Jim/All..

let me give the very tiniest example of why i wish rb to carry on rather than disappear.

many times on these forums ive mentioned in passing how one needs to 'dig' to discover neat rb 'tricks'.

SO heres a very tiny example which takes no time in rb i was reminded of yesterday..
cos i take many things for granted.

SCENARIO…

1..a user has a great 144 bpm 'kickin' drum trak happening…BUT…
2..wants to reinforce it with a repeating 'thrumming' or 'throbbing' sound. (dah dee dah dee etc etc).

HOW TO DO IT.

in a traditional daw prolly one would have to paint in midi notes or go thru a midi pattern lib or use a piano roll n' copy x times etc etc…lots of alt methods. including midi kbd entry.

the following took exactly 1 minute in rb.

1..i went to the rb *.dp pattern library n' selected a repeating pattern..then…

2..instantly (blink of an eye) genned a midi drum trak for as many bars as i wanted…
in this case 90 bars… huh!! people might say..is he off his rocker…lol.
bear with me !! lol.

3..then i loaded up the new synthmaster plug in n' selected a fav patch and job done.
THROBBING TRAK accompanying the genned rd trak….BUT MORE TO COME…

4..rb has a neat 'TRANSPOSE FEATURE' ! SOOOO…

5..i kept the original 'throbber' and started experimenting with different transpositions of the throbbing midi drum trak…instantaneous in rb.
ie up or down 1 or 5 or 12 or whatever WITH synth plugged in OR a different plug in. plus in rb i got oodles of traks to experiment.

in conclusion given the above one could get v intricate 'layers' of sound n' sound pictures to reinforce the rd trak.

infinite possibilities actually of 'throbbing sounds' depending on synths n' patches n' drum patterns n' transposition combo selected.

all i'm saying is lots of tricks in rb to discover if one takes some time.
rb (like powertraks) is extremely deep re midi features.

hopefully, and given the above is but one example of many…people might see why i like rb sooo much.
in fact yonks ago i used to amaze people in big studios as to what powertraks n' then rb could do. the typical response being 'your kidding me for such low quids/bucks !!)

as ive said before tho' ive loved reaps from its inception....i dont want to see rb disappear cos it lets me do some neat things 'under the hood".

happiness to all.

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.)