Originally Posted By: HearToLearn
It doesn't expose the limitation of the software. It exposes the limitation of the user... like an instrument.

Kinda like a group of intermediate guitar players blaming their guitars for why they aren't getting soloist gigs?

I am agreeing with most of what you are saying. Those who crap on the chart topping songs could not create those songs. They don't understand that music or that market.

And I agree the limitations in BIAB songs are at least in part based on the limitations of BIAB users. But, I suspect the tool may have limitations for the exact same reason! Maybe it was built by folks not intimately familiar with modern music? I look at the latest release and wonder, are producers of modern music really clamoring for more Klezmer RealTracks?

Some have pointed out that more tools are needed and I tend to agree with that. What BIAB excels at is creating authentic sounding classic tracks in country, blues, jazz and rock. It does such an incredible job at that task that you can generate a complete classic sounding song using only BIAB.

So I guess that is my main point. BIAB can be used as-is, straight up to produce a classic country song or classic rock song but for modern music that is more varied and complex and less dependent on classic patterns...well, BIAB becomes one tool of many rather than the whole toolbox.

And that's ok!