Yeah, tracktion seems like an interesting daw but I am so at home with Cubase...plus I also use most of its features I think. I feel going to other daws would cripple my workflow badly.
Very interesting about the Focusrite. I'm just about to buy a new soundcard, and I've pretty much narrowed it down to Focusrite sapphire pro 40 or Presonus Firestudio project (and as a dark horse maybe motu) and focusrite is winning at the mo. It should have the best preamps of the bunch, and powerful if a little cryptic monitor mixer. Presonus also has quite ok preamps if not as good however, and is a solid performer with a simple monitor mix system - my current one is a Presonus. The motu I guess is a bit more lacking in preamps but has best d/a converters and is arguably most pro device in terms of overall performance. Maybe.
I may order the Focusrite tonight...hmm...
Dee
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