[Wheelomatic]

Thanks Bristol for breaking me off some knowledge. I'm glad to hear from someone with the same interface as me. I may do a more "real world" test per your recommendation with an old Mackie 1402 mixer a friend has. And see what I hear. You're also right, there's no reason for me to be a namby pamby. Experiment. It ain't like I haven't experimented before (recording strikes to a crinkled paper bag over a couch pillow to "fill" out a snare -- spent days lining that one up to the original snare and it sounded ********. Of course I left it in for the ******** vibe that my songs invariably generate).

Thanks again for the insight.
Wheels