[valvebrother]

Its just the way it is; you can't have more than 24 tracks. If you need them on a regular basis, your friend is correct; switch to Logic.

I often run a primary and secondary session; when the primary is full, I submix the rhythm instruments into stereo, the melody into stereo and the vocals into a mono group. I load these into the secondary session and track against the submixies for the additional tracks. Then I mix on a TDM machine and just import the additional tracks from the secondary session. If you dont have that option; switch to Logic.