I am going to try and reply to all of these comments.

First, I am not a PG Music basher. Without their products, I would not be able to record my songs the way I hear them. My impression,strictly an impression, is that BB is the primary product and that it gets more attention than RB from the company.

I like many things about RB, particularly the interface.

Jazzmammal is right about getting started with ST3. It is difficult. If hadn't had trouble with other VST's, I wouldn't have brought it up. But I did. I love being able to use RT's. Changing DAWs won't change that. However, I can't record my songs without midi. For that, I need to be able to use VST's. If I can't get them to work consistently with RB, I need something else.

As far as the crashes on Time Stretch, why should I try to recreate it when I am following the prompts? IMO, if you follow the prompts, it should work and the computer shouldn't crash. And you shouldn't have to do special setups or delete files that come with the program. If that's the trick, PG should take those out and do an update.

One thing about the Time Stretch feature: It seems you can stretch the track by dragging it. When I read the instructions for Time Stretch on RB, I don't see that feature. Did I overlook it?

As far as my computer, it is an i5 running Win10. It has 6gb of RAM. Processor speed is 2.6ghz. 64 bit. Works fine on BB. Tobias, I am going to try to find out if something else is causing this. Thanks for the tip.

As far as another DAW crashing: I am starting a song with Reaper. I haven't paid for it yet. I will look for crashes as I do that. So far, it has not balked or crashed once. Other users on this forum have had similar experiences with RB and solved them by moving to Reaper.

Finally, a word to Jazzmammal. I appreciate your perspective and I have told you so. I have asked you if we could just agree to disagree. If you have other comments for me about this issue, would you send me a PM rather than post them to the forum?

Thanks to all for your help.

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i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.