For those who may be interested, I have found the following information:

I am still working with Rene of: http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz%2B.htm
Most things seem to work ok except for the drums. Using Yamaha styles it will only pick the Standard Drum Kit in bank 128 even if you request the Brush Kit in 16256 (or Bank 127). Everything else seems to work well using GM or sYnerGiGS soundfont wavetables. In recent times I have gotten no response from Rene. He may be weary of me!!!

LiveSynth Pro may be forever lost given the following response I received from SoundFaction:
'Frank,

No response from my contacts, and they are normally quite responsive.

Doesn't look good. I know they sold the product to Music Playground at one point - you may want to look them up and contact them.

Kind regards,

The SoundFaction Team http://www.soundfaction.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank L. Rosenthal"
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: LiveSynth Pro & Alive


> I am a customer of both products. I have noticed that LiveSynth Pro is
> off-line for quite some
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> time. Did they suspend business? Do you think someone will pick up on
> this excellent
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> product.
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>
>
> I would be interested in any information you may have.
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>
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> Thank you
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> Frank L. Rosenthal'