All I do is open a window of BIAB, open my DAW (Cakewalk by Bandlab, formerly SONAR), and left click & hold on the Master radio button to drag that into Cakewalk. The BIAB song generates and the tracks all appear in Cakewalk. No Drop Station, no DAW Plugin*. It just works.

[Note: this does not work with all DAWs. Some Daws require the 'holding area' concept, which the Drop Station provides. But many do not if they make a copy of the audio as Cakewalk does. I prefer this method anyway since all the files I need will be saved in their own area by project name in the DAW.]

*The DAW Plugin is never required; it's just a convenience to make the BIAB window smaller (which you can do yourself) and keep it on top. If you just Snap the two windows to the two sides, each becomes half the monitor width. HOWEVER, there are important options that must be set, only once, in Preferences, DAW Plugin, first four check boxes. And read the helpful instructions there in the Plugin Settings dialog box.


BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.