I'm a user of Sequoia and I can certainly vouch for the quality of sound that you get from it.

The question is, which one? Will Wavelab, Sound Forge, whatever give me better results than the Masterlink? Which programme, and which version? I was considering running the finished mixes back into the PC from the Masterlink for editing and mastering through a dedicated programme.

I am not that sold on the 'mastering' on either unit, and I usually tell people to take their mixes to a decent mastering facility, but often I have to try and give them a 'finished' product. I mix onto Masterlink at 24/96 and either burn CDs from there, or ocassionally through a Finalizer onto an HHB CDR-800 (usually if the client wants it stupidly loud and squashed). I then mix the lot on a Ghost (I know, I know.), perhaps 4 - 12 tracks from Cubase running alongside the 24 tracks from the Radar. Generally, virtually all of my audio remains in Radar, but if I need extra tracks or the occassional plug-in I dump stuff into Cubase. I have a Radar and a Millenium Audio PC running Cubase SX. I'm looking for a two-track editing and mastering package for the PC. Sorry if this is an incredibly dull question, but I could use some quickie advice.

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