Hi Frank,
I couldn't get "Creative's Vienna" editor to work with my laptop, till I bought my Audigy NX2 USB sound card. I think you actually have to have a creative soundcard for "Vienna" to work.

Alive worked perfectly as an editor in the laptop, (even with the inbuilt sigma card) .

Kenneth's " Viena " editor, works without a creative soundcard, also. Haven't had a chance to try his latest synthfont midi player software.

Viena & Vienna, had me confused for a while, till I realized they weren't the same program

Actually SynthFont is a great way to test and see if soundfonts appeal, without going to the expense of buying a creative soundcard or software that supports fonts.

Now I use either my livesynth pro/forte setup ( which is far more flexible) or the audigy card for playing fonts.

best wishes
Rikki
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Frank L. Rosenthal:
[B]Fran, Soundfonts are getting a little long in the tooth but they are not bad. You can start off with downloading (free) a wavetable such as the one recommended by AJ, namely SGM180. You can then acquire Soundfaction's Alive or use Creative Labs free Vienna to edit this table (change effects, change voices, replace voices, etc.).