Thanks Jim.

My reference to Scaler 2 and EZ Keys 2 was for the clarity of their (always up to date) tutorial videos which make their features easily accessible so they can be incorporated into a writing workflow.

I do feel that the potential of BIAB for songwriting is not fully exploited by PG. As I mentioned above, I know that plenty of BIAB users have it for making backing tracks to play along to on guitar.

But one of the problems I have with existing tutorials is when they get to the point of entering your chords on the chord sheet... and voila, they're instantly there! That's OK when you're copying in chords from an existing song to develop your guitar chops but, in songwriting, you are working out a chord progression through trial and error. That's what I have always used BIAB for. The main program allows me to experiment with different styles and chords without rendering and using up hard drive space.

The main BIAB program is very good at this, especially with its Ctrl + Enter to insert the last chord you played on your MIDI keyboard. I often don't know what that chord is and BB very kindly tells me. I have asked for that function to be included in the plugin but I don't think it's there yet.

As I understand it, the plugin should be very helpful in enabling you to develop a chord progression and arrangement within your DAW. My previous attempts using it having always run into problems where it proves clunky and inferior to the main program so I give up with it for another year. I am sure it has great features, which make perfect sense to the PG boffins and forum regulars but they could be made more accessible to the rest of us.

Workflow is everything in song creation.