ok, i have gotten some wonderfull advice from all of you on my many topics of frustration, i have one more question for all of you. i am faced in another thread with a decision on whether or not to go pc or stay with my adat for the whole process, so i ask you all what i would need if i stay adat and not even use the computer, to get my finished product on to a cd (and dont say; send it to a studio ). or can i use my computer and my crappy magix program to simply accept the end result from the adat, (through the line in on the soundcard), and turn it into a cd with my burner? can it be that simple? if so, is there a benefit to doing it this way? i can imagine that for the long haul, my adat will eventually be very high in "hours" and will need major repairs or replacing, so what does everyone think? however with an all pc setup, wont technology cause everything to need updating or replacing soon anyway? not to mention the money spent on all the outboard gear i bought!