Hi Andy,

Thanx for some official no bs Line 6 reply. No need to sell us on how great the mixer is, man - We owners coughed up more than two grand for the device - so that's like preaching to the choir.  No one jumps up and buys so a revolutionary concept device (which I had been dreaming about for years) without being crazy or believing in the company (or both).  Line6 users are pretty much guys like yourselves - modern revolutionary dreamers who are not locked in the  "Only the musical devices invented by our grandparents are any good" paradigm.  You guys are our other half. You create the toys we dream of, and yeah we love you for that.  But! - in this instance!  Your AD  guys quite simply F***ed up.   The way you just fessed up and explained exactly the M20ds capabilities, and limitations should have been in the fancy ads, video tutorials and manuals. If Line6 had done that maybe I would have opted for the Presonus StudioLive or Mackie dl1608 which I was contemplating before my favourite company presented The Alternative.  Or maybe I would still buy the M20d, cause I'm a real sucker for your stuff, and there's a lot to love about the M20d. But it would have been a very informed decision. As it was I didn't have all the facts when opting for the M20d.

Currently it's set up in my studio with my stagesource speakers. I am mixing my live show in Cubase 6.5 via Presonus Audiobox 1818vsl to M20d/Stagesource. Wanna make sure that when I hit the road all is balanced and sounding awesome. At first I wanted to do it without the Presonus in between and that's when I discovered the latency.  So now I'm doing it your way (which I had figured out before) but it really surprised me that the Gods (and My Heroes) of Line6 Monkey, easy online connectivity and updates, All Pods cool, great Asio drivers, etc etc could have made the shittiest Asio driver on the Planet since the default windows cubase duplex crap.  This I certainly did not expect from Line 6 and most certainly not in their most modern awesome, and much trumpeted creation - the M20d.  We all thought something was terribly amiss because the info you just gave, was not provided in the way you just did: clearly and honestly - for which we thank you, even if it's late in the game.  Your AD department should register that - even in the fine print, man. We users kinda prefer ALL the facts to the glitz and hype. Kinda let us respect and trust the company more, if you know what I mean.  

Anyway, now you know what we users would like for the M20d (see also the wishlist threads), so if it's at all possible in the future we'd really like that.  And really nuff respect for some official honest explanation and clarification.

(Naw, I'm not ****** off because you guys won't come to your senses and make some new Lefty Variaxes and I'm stuck here with my two old 500s, lusting after the new awesome JTVs, and feeling brushed off and dissed.  That's a separate thread and issue. hmm)