With all these Logic plug ins, and due to the fact that there is a DS2416 in my setup, I thought my AW8's eight outputs wouldn't be useful anymore ; but even if you don't intend to use external effects, there is still an exciting thing to do with separate outputs. My music involves lots of guitars (2-3, plus bass) but I often compose the songs alone, so I did following connections with the AW8 : out 3 -> Fender amp (for clean/crunch guitars) out 4 -> Marshall amp (for more distorted guitars) out 5 -> bass amp All amps are positionned in the room as they are usually when the band plays. The drums come out from an SB Live (Sonic Implants soundfonts) and the vocals from the DS2416. Both are of course connected to the mixing desk/stereo monitors. Waow. With eyes closed, the band IS in the room ! Its' so different from the "classical", rather sterilized way of monitoring through some NS10M pair. In particular, I found this setup great for composing vocals over instrumental parts. You feel real guitar amps vibrating next to you, exactly as they would do in a real gig. And you can record the whole thing with two mikes, if you want to keep this "live" sound. Of course it can be done with any other sequencer than Logic... but I thought it could interest some of you. Yann Le Bihan PS : if you try it, don't forget to lower the separate outs' levels (much higher than a guitar amp likes to be fed with !) and of course record the guitars/bass "dry", before the amps...