Thanks for the reply Fran. I will eventually get the B4 software after I purchase the analog emulations and other software I want. I tried the B4 demo already and it is very good.

It isn't a must have for me right now because the Motif ES does an excellent B3 / C3 emulation too. Unfortunately, there are no adjustable drawbars, so I'll get the B4 software when I'm done with the rest. Still, I'd love to hear the ES C3 sound through real Leslies. I bet it would come pretty close to the real thing. What the Motif doesn't do so well is some of those classic CS80 / Moog sounds, even with the analog modeling board, even though the AN150 does do some other things very well and is no slouch in it's own right. The CS80V in particular sings to me like nothing I've ever had or ever played. The Moog Modular V does as well.

Ed, can I do some of the controlling via external midi CC functions? The Motif has assignable knobs, plus my breathe controller, which is also assignable, and assignable pedals, so I'm guessing I could control some functions with it in that manner. I would then simply make up a user voice with no samples assigned, and all of the controllers assigned as I want them. I made a voice like that in my PA80 to control a soundfont based soft synth and it worked very well, except that the PA80 doesn't have the controllers that the Motif does. If it works, I'd like to use the Mo as a controller with a laptop and hopefully a good low latency soundcard in a live or more portable setup.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-03-2004).]