PS: Rikki, I'd be interested in hearing how the Live software treats you after you've immersed in it for a while. I got a "lite" version of this free with my audio card purchase, and wasn't willing/able to make much sense of it.

Unlike Frank, (who's forgotten far, far more about this stuff than I'm ever going to know,) I get confused when I have too many synths/sequencers/samplers on my HD at once. It's like my ASIO drivers get drunk or something.

But I've become convinced that he's right about making the sacrifices on the front end- in terms of both time and money- being well worth it.

Michael