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I think another reason you see people using a DAW other than RB with BB is the work flow they have gotten used to doing. Most of the people here are old school BB users. RB is really new compared to the roots that BB has. Most people "had" to use a different DAW in the past.

Of course, many prefer to keep using another DAW. Different strokes for different folks. My needs are modest, but I am accustomed to using Cubase. Now that I have RB I am moving in that direction. But for someone who does heavy duty work, day in and day out, RB might be lacking, or the investment in time at this point is something they are not ready to do. If RB is lacking, I don't know, I am not a power user in any way. So I have not run into any limitation.

For a new user, I would suggest sticking with RB as your DAW to work with BB, or completely without BB. If for some reason RB runs out of legs for you, at that point you are probably an advanced user and learning something else would probably be a snap, if you have the time.




I'm just an amateur user, but I agree with all of what Donnie said. I have to limit myself to the number of different softwares I use or I never learn any of them very well. Currently, in addition to BIAB, I use RealBand, WavePad, and MP3 Gain. I have some other DAW type pgms that came with some hardware components that I've bought, but I haven't even installed any of them. I think that if you are experienced in "sound" or are a "natural", you may have no problems in learning a multitude of different programs. With the help of some nice folks on these forums, I have been able to learn enough to get some songs done for playing in public. My sincerest thanks to them!! Now it's up to me to continue to learn and keep up to date. FWIW

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I've been working with BIAB since Feb-2010. I feel relatively comfortable with it although I'm learning something new almost every day.

I've read so many posts here of people using RealBand or some other DAW. I'm somewhat convinced I need to start learning how to use RealBand now. But, I see a lot of people using a DAW other than RealBand and yet, since it's integration is so tight with BIAB, the interface is the same, support from same company, and all the other features ... then is there a good reason that I should use some other DAW?

I'm asking because it takes me quite awhile to learn a new program (and retain it) and before I start to learn RealBand I'd just like to hear what others have and why they use it over RB.

Thank you all in advance!



Well, I use another DAW and it's taking me some time to come to grips with RB, even though the feature set is way less than a major DAW at the moment. All software has a learning curve. What you learn in RB can carry over somewhat to other DAWS, but mostly the other way around helps to get a grip on RB a bit quicker. Imo, you should start to use RB. As you learn it, customize your tool bars and remove anything you don't use regularly. The whole array of buttons is quite staggering- so much so I have to keep the hints on for a while until I learn them all. But once I get a work flow going, I will thin out the options for sure. I'm trying to use RB without cracking the manual too, which isn't always easy. Some very obvious things are hiding from me sometimes. But it intergrates nicely with biab and you can mix in it, so it wouldn't be a waste of time learning RB, I don't think. It's a nice DAW for beginning to branch out a bit, but staying within the PG world of doing things. Of course though, YMMV. Good luck.

Dan

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