It got me dreaming for a bit, but not long :lol:
I still do everything on a BOSS BR1600. The only only outboard gear I use are the mics, a Vox Tonelab LE for guitar amps, a Line6 POD XTLive for bass amps, and a yahama desk to channel all the stereo stuff (Tonelab, XTlive, and all the keyboards) into the BR1600.
The BR1600 has all the mic preamps, effects, and drum programming on board.
It is kind of restrictive at times - but, for what I want to create, I seem to work a lot better within those restrictions. The biggest issues I have at the moment are space and getting a decent room sound when recording acoustics. So, I'm kind of free of GAS for stuff like this at the moment.
I might move back to PC recording one day. I downloaded the free version of Presonius Studio One a while back, and that felt quite homely and seemed to fit my workflow when I tinkered with it - I almost bought the full blown "super diva" (or wotever it's called :lol:) version there and then. But the last time I was using PC for recording, I never actually got any music finished that I liked. There's just too many options for me, and technical restrictions that need money throwing at them to get fixed.
On the standalone BR1600, it has restrictions, but they always have work-rounds that produce results. With a standalone solution, I seem to make and finish music (which is hard enough to get done anyway!!). On a PC I was always fiddling about.
Put it this way, if I was working on a PC, I'd be going through the same stuff as you guys now!! (Oh wow, gotta have me one of they, oh better upgrade the mics now, actually, could do with a better PC, etc, etc :lol:)
