hey slow, another one to throw in the ring is the new GEM GenesysPro, (or the equivalent module XP) i owned a PA1X-pro but swapped it for the XP module, and the stuff it can do is amazing, and forget recording just MP3's the genesys records full audio (cd quality) straight to the hard drive and then you can burn the cd on the same machine with its INBUILT cd-rw drive...look theres lots more..so you would have to listen to the demos and look at specs yourself, BUT do check it out b4 you commit to any other 'board..addy is www.generalmusic.us

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