64 bit system to see major improvement.

BIAB works really well just about all the time.

However, Realband is not so well behaved in my opinion. I have been using it since it came out a few years back on 3-4 different high end systems and it never has performed as well as:

Reaper
Adobe Audition
Sonar

My friend just purchased BIAB 2014 and Realband which I installed in his 3.5 GHZ Win 8-1 x64 system with 8 MB of ram and the Scarlett 2i4 audio interface and Realband performed so bad I was somewhat embarrassed to run it for my friend as he is just getting into home recording.

The sliders were very slow to respond to volume and panning changes, usually 3-4 seconds after performing the change, we heard the results in the output.

Yes we are using all the latest stuff, ASIO drivers, Power settings, video drivers, USB drivers etc. Not my first rodeo by any means.

BIAB however really impressed him and he was truly amazed at what BIAB can do.

We then installed Reaper X64 as a DAW and he was amazed at the difference in performance.

I told him you have not seen anything yet. I powered up my laptop with Adobe Audition CS6 x64 and it outperformed Reaper x64.

Those are my thoughts after using Realband for a few years now.

Sometimes the truth hurts but it also will hopefully inspire PG Music to actually make a DAW that will perform as well as the other products out there now. You did absolutely fantastic with BIAB, however....

Realband sadly does not compare to the other alternatives available.

BIAB2025
Windows 10 Pro
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No Longer on a Crappy Laptop!