Thanks for the kind comments!
There are much lower-priced alternatives to Cakewalk--such as Powertracks Pro, about $29.00. I haven't found much it won't do, and it is quite user-friendly. You can check it out at: www.pgmusic.com
DonM

Yamaha also sells XG works 3 at around 80 dollars or so. It does not do audio but has a fairly decent sequencer in it. It's appeal for me though is that it also allows xg editing, which allows you to add insertion effects, patch ( voice ) changes and synth edits ( aka patch or sounds ) that are more detailed than what you can do on the board itself, panning and effects on individual drum sounds, etc. I use it in conjunction with N track studio, which is a multitrack audio recording program that also has a sequencer and goes about 50 or 60 bucks. I'm glad noe that I did not sell my XG software with the board, because I mistakenly believed that the board had all of the synth edit capability of XG editing.

AJ

Thanks Don...I'm going to check it out right now. I didn't mean to clog up this forum with editing/sequencing questions. I noticed the other forum on this web page.

AJ, Thanks for the tips...I shopped around today and noticed a 199 buck software package and then some mid level 50-80 dollar stuff. Thanks for pointing out the lack of audio with XG...Cheers B2