yeah well I was similarly impressed when I got a limited version of LIVE with my m-audio Quattro (which rocks) when I was over in japan.... UNTIL I discovered the cost of 'upgrading' to the full version was THE SAME as buying the full version outright.... I thought that was a bit rude.... :L On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 08:31 AM, Jay Shaffer wrote: > I agree wholeheartedly with Peter. Live and Reason And others are > often the right tool for the job. especially since you can get limited > versions of these programs as bundles with various hardware. Most > notably M-Audio's Transit which is a great USB audio I/O for $99. ===========<^>=========== Sub Bass Snarl sound system Sydney, Australia. http://snarl.org tel: +61 (0)419 746 970 ICQ: LukeSnarl (194618220) email: luke at snarl.org ===========<^>===========