> I guess my question would be, would a video to show how this can be transferred to a typical DAW be possible. Maybe this could benefit a lot of the users here that are commenting on this.

We could make a video. It would be something like this.

- time signatures
1. Simple
4/4 3/4 2/4

2. - compound time signatures (groups of triplets, for notation only, still played and counted in /4)
12/8 (variation of 4/4)
9.8 (variation of 3/4)
6/8 (variation of 2/4)

3. - irregular time signatures
5/4 , 11/8, 9/8 but counted as 4+4+1

The most important point to me is realizing that “compound” time signatures are just for notation. And that means you can stick with 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 unless you have a genuine “irregular” time signature like 5/4, or the rare case of something like 9/8 that isn’t counted with triplets and is treated like 4+4+1

In the world of pop music, irregular time signatures aren’t that common. BiaB handles any x/4 time signature (eg 5.4 as 3/4+2/4) , and also handles the compound time signatures (12/8, 9/8, 6/8) for notation, and micro-chord entry on each beat.

btw) these 3 types of time signatures (“simple”, “compound”, “irregular”) aren’t just something I came up with, these terms are used commonly - such as here https://steinberg.help/dorico/v1/en/dorico/topics/notation_reference/notation_reference_time_signatures_types_c.html

There’s another time signature used for notation only - 2/2 aka “cut time”. That’s where you notate a bar of sixteenth notes as two bars of 8th notes, to make it more readable. That’s another variation of 4/4, used to notate music with lots of 16th notes (as played) , like bluegrass or samba, so that they get notated as 8th notes.

In terms of using them in a DAW, only the simple (4/4, 3/4) and the irregular types (5/4, 7/4) should be used imo. Things run off the rails if the compound time signatures (12/8) are treated as if they have 12 beats per bar (instead of 4 in 4/4).

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.