Hi there Neuro. I was just thinking about this for the same reason and looking through the threads I noticed that most people have 'moved on' but still continue to use P5 for music creation as it is, as you rightly say, so very easy to use. I am looking again to see whats 'out there' as I have recently purchased plug ins that are not supported in P5. I downloaded the LE version of x1 but gave up using it pretty quickly as it wasn't anywhere near as intuitive as P5 and have very little spare time trying to understand cryptic menus when I just want to make tunes. If it was my 'job' then fine I would need to spend time getting under the skin of it but why should I have to be a computer wizard when its just a hobby? In reference to the freezing of tracks this is a brilliant way of allowing you to use power hungry top notch effects with a small processor load. Another good tip is to click on the little processor on the top right of the menu bar every once in a while as this 'refreshes' the midi settings and processor load to stop stuck notes etc.