Yeah that’s exactly how it works. I definitely wouldn’t have gotten the D8, especially now that the stuff out there makes it sort of obsolete. 4-5 years ago it was awesome and really cheap. I think I only paid 600 American for it. Even though it is limiting in some aspects, It fits all the needs I want. I have a professional studio at my disposal for only 15 dollars an hour. So if I spit something out worth putting up for market then I can always step over to that. Most of my stuff stays as demos, and the D8 is absolutely capable of doing that.

A guy I know got the Roland VS, so whenever I get 4 grand it will be mine. The thing makes me cream my pants when I see it and get to play with it. Ohhh!! :D The book for it is like the bible, so there’s a lot of fun things to learn about it. I definitely like Korg boards though, simple and easy-to-use, and yet versatile. Much better than the Boss BR series and smaller brands which were produced years after the D8. To me it’s a classic.

As for burning tracks from the D8 to CD. I thought about that but I don’t know if they’re would be much of a difference then going from D8 str8 to computer. The digital conversion is really good (not as good as transferring a wav. file) on my soundcard. It would be nice to have a USB port, I have 20 on my computer. They’re pretty useless otherwise.

The only rack mounts I’m getting is a nice vocal pre-amp with tube-simulator, tube compressor/pre-amp, and BBE Sonic maximizer. Just something to send a better clearer signal to the D8, that’s definitely where the flaw is in my home recordings. The Native Gold Bundle is a great package, I got that one too. Nice effects, especially the compressors and EQ. Best package for what you get. I have Antares Autotune and something else, not sure what it’s called but it’s sweet. Probably equal to your Digitech.