MCity, i agree that would be an ideal line up of tools to use. What i expect that will happen is the products that are now being developed are the same ones as last year, and the year before. There is BiaB, and it will be released with some really cool new features, and some really cool new content.

Realband will get a couple useful new features and that is it, due to it not being a money maker. I agree with the need to update it, i also posted 10 years ago regarding how it could be money maker if it was untethered and truly updated. I don't agree with RB being totally abandoned there are quite a few users that love it. But i also can't imagine shifting the developers time from a program that creates the revenue stream to one that comes free in the package. Not fiscally reasonable. I think you remember you and I both suggested a few years back rewriting RB or something new on the Ardour platform, much like Mixbus but with BiaB generation capability. Wouldn't that be cool!, I just honestly don't think it is going to happen at least in the near future. Again, I don't think it will get a rewrite and be changed drastically. It will continue to go forward very slowly. However, for what it does it is effective.

The plugin is likely to get a few cool updates i would not be surprised at some point if it gets your ask of direct to disk play, i would also not be surprised if it didn't. I am hoping it does as that alone would make it really cool. I would love to see it get "all tracks the same", (Hoping for that in BiaB) and the newer F5 mulitiriff feature BiaB has. I don't expect it will get what you describe as a live arranger. Maybe, but i doubt it. Hopefully, that would be really cool, but again, the focus will be BiaB, it always has been and always will be! Maybe direct to disk this year, live arranger next year.

I would love it if the plugin and RB got the love they deserve. I am not fighting you just being real with you. I think the smart place to put any effort into it for you, myself, or any others should be in helping BiaB become the best it can be. If history proves anything that is where the development progress will be made. There is a short list of long-term bugs that need attention and a few areas that solid improvement could make it even better and more attractive to newer users. Let's see what 2024 brings and then offer some ideas that may be helpful. We can continue keep an eye on the plugin and hopefully it will be developed along the lines you laid out. Best to you Sir MCity.

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