>>18547531read the KLF's book, The Manual, they wrote that back in the late '80s or early '90s or something, and predicted that the japanese will eventually make high quality integrated home recording studios which will compete with professional studios
I bought my VX-1680 for $120 and spent another $40 on the second FX processor upgrade card. It's not exactly the easiest thing to MASTER but getting going with recording, effects, automation, etc. isn't costing me a lot of time and it's so much nicer than working with a computer-based multi track recording setup.