MCity you make a strong point. You see this from a technical standpoint. i come from a musician's view. Playing direct from disk does little for me unless all I want to do is playback tracks. I want to record and export music. this requires either compresses material for streaming, or wave file for shared things like CDs and such. If all i wanted to do is play direct from disc you would be 100% right. I want to share the tracks to other people and other media. This requires it leave my computer. Direct from the RT folder does not come into play unless during the production phase.

That said until it leaves the computer your methods are rock solid (see what i did there?!?! Rock Solid ... Solid Rock ... eh never mind) So yes, your ideas are welcome and needed. Just try to remember not everyone is using these programs like you do. So there are other options for development than what either you or I or JAOM, or RustyMisha, or Jeff, or ROG, or well i think we all get the point. Let's keep offering ideas and certainly be tolerant of other views. I do believe we are going to see some bigger things happen now.

Oh yes the Mac question, I don't really use the Mac much anymore it is an older unit and while it still runs smoothly many things don't update anymore. Most of my work is done on my Win 11 laptop

HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2025, Realband, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 9 32c , Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app.