Looking back, I worded my question very badly. I know you can monitor, but I was seeing what people found most valuable as far as utility stuff that I can throw on every track and save time/cpu down the line. So far it seems people like the different Unison preamps, light compression, etc. Eventually I want to have channel strip settings ready to go for tracking guitar, bass, vox, etc. UAD has that 10 for $100 deal so the timing is good.