If all you are looking to do is edit or create midifiles from within a soft sequencer, then XG works will work fine Jon. Once you cross the boundary and want to work with audio and midi inside of the same app, then XG works pretty much becomes a liability. It has audio capabilities, but they are crude at best.

Cakewalk has opt panels for specific setups ( I'm pretty certain that there is one for XG ) and there are .ins ( instrument ) files available for practically every synth / kb out there, so I find no real advantage in using XG works for xg based synths any more. Not that XG works isn't good for this, but other sequencers will work just as well, with much more efficient audio integration ( if you need to use audio ).

AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 01-15-2005).]