"imho the big opportunity with bb is the new tracks view. i can live with the gui.
but what bugs me compared to rb is i can do all sorts of editing of tracks in rb tracks view but not in bb tracks view. to do editing in bb i have to jump around too darn much within the app."

That's why I said "without trying to make Biab into a half baked DAW"
RealTrack/Drum Edit in Track Mode
you want it all to work like a real DAW unless I would have to use my real DAW.
Biab is good as it uses non destructive editing for the most part compared to RealBand that is destructive editing and takes longer to generate up.