Sometimes I wish I had a old box multitrack recorder that has nothing except channel volume, pan and EQ.
As soon as I'm in Cubase I find myself distracted with unnecessary shit. As soon as two distinct instrument tracks (like guitar and drums) are made, sounds don't blend, of course they don't it's just a demo who cares, but lets try and change a few presets, turn a few knobs...half a hour later sound is still shit and recording went nowhere. I bought a cheapest Chinese processor just for recording ideas on the fly and I found myself upgrading firmwares and inserting impulse defs in for cabinet modeling, like it's going to ever sound like triple rectifier on 4x12.