Great answer Dan and I appreciate TheMaartins addition about Reaper's licensing practices. Reaper seems to be very popular with many forum members.
While the comments about input monioring with added effects and take management pertain to the discussion of recording in BiaB instead of recording in a Daw the other items mentioned have more to do with post production functions like editing or program management and do not pertain to recording so much. Still, all the comments are nice to know.
One comment I can make about recording in a DAW versus recording in BiaB is most DAWs allow the use of surface controllers while BiaB doesn't. It seems to me that many people prefer to set levels with a surface controller over setting levels with a mouse.
Another observation is most DAWs can accept more sample rate and bit depth settings without having to convert than BiaB. That restriction can make it more problematic to use some interfaces with BiaB than using the same interfaces with a DAW.


Jim Fogle - 2026 BiaB (Build 1224) RB (Build 7) - Ultra+ PAK
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