MY WISHES FOR RB.

Let me lay out what I feel RB needs to slay the market.
My dream list.
to be fair RB is still unique as i havent found any other daw in the market with a combo of track generation and audio/midi and 256 tracks.
but imho i hope this is no reason to rest on RB's laurels.
I advocate for a very aggressive development cycle for RB.
the reason i'm posting the following is i, like some people ive talked to, am tired flitting between multiple music apps to create a song.
If I could do it all in RB I would be soooo happy.
non destructive editing is assumed like many daw's.

(RBTV = rb tracks view.)
Basically RBTV is the musos work center.
i'm sure ive missed something so feel free to add your own.

1..NEW BB FEATURES IN RBTV.

As soon as possible I would like to see some new BB 2024 features implemented in RB.
ie…
..multipicker library access.
..speed of track generation of BB 2024.
I love both.
note if a way could be found not to create oodles of wav files in creating a song and thus end up with big SEQ's this would be great. i doubt i'll ever see it but i would love to be able to record and playback in a compressed format as ive been able to do in another daw.
i love being able to do it and am a big supporter of such as ive done a slew of songs using this.

2..ADDITION OF SPECIAL TRACKS.
(under the RBTV timeline.).
..a chord track which takes over the functions of chords view. (an option.)
..instead of the old skool markers dialog…just have a markers track…and right click anywhere on it to set a marker and name it however the user wants eg one of INTRO/VERSE/CHORUS/LEADBREAK/BRIDGE/
OUTRO/DRUM SOLO…ie however the user wants to label.
The marker track could also be used for special production notes.
..a lyric track. self explanatory.(not urgent as there is currently a lyrics view/box.)
..a tempo track
..a time sig track (good idea ROB HELMS)

note re graphical vol automation like in rb and other daws i'm not a fan. For us vision impaired we can't often draw in the points properly. which is why I prefer the use of an up/down cursor on a section of track.
By comparison vol automation is too 'fiddly' to enter and get right from my experience in any daw.

3..OTHER NICETIES.
..a new low cpu usage 'quickie simple mini channel strip' like ive suggested for BB...one fader for comp/lim, one for noise gate/..a five fader simple 5 band like pg dx and simple reverb like BB…of course all current track features stay the same.
NOTE…the intention of this mini strip is for quickie demos like the one i find useful in BB.
it's not meant to be a strip with loads of settings that might be difficult to use for a user new to music production plus it's meant to be low cpu usage of course.
so it could be run on old clunker pc's.
this strip would be the same as ive suggested for BB so that there is some commonality between BB and RB for new users.
let me say for those wanting to use fancy advanced plugins and who understand advanced dsp routines, still such plugins can be used as currently.
i DO feel it might be useful that RB warns a user of potential pc overload as some users ive seen over the years on various daws have tried to run a ton of tracks and high cpu plugins on clunky old pc's and thus things can get pear shaped quickly. Maybe an early warning feature pops up ?
..addition of features that might help the vision impaired further..and getting away from the 'old skool' dialogs etc.
ie.. further modernisation.
..more commonality re features between BB and RB
to lessen a new users learning cycle.

The advantage of the above for pg i would suggest strategically is to keep users using pg products rather than needing to use other music apps. I'm sure lots of people are like myself, i.e. tired of flitting between different music apps and the time this all entails. as ive said before.

i'm sure ive missed something….lol.
anything ive forgotten i'll add. Please feel free to add your own.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 03/19/24 06:32 AM.
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.)