thx guys - yeah Glyn I tried the FX chains, but like Percussion Strip it seems to be geared to more hip-hop, dance, trance type drums and certainly no percussion...Boost is more for mastering rather than eq'ing. Not to worry I was just finding Percussion Strip so easy to use, but I'm into some projects now where the preset shortcomings are becoming noticeable. S'pose I will need to use it manually