It should be well-known here that I’ve long suggested support for a control surface using the Mackie protocol. With something like a Presonus Faderport 8, you could adjust the faders and panning of the mixer settings, including automated fades. You would also have full transport control, hopefully including a scrubbing function. Best of all, no more use of ‘F5 fade by -2’ limited to a measure to measure basis. A smooth fade is one of the most necessary tools for making a song sound more realistic.

Would this make BIAB more like a DAW? Yes. I’m usually against that, but in this case it’s the natural progression of recent improvements to the audio editing features. The basic principle I hope would be followed is to give composers the features they need to stay in BIAB for as long as possible before the song is finalized.

PG Music recognized the concept many years ago with the Frontier Design Tranzport, which is actually still supported. This is the next natural progression.

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.