How much RAM are you using? If you still have your old Macbook can you connect it and use Logic Node to help with the processing?

Have you tried putting the project files on an external 800 or 400 firewire drive?

Steve, I've been watching the TNT 303:40 tutorial on Ambient Music in Logic. Very cool, but I am a guitarist. How would I set up something like this to be used by my electric guitar?

Has anyone here used one of those electronic drum kits (like the V Drum) to make a midi drum track? Did you like the results?

I want to have a real person make the drum track and not rely on loops. I live in a townhouse so noise is a problem. I thought that using electronic drums would help capture a human performance but keep the sound level down. Also let me edit afterwards. Is this common or are there problems involved?

By using the EXS24 does that mean recording each pad to a separate track? I haven't purchased a drum kit yet. I want to research if this is possible before I spend the money.

I am considering getting a tube preamp to help warm up the sound of my guitar when I record. I am using Logic Pro 9 with a Presonus 22VSL interface. Every thing sounds great and I have the latency worked out so I almost can't feel it. Question is, will adding a tube pre-amp add latency? Presonus makes a small one channel pre I can afford. Anyone have experience, good or bad, with these? Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. I am looking forward to adding it to my studio. My guitar amp is the Cage Corsa and it has been a challenge trying to duplicate it's sound in Logic. The British amp comes very close with the AC30 sound, but I think what is missing is the actual tube sound. I was talking to a friend in Nashville last night and he also said the Presonus Tubepre was the way to go.

Drummer : In the "Using the XY Pad" video it shows multiple drummer tracks, but when I add a drummer track the button and menu item is grayed out. I checked on the Apple forum and they say you can't have more than one drummer track. If that is true, then how did you get multiple tracks in your video?

Has anyone tried Rocktron All Access with Mainstage yet?