Charlie, first let me say I really appreciate you sharing your deep knowledge and work-arounds. Same way I feel about Pipeline and his genius has saved my bacon more than once!

BUT, these complex work-arounds are NOT a solution to poorly designed and implemented software. They are a band-aid and as Rustyspoon correctly observed they are often "complex, counter intuitive, clunky, time consuming, technically outdated".

Don't get me wrong, they have their place and are GREATLY APPRECIATED!

BUT they are NOT a substitute for fixing the software.

As an example, I used to code complex apps using Visual Basic. And I was pretty good at it! But occasionally I would hit a wall. A friend and fellow programmer would always remind me that I could "easily" drop into C++ or even assembler to do what I needed to do. And I have no doubt he could have done that. But I couldn't. And even if I could, I preferred to work in at the level where I was proficient rather than deep diving into an unknown area I would never have the need nor time to excel at.

The same thing applies with BIAB. Before 2021 there were 7 tracks available (not including audio). That's it! End of story. 7 tracks.

Yet you claim there are actually 77 tracks? Well, where are they? Can I see them at a glance in the mixer? Can I adjust all parameters of them individually in the mixer like I can the 7 visible tracks? Are they as intuitively obvious in their settings and status that I can, at a glance, see and adjust them?

I think the simple answer to all of these questions is "No"! And this is proven out as you acknowledge most BIAB users do not even know about them. Because they are hidden and/or counter-intuitive.

Let me repeat...I am honestly grateful for you sharing your expertise and work-arounds and we are fortunate to have you here doing that. But when someone requests that the mixer be expanded I just wish power users like you would give it a +1 and maybe add there is a work-around available instead of implying that this request has already been fulfilled.