I might add that I am considering leaving the Cubase world altogether. I have discovered a DAW software called Harrison Mixbus that is much more simplified, equally powerful for my needs, and much easier to use. The opinions I've heard with respect to its "sound quality" have been very good---which is interesting, as I've never considered recording software to vary much in terms of sound quality per se, all settings being equal. I just want to make that the Harrison software would play nicely with whatever external sample libraries I might buy.