XGworks is much more powerful than PowerTracks. It's more like Cakewalk with similar windows - piano roll, staff, track, master track, event list, mixer etc. Also has graphical control over velocity, pitch bend, and a lot of other stuff which PowerTracks doesn't have. PowerTracks will only do notation in 4 time and the drum window is very limited. The XGworks drum window is much more versatile. If you're an XG user there's no contest. Provided you have all the proper instrument definitions, it's the best XG editor out there. Takes all the drudgery out of sysex. You can do your own definitions with a bit of effort. I've done them for a number of instruments and once you've done the first one the rest are much easier. XGworks will also do styles. You can enter chords as in PowerTracks but XGworks will generate styles from the chords. All you need is the melody to go along with it and you've got yourself a good arrangement. Just key it all in straight out of the fake book. Useful if you can't get the hang of the tune. Who needs Band-in-a-Box? I still use PowerTracks occasionally but since I've moved to XGworks I've given up on all the other sequencers.

Bryan


[This message has been edited by Pilot (edited 05-30-2003).]