| I have to say that from your comments it sounds like either you use the X48 as a straight 48 channel recorder or a slightly second rate DAW. As you might know from my previous posts I am a Pyramix user and I specifically bought into Pyramix in order to be able to do exactly what you area talking about. I also do a lot of mastering and CD preparation and I specifically wanted to get to a "one machine does it all" situation. Prior to having Pyramix I was previously on Adats, Radar and a Sadie system for the mastering and editing. I could work round almost any situation with that, however the ability to do great multitrack edits and have several versions of a project in different stages of completion, all in a single system, made the decision easy for me. the only problem I had was the lack of VST support on busses which meant that for serious mix projects I had to "bump" the audio to another program like Logic for mixing. Pyramix alsocan use it's own proprietry recording format (Pmf files) which records the audio as a single linear file making it much more efficient for higher track counts. With the latest ver 6 software and their masscore technology the VST issue has been solved and much higher plugin counts can be used in comparison with other DAW's on the market, not the cheapest solution on the market, but one that I'm appreciating more and more.
Regards
Roland |