hey man!~!!! I am a HAPPY AKAI DPS 16 user and owner!@@!! have had mine for about 9 months now but a friend bought one about 3 years ago and another friend bought one a year after that. So, i have been messing around with them for about 3 years now and have one of my own. Just finished up recording a 4 song demo on it with basically the machine and a condensor mic.(AT 3035) The sound is AMAZING. I have mixed down and burned a copy to CD=R and it truly is professional sounding. The music is all acoustic, uptempo with some hand drums and shit. So, I did not use the eq or effects that much this time because we got such a good sound just from the mic and placement. But, the reverbs are pretty good but some effects arent that great, like the compression and that type of stuff. Cant really hear a difference. the editing features are GREAT. very easy to use. anyway, just thought I'd let ya know! peace the dude
