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All.

there are so many many features i like in rb, and in order not to hog the thread...
i will post in 3 seperate posts over next couple of weeks.
because its a very long list that i hope new potential users might find interesting as to rb's great value for someone creating songs.
(many of the features either are not in bb and/or not in the bb plugin and/or not in other music apps ive tried and/or are unique to rb.)

heres a few of many many reasons in no particular order why i like rb over other song creation apps.
(part two and three will follow as i think of things.)

PART 1...
..as has been said the one view tracks view lets me do lots of song creation work
without going to use other views. i dont like flitting around like a bee...lol.
..ease of editing in tracks view and loading up plugins.
..large number of tracks and session musician generation options both midi and audio.
..lots of flexibility in moving around bits of generated tracks i like.
..i can monitor global cpu use of course....usefull for plugins/monitoring.
..the huge number of midi features and tricks ive developed with them.
(eg genning random drum solos !...see my tips in pg tips forum.)
..awhile back i forced myself to get into odd time sigs in rb (OTS).
and the more i generated tracks in rb the more impressed i became..
IMPORTANT >>> and was highly impressed that in tracks view i saw the OTS bar divisions in each bar....eg 5/4 i see five numerator divisions in the bar. there is a usefull drop down menu in rb re setting OTS.
..the drum grid feature is very usefull for many uses as is the generating quickie drum track feature ie fill track with drum pattern. many uses includeing keeping live drummers on the ball...lol.
..NOW HERE IS A STRANGE ONE !! for some reason i prefer the rb mp3 creator to other ones ive tried. maybe i'm daft but i use it always now.
theres just 'something' i like sound quality wise i cant put my finger on.
..i like the fact that now chords show in the tracks view timeline.
as well as others have said the new 'comping' feature.
very usefull for creating a final vocal track from various takes.
..of course the fractional tempo support.

parts 2 and 3 to come of my likes as i dont want to be a hog.

bottom line i test various music apps occasionally and there are very good ones out there but 1 keep on coming back to rb. sure there are lots of music apps that look on the surface 'flashy' but rb's deep plethora of features are where it shines imho and keep me coming back like a likkle puppy...lol.


as Rob said awhile back its often lack of 'familiarity' with rb that is the issue for new users....once one becomes more familiar and developes one own work methods with rb one realises its benefits.

as to reaps....been a user since it first came out v0.99.
useing it less these days as rb has had more features implemented.
i tend to use reaps when i need to do extremely intricate audio editing.
reason being its special cursors for editing it has for mouse control of fade ins/outs//volume//and shortening or makeing a clip longer and shorter etc.
i used to use it for vocal comping but now rb has such i use rb.

as i said more of my rb likes to come.

merry xmas.

om