I LOVE ProChannel! At the same time, it is very overwhelming to have so many tools when you just want to get your work done. When you first get all these tools you spend more time trying plugins than working and playing. We all do this. Eventually, you settle down to the few plugs or vstis you like and move on. That being said, I can't imagine not using ProChannel in my projects.

backwoods
OK, this is weird , sure, but I agree with the OP. What I did was to buy X3 basic.
 
Reasons: I have a stable of high quality VSTs and the ProChannel was making me feel I had wasted my money! Also, PC just adds another layer and I like things simple. A third issure I had was the weird hotkeys to switch between what the inspector shows. I wish you could cycle between the three options with TAB key in producer but instead it is something like ctrl+I or something like that.
 
In conclusion- I downgraded to X3 basic (even though I own Producer too) and am content with my decision.

Ah, thanks, glad to know I am not the only one. And apparently (I suppose) all Procuders plugins also work in that basic version?

hellogoodbye

backwoods
OK, this is weird , sure, but I agree with the OP. What I did was to buy X3 basic.
 
Reasons: I have a stable of high quality VSTs and the ProChannel was making me feel I had wasted my money! Also, PC just adds another layer and I like things simple. A third issure I had was the weird hotkeys to switch between what the inspector shows. I wish you could cycle between the three options with TAB key in producer but instead it is something like ctrl+I or something like that.
 
In conclusion- I downgraded to X3 basic (even though I own Producer too) and am content with my decision.

Ah, thanks, glad to know I am not the only one. And apparently (I suppose) all Procuders plugins also work in that basic version?

The plugins will work...but not the Pro Channel Modules.
You don't get the PC with X3 Basic...

whaaaaaaat? OK I'm speechless.. Only thing I can add to this conversation is maybe is wasn't such a good idea to stop drinking beer in the morning.

cclarry
The plugins will work...but not the Pro Channel Modules.
You don't get the PC with X3 Basic...

Which is exactly why I think about buying it.

hellogoodbye

cclarry
The plugins will work...but not the Pro Channel Modules.
You don't get the PC with X3 Basic...

Which is exactly why I think about buying it.

I didn't realise this. If this is indeed the case there should be an option to turn off Pro Channel in the other versions of X3, and if not, the bakers should bake one (it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to do).

Why is that a problem Alex? 

Not a real big problem for me, but if people want to disable it (who would prefer to be 100% loyal to VST without performance drop) they should be able to (esp when it seems easy to disable as Cake are doing builds without Pro Channel enabled). Cheers.

Then they picked the wrong host. Sonar supports DX as well. If the PC is not on it uses no CPU or at least none that is detectable.

do dx work in the pc for less cpu?