LOL...obviously if I did not like BIAB software I would not have bought their latest audiophile addition. And obviously, if I did not like the dozens of other software programs I own I would not have acquired them.

I have about the same equipment that Matt Finley has and I also find that BIAB motivates me to play several instruments at times. It is fun. For me, it is more fun to play live with other musicians. The software has its place.

My question is how much is too much? I own somewhere around twenty guitars, nineteen of which I rarely play. I have five computer systems. Well...these are obviously problems of prosperity...lol

I actually know people who are great musicians who have never turned on a computer for any reason.

So, just so you know, none of these questions have anything to do with BIAB directly. The "stuff" I referred to is across the board in the context of musical equipment/software. BIAB software only represents a tiny fraction.

Everything has a cost, and not just in money. Every thousand hours you spend in a DAW is a thousand hours you did not spend playing an instrument or with your wife or kids for that matter.

The question is not about right or wrong, good or bad, it is about balance.

How much is too much?

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”