Yes, a good hardware MIDI synth is a wonderful thing to have, I agree. I'm currently still loving my Ketron SD2 here, but have used a whole shelf of various mfr's devices with BIAB over the years, keyboards and standalone synths.

As for the Automatic Rendering, it apparently is a function of the DXi synth and that is why the DXi synth must be invoked first.

When I do it, it automatically selects the VSC DXi synth and then when the rendering is done, it opens the MIDI Output window automatically so I can uncheck the Use DXi button and am back to my original setup.

Not as painful as I might have imagined, actually, and it does get the job done, but it would be nice to have a simple "Audio Only Mixdown" button somewhere. That would be a good thing for you to add to the BIAB Wishlist, I think.


--Mac