Originally Posted by Moonbeam9067
After reading all of this post I have realized that BIAB is definitely a very strange program from a modern software perspective. I take it from your all's comments that it has been built up and layered from an ancient base and has never had a complete modern makeover as far as function, labeling, GUI etc. How unusual in the modern software universe. I am going to postulate that a complete makeover to bring everything up to modern standards would be very expensive and involve a huge investment of time.
Pretty much spot on!

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Has PGM given any feedback on their orientation on this topic? Not criticizing - just asking.
Nothing that would convince me they are seriously considering it. My impression is this software was someone's cool hobby project that they turned into a business but never refactored the code and just kept adding on stuff. Occasionally the added stuff is pure brilliance like RealTracks and partial regeneration. But often the upgrades are just glittery baubles that seem more like marketing nuggets than truly useful additions. And the program suffers from this bolt-on-another-new-feature syndrome. Old bugs remain, sometimes forever and new ones come up with every upgrade.

I don't mean to sound too negative because, with the RealTracks feature, BIAB is truly brilliant and incredibly helpful for creating music! Nothing out there can match it (yet!)

So, while I might complain a little (a lot?) I have happily sent PGM $300+ every upgrade cycle for the past 12+ years!