OM.

In days of yore when seeking ideas for a new song my first port of call was BIAB but that is no longer the case. I now start by exploring a sample manager such as COSMOS or ADSR. In the search field I might typically type: cinematic , fm, dance, urban, house, hip hop, lo-fi, electronic, pop, dark, acoustic, edm, modern, synthwave, ambient, trap, atmospheric, breakbeat, soul, dubstep etc etc. At the press of a button voilà - modern contemporary samples which are hiding somewhere on my computer or are available on the web. But after aquiring the desired samples there is work to be done with the risk of losing inspiration and motivation.

As you correctly alluded to OM, samples can be manipulated and placed into a sampler but I have often thought why doesn't BIAB get their Developers and Coders to make a few RT's and Styles in some of the above mentioned genres ? The few RT's currently available that claim to represent some of the above......well.....less said the better.
OM,I think you also alluded to the need for speed to capture inspiration so I repeat " The magic of BIAB is instant gratification via the availability of genre friendly Real Tracks and styles."

OM, For the sake of brevity on other issues that you have raised I agree with John3 on all the points that he has addressed.

Just so everyone knows - I am not bagging PGM. I agree 110% with Floyd's expressions of approval and praise for the brilliant folk behind BIAB. I hope they keep on keeping on, after all, I've been a happy user of BIAB since late last century!