Jim.

i'm glad you echo what i said upthread about MTS.
i mention it sometimes to people with no interest in session muso track generation and they go...'what ? never heard of it'....and think i'm nuts till i point them to the MTS user forum.

but to be fair lets also mention some of the free daws out there.
eg podium and traction waveform and others.
not to be sneezed at. but i come back to rb cos of its session muso and other features.
Charlie also made some great observations re advantages of rb re auto accompany in rb.

for someone totally new to music production though not interested in auto accompany etc.
my 2 top suggestions are...for reasons i mentioned upthread...

1..reaper version 2. which reminds me in some ways of the big multitracks we used to use in commercial studios but with the advantage of
plugin support. its so simple to use.
2..MTS as you mentioned. like reaper excellent value for money.

i used to use reaper more but with recent feature
upgrades its rb for me as i can do all i want in rb tracks view. (which is why i would like to see bb's new track view be like rb ie a musos work center with audio/midi daw like editing.)

ps Billy re recording multiple mics at a time (eg drums) you might find rb users rharv comments in the rb forum topic 'how do you use rb' of use.
you can record multiple tracks at a time in rb.
assuming you have the appropo sound interface.

merry xmas to all.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 12/23/24 12:45 PM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)