Moulpass.
and any lurkers.

re size of manuals.

(ps...i respect your knowledge of bb mp.)

No disrespect, but lets say your a product manager for a major software product.
lets also consider...

1..the product has a worldwide user base.
2..there is constant user preassure for more features and improvements.
3..competitive preassure is constant from other software apps.

so what does the product manager do given the above aspects of the job ?
of course the manual is very large due to the huge number of features implemented for users over the years.
thus pg are in a no win situation imho re size of manuals for bb and rb.
we had the same problems in industry.

now certainly there are various ways to help the situation for users eg videos/tips etc etc...but...in the end...if a user wants to get the best of a product sometimes ya just gotta dig in otherwise one might miss very very usefull features.
(let me note ones car also comes with a very large manual due to the myriad features provided.)
if you were the product manager how would you solve the dilemmas above ?
other than manuals etc etc ??

however haveing mentioned the above i DO believe pg could do one thing that might help users understand the myriad of advantageous features of rb and differences viz bb...and that is a video showing the differences.
eg 'if you wanna do X then rb is the vehicle' eg midi/audio editing/48k/odd time signatures and various other plusses of useing rb.
and 'if you wanna do Y then bb is the appropo vehicle' eg here track genning in bb is faster.
in summary its not bb versus rb but useing the advantages of each imho.
sometimes for example here i'll use bb for the 'getting the song idea down fast'
phase and then bonk over to rb for the detailed low level work.


its just that over the years on these forums various new users have asked 'how do i do xyz in bb' while not knowing that its a breeze in rb.
eg in this case 'click track'.
so often rb guru rharv or myself or another long term rb user steps in to explain.


i hope i make some sense mp and wish you the very very best.

for any lurkers out there if you explore the many neat features of rb you will realise that bb and rb TOGETHER can be a very powerfull solution.
BUT there IS a learning cycle due to the plethora of features of each.
no way around it imho.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 08/08/25 06:35 AM.
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.)