Originally Posted by DrDan
Originally Posted by Jim Fogle
Originally Posted by DrDan
... if you are serious about your recording and you want to pursue your music growth by doing recordings, you have to move to a true DAW. Recording ones music is serious business and requires serious tools and workflow that BIAB simple does not have.

Okay Dan, I'll play devil's advocate and bite at the bait. What serious recording tools does BiaB simply not have?

Here is a short list specific to Reaper in my case:
Take Management & Comping: REAPER excels at managing multiple vocal takes, allowing users to record in loops and easily select, swipe, or lane the best parts for a perfect vocal performance.
Razor Edit Mode: A non-destructive editing mode that acts similar to Adobe Audition, allowing for fast cutting, moving, or editing of specific vocal phrases without destroying the original take.
Take Folder/Lane System: Allows for stacking takes on top of each other, making it easy to compare and combine different performances.
Item Pitch Manipulation: Users can hold Shift + Alt/Opt while dragging to quickly change the pitch of specific, individual vocal items for tuning adjustments.
Customizable Track Templates: Allows setting up dedicated vocal tracks (lead/backing) with pre-loaded plugins, routing, and coloring, speeding up the workflow for repeated sessions.
Input Monitoring & Effects Management: Offers low-latency monitoring with the ability to add effects (like reverb) while recording, which helps vocalists, while allowing the raw, "dry" signal to be recorded.

Now to your point, of couse a newbee may not understand and therefore not appreciate any of this. But my point is I would encourage them to to start to learn. With out going into the details - Reaper is essentially free to use as you are learning. When you discover how wonderful this specific DAW is, you will gladly send them $60 for lifetime use.
Excellent examples! One minor quibble. The $60 personal license fee is good for the current major version, plus the next one. For example, I bought a license when v4 with the current major version, so it was valid for v4 and v5. That was many, many years ago. When v6 was released, I bought a new license for $60 that was valid for v6 and v7 (which is the current major release). Here's part of the header from my license file:

Version: 6 (valid through 7.x)
Type: Non-commercial
Created on: Tue Dec 3 20:31:37 2019

That was over 6 years ago! And v7 is still going strong at v7.61. I will happily pay another $60 when v8 is released. I pay about $150 each annually for Bitwig Studio and Studio One (now Studio Pro). Reaper is extremely capable and is easily the most cost effective full DAW.

Personal caveat: I'm 74. Assuming that I live long enough to see the release of v8, the v8/v9 license will almost certainly be a lifetime license for me. wink

Last edited by TheMaartian; 02/09/26 12:31 AM.
ThinkPad i9 32GB RAM 7TB SSD; Win11 Pro; RME Fireface UCX II; BiaB 2026 Ultra
Studio Pro 8; Tonalic Studio 1; Reaper v7; Bitwig Studio 6; Melodyne Studio 5
Gig Performer 5; NI S61 MK3; Focal Shape 65; Beyerdynamic DT 880 & 770