Yes sir been there done that,...paid my dues in the trenches..
now I can sit back and relax. The mic and fast Pc I have,
maybe the SX900 will complete the package. [/quote]

Hi Donny,
best of luck with your Yamaha odyssey. But I happen to know you also have Mixcraft Pro 8, and was wondering in how far all the sound samples that come with it, including the 20 soundmodules such as mini-moog, pianissimo, etc. fall short of your expectations as compared to the ones in the keyboards ?
And have you extended the plethora of sounds/samples included in Mixcraft with yet more and better samples ? Cause if so a decent master keyboard would be all you need ??

regards
JOhn [/quote]

John ....Mixcfraft 8 Pro is an awesome DAW and besides all that comes with it, I have many other really kool VST's also, some for playing, others for Vocal processing, and a few advanced Suites for editing. But,....there's just something about the freedom of playing an arranger kb that isn't quite the same as using a controller
with your DAW. Each do different jobs for a multitude of purposes..take care.