in the spirit of lively friendly collegial debate lets look at some pg users who use the 'free' REALBAND (RB). ie 'the other side of the RB coin" as it were.
(and lets not forget a new user can get a pak under 100 buckys with both biab AND RB. some competing software with only daw features can cost much MUCH MORE.)

1..the very talented long time pg user Joanne Cooper who i respect highly.
she is a long term RB user who has posted on her site and the pg forums about how she uses RB as a DAW. with various articles etc etc. LINK>>>

https://joannecooper.co.za/home

one of her articles is titled 'eight reasons RB is her daw of choice'.
i agree particularly about the 'no dongles' aspect. i also dislike them and will never EVER use a product that employs them cos ive seen too many people have issues sometimes.

https://www.joannecooper.co.za/blog/blog/eight-reasons-why-i-as-a-band-in-a-box-user-use-realband-as-my-daw-of-choice

2..pg user RHARV was kind enough to allow me the other day to listen to one of his productions done using RB. count me highly impressed….a top flight major studio i feel couldnt have beaten the production quality and dynamics etc etc. and RHARV is another pg user i highly respect.

3..moi. ive done 90 songs using biab/reaper and YES RB included as my go to software combo to do songs.
and ive forgotten how many 'demos'.
i play to the strengths of each of the 3 bb/rb/reaps.
(12 songs i have posted in the pg user showcase and on soundcloud see my sig at the bottom.…ill let others determine whether my crazy songs are good or not….lol..my 'thing' is the fun of doing songs..good or bad.).

in order to be fair and balanced i have to say RB has many nice daw features imho , BUT one MUST be willing to plumb its depths. this is the crux of it.

in addition…yes some might see it as an 'ugly duckling' BUT as my granny might have said 'beauty is often skin deep..its what is inside thats important'.

fwiw i just posted in the RB wishlist forum my RB wishes for 2023.
and if one goes back in that forum ive posted many past wishes.

in conclusion i'm sure there are pg users that use RB other than us 3 posted above.

WHY HAVE I TAKEN THE TIME TO MAKE THIS POST ?

cos it troubles me that a new pg user might dismiss RB. too easily. i also want to see the RB user base grow and RB prosper.
IS RB PERFECT ?..NO ! but ive found other competing products arent often perfect either.

let me say also...in the past ive had 'big lads' i met say to me 'REALBAND' or "POWERTRAKS" never heard of it..;.looking down their noses in the process UNTIL
i showed them several of the features and watched their eyes 'bug out' lol.

back to your regular programming ..lol.

happiness to all.

om

ps Mario i still have here my old 'sequencer one' diskette..ah those were the days...lol.
ps teunis. many good points.

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 08/31/22 01:13 PM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb.)