To your point Let's say you are a Reaper user, and I will admit that Reaper is a very slick modern DAW, however if you want to do what you mentioned above it is no better, you still have to use aftermarket Synths. RB has Synth master and that is a cool deal. The midi tools are very robust here in the RB DAW. When you add the RealTracks and Real Drums, Super Midi tracks, and the other unique features it is a deep and powerful DAW.

Does it need a few things? Absolutely. But is has received a few valuable tools over the last two years. The updated Comping feature Jeff added after some discussion made that far more user friendly. There are a few processes that need refinement but overall, it gets the job done and in ways few can rival. I like you JAOM have done a lot of projects in RB actually probably more than any and all other DAW product i have tried.

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