>> This 001 thing is just an audio I/O with no audio processing on board >> right? Who cares? You still have to have a bitching CPU to do anything > >I care because its the only low cost solution if you want to send out to >external FX and return back to the interface for mixerless mastering. > >Regards > > >Stephen J Bennett What about the MOTU thingy can't you do the same thing with that and doesn't it have more I/O holes? Dennis Gunn Mightyjohn@... check out MIGHTY JOHN HENRY's album "hot air head" info at http://www.twics.com/~mightyjo/home.html