seems i struck a nerve. i'm glad. will try the suggestions as soon as possible.
about the remote sl: it's really doing it's thing. only problem is that the mappings for native plugins are locked in some way, but novation promises an update "sometime in 2007". still i would recommend it to anyone who needs hands on mixing, drumpads, aftertouch, a great mod/pb stick, and an x/y pad. s#!+ the mute and solo buttons alone has helped me beeing more intuitive about my music.
again, big up for the great response on this forum. you are going to see me a lot around here in the future (working on collecting some es2 pst's to share).
ciao