Point taken, however it will not be totally gone as BiaB is still limited to how many tracks one can record on. When people record many types of modern and even vintage music it requires multiple tracks to fit things like partial track recordings, comped vocals and guitar takes, loops to add certain sounds into it. i doubt BiaB will ever be a unlimited track recording studio. As Jim pointed out earlier that was never it's mission. Mario said "incorporate BiaB into the plugin and RB" It is already incorporated there. The plugin is BiaB light. It would imagine that it is literally impossible to incorporate all of BiaB into the plugin. Way too much code. As far as RB it has all of BiaB it needs. It needs a few modern refinements and it does exactly what it was designed to do. Assist BiaB when Users want a more open architecture to do traditional recording. Yes back to the point of this post. The tracks view needs a few of the upgrades to make it right for those who just want to add a couple tracks to their BiaB creation. +1000

As far as new people coming into RB how would we know 90% of the user base does not post here. Of the ones who do few post in RB do to the backlash we all received over the years. I have been using PTPA since 2003 ands then RB since 2008 And have a very deep understanding of what's under the hood. Year ago i did a head to head with Reaper and Sonar VS RB on a creation of a cover song from a internet midi file. Time to create, time to add "flavor tracks" (my take) and lyrics and mix to finished. RB more than held it's own. In my mind it won the contest. While Sonar and Reaper did a very nice job of a simple turn the midi into usable tracks. Neither had any advantage over RB when it came to processing midi with synths. Sonar might have had a very slight edge due to it having better build in synths but using back then sound fonts they all did equally well.

Why do i say RB won the battle? It had the ability to add RTs and RDs that added realism to the tracks and take it from a simple cover to a personal take on the song.

Misha i am not trying to argue the point as your view is valid in regard to adding tools to the tracks view it is just when someone dismisses RB as unimportant in the discussion i do not agree. JAOM has a long history recording and his points are relevant.

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