hey there 3351 - thanks for chiming in - I have reason which I think is pretty cool for the most part and this is what I've been trying to use to get most of my sounds but it seems totally lacking in what I'm looking for, which, considering everything that it does, make me think I'm using it wrong - am I barking up the wrong tree with this app? is it just not going to give me what I want? buying synths is no issue, in fact, I'm using an older PC and I'd actually like to buy a synth - I was thinking something like one of those rolands with the drum pads built-in - seems ok, but again, it doesn't (right out of the box) make the sounds I hear on these records, so I wonder if they're actually drum machines and not synths - like maybe a simmons drum or something....
-w