Originally Posted By: Gordon Scott

FWIW, I don't see a fundamental conflict between the two views for songwriting.
If the BBPlugin does the right things in the right way, one can "stay in BiaB" whilst also being in a DAW.



Something like that—no disagreement in any case.

I have never used BIAB for my own projects—maybe, someday but not yet.

I bought it for clients who want to do vanity projects and have made a nice little side gig from it. Sometimes, projects get larger and, for that, the DAW plug-in is nice.

Although I understand why RealBand for the Mac never existed, it would have been nice for me. The DAW plug has superseded the need—sorta' kinda' but RB would still be nice to have. Not holding my breath.

Mario's suggestions are well thought out and I can see their usefulness in the long run but I don't have a real problem with the way things are — assuming that the Mac version catches up with the Win in 2023.


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