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I'll share for you and others that prefer to work in BIAB for total productions, that everything you understand at this point and all the advice provided is true. But the issue isn't BIAB can't do it, It is likely that BIAB can do it.

It's all in the workflow. It was possible back in 2013/14 when you and I came aboard the BIAB Forum community. The principles, processes, tools and techniques have been included as far back as then if not earlier. I wasn't here prior to that.

The key is understanding the BIAB Mixer is equivalent to a stand-alone, digital, multitrack recorder.

In 2020 and before, when the Mixer was eight tracks, the BIAB Mixer shared the same benefits and limitations with stand-alone units. So workaround solutions to maximize the benefits and overcome the limitations are similar or the same. Stand-alone multitrack recorders are superior with remote and mobile recording and some recorders have higher sample and bit rate specs but in nearly every other aspect, the BIAB Mixer is superior to these devices.

The BIAB digital mixer can utilize processes like bouncing, busing, sub-groups, overdubbing and punch-ins as well as virtual tracks the same as stand-alone digital mixers. It's clear knowing this, the BIAB Mixer isn't limited to only eight tracks. BIAB can produce internally, with the aid of a DAW, as many tracks as desired of both midi or RealTracks as needed for a song project. There is also no sound degradation as was a problem with analog mixers. All of these processes are digital so there's no loss of quality.

BIAB became a digital multitrack recorder in 2014 when PG Music introduced audio recording. Another important element to allow this transformation to a digital multitrack recorder, is the Artist Performance File. The Artist Performance File allows audio files to moved to any other BIAB Mixer Track which allows the single Audio Track to be used over and over again. he same is true for the Midi Melody and Soloist tracks. Artist Performance Files are a conversion media file with audio qualities unique to BIAB.

Another concept available for midi as well introduced in your 2020 version is the Multiriff feature. Multiriff takes advantage of seven BIAB Mixer Tracks to comp a single track from. It's a manual process to Multiriff for midi but it's easy and fast. The Artist Performance File is a powerful and versatile tool that works with every type of media that BIAB recognizes, like WAV, Mp4, M4a, Mp3, wma, midi, loops, etc. Mixtures of these media types can be mixed and converted to Artist Performance Files. There is also Artist Performance Tracks which is the same as Artist Performance Files but are created by PG Music.

There are books printed back in the early 1990's and that still remain in print today that provide the theory, processes, and techniques of digital multitrack recording that can be applied to the BIAB digital multitrack recorder for those users that wish to do all of their work only in BIAB.