Rob,

Agree with nearly all of your points except that the VST handling issues with PG products are not limited to VSTi but also to VST. I used several delays, autofilters, etc. that lock to tempo, but won't do it in PG products.

I mix via automation these days - have done so for many years now. Not just volume and panning, but every controllable aspect of VST and VSTi plugins I will hit with automation curves at some point. One popular one that I do is fixing sustain pedal farts that I did in a 'live' take. So easy to do graphically.

I also like to change cutoff and resonance frequencies of some filters that I use - makes for really interesting stuff with ambient guitar tracks. All done via drawing in curves in automation.

We've been asking for the tempo locking thing to get fixed for several years now. I'm guessing it must take a whole re-write of the audio engine in PG products or else they would have attacked it correctly by now. I would gladly return to the PG fold if VST/VSTi handling was 'direct' instead of faked through DX, and if automation was complete like in most other DAW software.

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