David:
Those are very kind words, appropriate to the season. I feel it should have been me writing those thoughts, instead of you, since I so often get the feeling I am sitting at the feet of the masters, here.
Now, I have to stop and realize that the challenges I face are not unique, but are shared by many on the forum, even the more "advanced." That, of course, is a relative term, but still, "by their fruits shall ye judge them." The fruits around here are mighty tasty.
That said, this forum fills needs that are within BiaB and on the outside. Such an area might be production workflow, or at least the elements beyond telling us how BiaB was used, which elements, etc. Other areas include musicianship, in particular, piano and guitar. There is also a whole area of discuaaion pertaining to voice.
When I first came here, there was a lot of discussion about the computer. Things like analog to digital interfaces, DAWs, processors, memory, and the like. Somewhere along the line, someone here discovered Reaper and shared. Now, Reaper is in most everyone's toolbox. There has not been too
much talk about digital multitrack here. But, I can testify, as one who keeps up with that tech, the designers are always responding to consumer requests; especially in two areas: one, more power and working memory so that more instruments can be recorded simultaneously, and two, improved communication between tape deck and laptop. If I were not involved in this forum, I think a lot of this
would be going along outside my field of vision.
Finally, and David is just one example, when we have gotten to know, as it were, the creators, then hearing ther work takes place in a different dimension. I find myself thinking "Oh, I see what he or she is getting at." Veddy interesting, don't you agree?

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