Lazarus.

i have been spending some time on you tube looking at how song creators use arcade , as the comments bout it intrigued me as to where i might use it in my own songs and its sample libraries and capabilities/features.
arcade is obviously a very creative product.

my conclusion is i dont see it as arcade versus biab.
i see it as another possible complementary tool to ones arsenal of song creation tools.
in fact , due to the large no of samples on tap, a song creator like myself could use the strong points of both biab and arcade to create songs. ie complementing each other. thus creating a synergy tween the 2 products.

BUT ...there is a larger problem for myself as a user, and i find myself thinking deeply more and more about it these days...viz...finding the time to go thru these big sample libraries....to find "the golden nuggets of sound" that might apply to the song i'm currently working on as even the free sample libs are extensive.
(the very kind MarioD pointed me towards some very nice free/small pay sample libs.)

i used to subscribe to computer music mag uk whose dvd's include huge sample packs each month often as well as large nos of nice plug ins....but i stopped, cos i was spending more time evaluating samples and plug ins than writing and laying down songs.

so , in my case i had to make tool decisions, as i have various family responsibilities, and decided to focus on 3 tools viz biab/realband/and reaper.
i also tend to make my own samples thus avoiding any possible legal hassles.

next i'm looking at another sample based product Magix music maker. there is also a free edition i believe.
and see how that compares. once again, on first look ,
it would seem to complement what i might do in biab.
remember biab has a vast no of sounds, thus i often wonder if people really explore them all.

in conclusion , its wonderfull we have all these great tools these days..but, bottom line, from my experience songs are loads of work. no music creation product has a "make me a instant hit " button.
just this week and even today i heard on the pg user showcase even more wonderfull songs done by pg users that cranked me up big time.
listening to the songs it was obvious they came about via hard hard graft.

imho automation (and i'm an ex coder) will only take one so far....the rest is up to us song creators.

best/happiness
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Last edited by justanoldmuso; 10/02/21 09:35 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)