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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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