Late to party here. Long time Cakewalk user (since DOS). I just a few months ago got my Mackie mixer to record into cakewalk with zero monitoring delay. I have a backup and plan to reestablish that backup every time I have a problem. No chance of an upgrade for me. 35 years as sysadmin have taught me to never be on the bleeding edge. If my goal is recording - a command line to start cakewalk is just fine by me.