Hi, I am new to this forum and spent about 3 hours going through the great information already. I read lots of good about the Soundcraft ghost. Here is what I am trying to find out:

Im using the ghost as the front end for my Pro Tools setup. I got most of the machine control working but i was wondering if its possible to use the record enable on the ghost to intertwine with Pro Tools? also what could the midi faders be used for?

I need to make some cables to connect my Masterlink to my Soundcraft Ghost. And I don't know if I need 1/4" TRS or 1/4" TS.
The Masterlink is XLR and the Ghost is 1/4".
There are 2 or 3 sets of 1/4" jacks on the Ghost that I can use to send to the Masterlink, but which is best?

I need 32 channel's, I also do some live recordings, but mostly studio recording.
So far I'm looking at the Midas, or the Ghost, or whatever is in that price range.
Please let me know any suggestions

Anyone know about this console? I have thought about updating my studio in the future, but I have been curious of how this console would integrate with my DAW.

Thanks in advance,
Ed

Please forgive my english cause' it might sound totally broken.
Apparently, i'm a music producer in thailand(not a successful one though) who wants to buy a used analog console and now i found myself standing in between the ghost and Topaz 32, they're both the same price about 3,000$ and pretty same conditions I think.
which one should I buy?

I own a Soundcraft Ghost le24 which I use with an 8 track analog setup and I'm looking to upgrade to a 24 track hard disk but would like to know the following from a Soundcraft Ghost user like what's the deal do I have to ride the gain on the channel to +6 to get to +4dbu on my channel strip direct out?

whats the best way to provide effects to musicians headphones but i would like to record everything dry.the manual says to not use the effects send when tracking, to use 2 unused adjacent channels.is there a better way .i have the ghost 24le desk and i want to supply up to 4 headphone mixes at a time and every one has different effects{reverb,comression etc} requirements.once again i don't want

I just want to know which would sound better... I want that warm sound for a pre production studio.

I am looking for a new mixer and was leaning towards the Soundcraft Ghost 32LE with meter bridge. I was just wondering what the general opinion of that board is and if there is anything else out there in that same price range that is better that I should be seriously looking at. I mostly just record bands now but maybe some 5.1 later.

Thanks,
Steve