Digital mixers work great with any seq. software that generates MTC or will sync to MTC or SMPT. Some of the drawbacks of having a digital mixer is buying the digital cards that go in the mixer and the computer for full digital sound, with the setup you have currently the sound card is still getting a analog sound and convering it to digital. I am only guessing that you want the digital console for the automation features. Also you would have to have a digital recorder, like the mackie hdr24/96, and then purchase the upgrade cards to make it fully digital, I say analog is here to stay only becuse the digital market is not intened for the home/project stuio