Well, you know, I do have a job and all. And I like to spend time with my
kids, etc.

Sure... but what I was asking would have taken far, far less time than
counting the 100 or so plugins you did.

I'm not demanding you help... I certainly can't do that. But "and I should
do this, why?" seemed like a rather abrupt response for a nicely asked
question.

And if you looked around you'd realize that I have been part of
some tests elsewhere on the internet regarding the relative merits of
DAWs,
along with the why and whatfor. In fact you need look no further than two
of
the r.a.p. compilation CD's for examples of such testing (the first set
of
which I helped instigate, and compiled all the tracks in the interest of
sharing information and music with the group). In doing so I've become
extremely aware of what a time-consuming and rigorous process it is to do
any
meaningful comparative tests between DAW's in order to generate data that
is
accurate and useful enough to make decisions on. Unlike what you've been
putting forth here.

What I am suggesting is that as many people as possible contribute whatever
small amounts of information they can... and that the information be
analyzed onlly once there is enough to do so. There seems to be a great
misunderstanding on this group about this. I was very clear in the initial
post about the fact that the information I presented was just the tip of the
iceberg... not enough to draw conclusions from.

Furthermore, I did take the time to look up one of my PTHD sessions and
itemize
exactly what I did with which plugins and how much power it consumed.

True... but since the goal is to make some sort of comparison, the
information you supplied isn't very easy to work with. Many of the plugins
you listed are not available on other platforms... and I have no idea how
the DSP power is distributed. Running one instance of Autotune and noting
DSP% would have taken far less time, and would have been a useful, if small,
piece of the puzzle. That was all I asked.

-Everyone- is subject to that truth. I am. You are. EggHd is. Somehow,
based
on my dealings with EggHd, I have a feeling he understands that a bit
better
than you do. BRBR

Egghead, is that true?

Although I haven't necessarily agreed with EggHd, I have found him to be
reasonable. I don't think he would have answered my request with the same
response you did.

-S