MCity.

yep i get what your saying.

i guess for me over the years i developed various song development methods in firstly powertraks then realband later on.

every daw has its plusses and minuses of course.

for example in rb, i really like many of the generation features that arent in regular daws as well as all the neat midi features. i dont use midi as much as the old powertraks days cos of rt's. but i find rb can be very useful also for generating midi stuff i want as well as the bars window. the bars window in rb i really love.

flac or ogg instead of wav would be the 'bees knees' for me.
i think rb has lots to offer , and i'm hoping will develop further.
rb may not be 'pretty' like some daws, but for people who dont mind getting deep into rb imho it still has lots to offer in comparison to some big name expensive daws ive used in the past.

in conclusion , for me, its about using the strengths of various music production software. thats why my primo combo for doing songs is biab/rb and reaps.
i might start and finalise a rough arrange in biab, and then off to rb i go for further work (for me the bars window which biab doesnt have is very useful in trying various arrange ideas out includeing the 48 trak flexibility). then i might mix in reaps and do subtle tweaks/edits in reaps etc etc .

the way i work using the above combo is i guess similar to how i used to work in commercial studios. one might do bed //guide traks in one studio then use a second studio for overdubs n' final traks.

thus i think of biab/rb as my arrange and bed trak generators and reaps as my second studio for overdubs//final traks eg voc comping etc etc.
its just how my mind thinks ..lol.

happiness

om

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.)