if one notices....us hard core rb users often started off with ptw....and were actually happy to rtfm...lol.

in my case i had sometimes used commercial studios large and small...augmented by a cheap home tasc 8 track for example...

so as ROG perceptively said when we got ptw and/or rb we were in creation heaven. a major studio to build and/or use costs money that most of us will never have.
ive been in some absolutely lovely studios which i drooled over...lol....and i have to say i had great experiences...great people who often asked for nothing to help a poor muso.

in those days the studios had typically 2 inch 24 track mtrs which alone were very costly. eg a house mortgage.
so one can see when i got ptw and then rb for burger money i was gobsmacked creating songs.

so i cant see why some knock rb or ptw.
to quote Rob i agree its lack of familiarity and prolly because today people often want instant everything....includeing a hit.
but anyone whose been thru the creation process knows its a LOT of work..same as gold hits years ago in big studios.

in summary often people just dont want to rtfm or put in the effort....otoh some hard core people like us here will put in the work.

frankly i think...given...new people are often impressed by flash...
that rb could get rid off the old win like windows....and not go hog wild on flash but subtle graphics upgrades.
i would say this is priority one.

what is interesting is ive tried various daws this year and frankly
found rb easier to navigate.... too much flash i find too distracting from the core mission of creating a darn song.
i like to work fast when a song idea hits and the ideas are flowing like niagara.

priority two imho should be getting the generation times as fast as possible. cos people just dont wanna wait even for a short time.
which is why i work with midi when starting a song cos genning midi tracks is instant.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 02/01/25 06:57 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb.)