Originally Posted By: joe5
Interesting....can you elaborate on it being a "very basic DAW?" What (generally, not asking for every little thing) does it lack? It will be just me and a synth and maybe vocals, so I'm wondering if it will be enough.


Like any tool, one must learn how to use it and it should have a good work flow, as well as ease of use.

Perhaps I'm about to display my total ignorance of this tool....

First.... every DAW has advantages and disadvantages when compared side by side with other DAW's. One does this extremely well while not doing that, but the competitor does THAT well while not excelling at this. That's why there are so many good ones on the market,and they all have their fans and critics.

I have looked at the functionality and how the workflow is in RB by using it, and there were some aspects of audio editing.... when, for example, I have to split an audio track and replace a section with something copied from another place in the song. I have found this to be difficult at best. I was also looking to use RB in a project as the DAW and wanted to add envelopes for precise audio control. I couldn't seem to get the same level of precision as I do in Sonar. I call it surgical precision. Placing a node in between two notes in quick succession. I also believe I have seen where some VST's have issues running properly in RB. I forget exactly what I was wanting to do.... but I ran into a brick wall and could not figure out how to do what it was I needed at the time. I RTFM and couldn't find the answer there. Being in a project, I simply moved the tracks to Sonar and finished it there.

Although, I'm sure there's folks here who know how to do all that without major difficulty. Like I said, maybe I haven't given it a fair chance. However, I have tried to use it and found it to be less than accommodating to the way I like to work. I know Sonar fairly well and doing anything that needs to be done is generally a very simple and quick matter. Perhaps RB is the same way and I would just need to spend more time with it.

HOWEVER.... what RB lacks in total functionality as a full fledged DAW, comparable to the Sonar's and PT's of the world..... it excels in being able to generate Real Tracks for my BB songs. Nothing else can do that. I know of NO DAW that can do that.... so that's where Real Band shines. And that's how it serves in my studio/songwriting process. So while I'm not a fan of it's DAW capabilities, I am a huge fan of it's track generation abilities.

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