justanoldmuso, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I guess I'm more of the mind that critical feedback is useful on a public forum like this. So I occasionally share my opinion. I praise BIAB RealTracks to the high heavens so I think that's a fair trade. And it makes potential new customers see a balanced opinion rather than a fanboy one. I really hated that when I first bought BIAB 12 or so years ago. If you made even the slightest critique you could expect to be quickly shut down by hardcore PGM fans. It has gotten a lot better here doen through the years.

As for trying RealBand again, I just did because it has been several years and you took the time to write your opinion. And, it almost immediately crashed. Before it crashed I was scrolling tracks on the left and noticed it would not keep up and would keep scrolling long after I had stopped. So, I was prepared to report only that! Then I wondered if I had the latest version. The GUI still looked pretty bad to me. So I checked and it seems I had 2020 installed (even though I installed everything when I purchased 2024!)

After I installed the 2024 update it looks a LOT better at a glance. I didn't stay with it very long because it wants to be activated with a serial number and I cannot for the life of me locate any serial number other than the BIAB # which will not work for activating RB. I checked the emails I was sent after ordering. I checked the My Products page and it only lists a SN for BIAB. I checked the Available Downloads screen for my 2024 order. Nowhere can I locate the SN.

I guess I'll contact PGM during business hours and get a SN to try it with. (I know I can use it for 30 days without activating but one step at a time!)