There is truth in what you are saying. The overall look is rather old fashioned. And the multitude of buttons are confusing, for a while. Some of this is due to the fact that the program is unique. There is no other program, the only close competition pales in comparison.

The idea you had on track lanes is a decent one, IF this was a DAW, but it is not, it is based on the concept of a chords screen, and the fact that it has a list at the top for the tracks is that it is giving you some adjustment for the backing tracks generated. It may still say strings, but right above it it tells you what real track it generated. If you want track lanes use RealBand, it IS a DAW. And you can rename any track you want.

What i worry about is stability, and adding new fancy graphics, and users tools, plus more coding for these could potentially make it more buggy. I have almost zero crashes with my system. RT generation is solid now. It could get a basic facelift alright, but i for one would hate to see it's overall functionality change much.

Yes it could look a bit better, but as far as suggesting this program to others, i do often, and some have said it looks old, but once they see what it does, they all get a different view of it. This program flat out works, and once you bump around it for a while it is not so confusing. It is actually very simple to use.

People have been predicting failure for the program due to it's graphics for a long time, but it keeps on selling, and selling and growing. I agree some modernization is needed, but I want slow changes. I have seen what happens when program keep piling on the features and fancies. (Sonar) The forum there is filled with complaints over waht is still not working, and it has a nice crisp new look. And still folks come there constantly griping about the graphics. Can't please everyone no matter what it looks like.

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