[fab]

Hi all.

First post in a looong time.
I'd like to appeal to the wisdom and experience of the good people of this board on a subject that pretty much keeps me from sleeping right now. (I know, I know)

I'm relocating my studio to a new location and I'm taking advantage of that event to "clean up", rationalize and upgrade it.

THE BIG QUESTION:

Do I sell my O2R and go full PT?

My fears/questions for people who made the jump:

(As a primer ProControl and Control 24 are out of the question financially)

-Is it still fun to mix with just a keyboard and a mouse? I'm scared a bit.
Does anyone find the motor-mix thing to be worth the trouble?

-Is the PT 2buss going to sound as good as the O2R Two-buss?

-Is it going to be a royal pain to create headphone mixes on the fly (That TDM delay everytime I insert sends and fx is just horrendous)?

-Is it going to be practical to access my outboard Lexicon/Eventide/Avalon gear in a PT only set-up? (On mixdown mostly)

-How on earth do you manage two track returns (CDs, CD recorder, DAT, K7s, and monitor levels and stuff like that?

Voila,

Can we lay down on a couch and talk about this?
I can't possibly be the only one wondering.

Any insight on any of these topics welcome.

Ciao,

Fab