DM - Hi, I'm from the Arranger's forum and saw your post there. To keep it simple, I would suggest you download the Yamaha SYX50 or 100 and the Roland VSC3. Off hand I don't have the sites, but a quick search will lead you to the FREE downloads. The free stuff will let you practice and evaluate. If you want to purchase one of these all around softsynths, they will do the job for you 90% of the time. As you get more experienced and comfortable with the idea of softsynths and plug-ins, you can buy any instrument(s) you want from A-Z for anywhere from $20 to $1000.

BTW, a 'softsynth' or 'plug-in' is a form of synthesizer that will lie resident in your PC. If you use a midi controller and identify one or more of these as your sound source (MIDI option)they will play and make the appropriate sound.

Lastly, since I don't usually post here (as I am a grouchy old geezer of 54 - it's an inside Arranger's Forum joke), can you somehow transfer all this stuff or at least keep us updated over there?



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Cass Pawlowski - Motown
PSR2000, SC88, Cakewalk