The major GUI changes to BIAB occurred more last year, and it's a good work still in progress. I thoroughly love BIAB. I don't have a problem with MIDI implementation in BIAB; MIDI is itself a very dated standard in need of a rewrite. Music XML support would go a long way there, and BIAB is so close already.

I think Mario's comments about SONAR are instructive. SONAR 8.5 was at least a reasonably contemporary interface to start with. We managed to adapt to the X series and I finally have deleted 8.5 from my computer. I would be pleased to purchase an upgrade to BIAB if it had nothing new except these three things: fully 64-bit, a reworked user interface that adopted standard Windows functions throughout, and a redesigned menu system and dialog boxes. Of course, doing this would be a massive effort, but it would position BIAB better for the future.

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.