> Ardour seems to handle volume fine, though there are still a few > glitch bugs to iron out in beta2. That's why they call it a beta! I'm careful not to exaggerate the maturity of the Linux-based audio apps, when programs like Cubase have had 15 years (or whatever) of development. But at least the underlying system is stable - although we've had some beta application crashes in the studio, I don't think I've ever had to do a forced reboot or lost any saved data. There are plenty of people still trying to make music on Windows 98... Cheers Daniel