Hi Arjan,
I get all that. I used templates with C-base too.
The issue for me is this: though I tend to use pretty much the same fader layout on my DM, each project itself takes different shape. Sometimes I need to dedicate a secondary guitar track, for example, for purposes of matching takes to an older performance. It's just easier to open a new track in the DAW and route it quickly to the DM.
Same thing with VIs; I often like to stack or add various voices from different instruments - and this can occur spontaneously throughout the creating of a tune. As things develop, I might reorganize the DM fader layout to accomodate the emerging arrangement. Again, it's just easier for me to be able to patch, route and organize without being tied to a format where I can't easily see where everything is.
And that's why PT has been a major workflow improvement for the way I tend to approach things.
Without doubt, there are things about Cbase I like and miss; but I think it's just intended for somebody with a different left/right brain construction than I have.
As with any DAW, there are features I'll never use, don't need, nor care about. I can say the same thing about PT. But its workflow compatibility with the DM is something I DO care about.
Just my opinion and YMMV.
CaptDan
