Hi there, Roger

You wrote:
> from your keyboard again direct to Audio
> Recorder down the USB cable - presumably
> you have it saved on your SD Card as a
> sequence file.

Gosh - I must be stoopid but I can't figure out how to drag it from the 2600 to the computer using anything else other than "Technics Format" which produces a whole bunch of files or using the "SMF" format which creates a MIDI file. I have been using the SMF and creating the file. Then I go over to the computer and use the Song Manager software to save it (while at the HOME PAGE on the keyboard) to the computer. Then (yep - I figured out how to do this just after your last message!) I run the Audi Recorder and record the file while playing it in Media Player. Then I load up a .WAV editor (I have Ahead Nero 6) and edit out the little spare bits of silence from the file.

Is there a quicker way to drag the original piece of music from the keyboard to the computer in either MIDI or WAVE format?

I haven't played a keyboard for years (actually I'm a drummer!) but wanted to use the 2600 to create little background sounds which I can trigger while playing various numbers. I need the WAVE file as that's the format used in the Roland SPDS trigger pad I want to use to trigger the sounds. What this means at the moment is that the files are really just "pieces" of orchestral or brass, usually of about 2 or 3 bars long.

I fully intend to go back to using the keyboard in anger for my own personal joy though - and the 2600 certainly appears to be a VERY nice piece of gear.

We're off Junction 10 on the M4. I used to work for Motorola a couple of years ago and drove to Junction 16 every day for 7 years, so I know where Wootton Bassett is VERY well.

What do you use your 2600 for, Roger?

All the very best to you.
Chris