John ... thanx for all the help. I'll gladly accept any grace you can send me !

Now - the BIG news !!!!!!

HALLELULIA ! The strings (and anything else) CAN sustain indefinatly. It's a setting in the sound edit section. Go to the Aplitude Envelope, and set the release to "Hold" instead of "Long". Write the new sound into the memory bank and ....away we go !
Whew. What a relief ! Tinight's job will be SO much easier now !