Hi, I did a mixdown text to compare two different ways to handle mixdown in Logic. First I bounced the mix to a stereo file on the harddisk (version 1). The other method I used, on the same Logic song, was to record the AW8 digital output into my DAT recorders digital input. From the DAT I rerecorded digitally into SoundForge and got a stereo file on the harddisk (version 2). The two soundfiles were mastered in SoundForge in exactly the same way (RCL compressor "soft opto", REQ six band EQ, L1 maximazer). After burning to CD and listening on a good sound system ther was no doubt the "DAT" version sounded better than the bounced one. This test was done with two different songs, one electronic and one with much acoustic recordings. From this on I will never bounce mixes again. But it's a good thing to bounce seperate tracks for adding FX that are too heavy for the CPU to calculate in realtime. Cheers Per Boysen Sweden ----------------------------------------------- BOYSEN MUSIK MEDIA INTERNET http://www.boysen.se per@... Phone: + 46 (0)8 34 11 81