Pro:,

I haven't been following it that much as of late but if this is true I would also caution potential users to consider staying away from XG works unless you are willing to do some patch editing afterwards. Judging by the problems users with Windows XP had with driver issues and the very slow response by Yamaha to correct it, I wouldn't doubt for a minute that Yamaha isn't particularly interested in addressing the issue of new instrument lists.

Like Shiral, I still prefer XG works for some things, including some of it's editing features versus Cakewalk, so I use each for different things too. Ideally, a sequence I do will start out in XG works and will be finished in it too, with a trip somewhere in the middle to Sonar to straighten out patch voices, apply cal scripts, use 3rd party software etc. I have had absolutely no synch problems with mine though. Before I got Sonar, I often worked exclusively with XG works and N Track studio all the time, with perfect synch (at least to the ears ) using a modest Pentium 3 800 mhz comp and 192 mb ram. My only complaint with N track ( if there is one at all ) is that the sequencer in it leaves a lot to be desired, or else I would never want to use XG works at all. It's been a great program for me for audio work though. Good enough that I haven't used Cool Edit in ages even.


AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 12-27-2002).]