Tim Orford wrote: > > > > What about other options? I could get rid of the sampler altogether - > > > > then to get the same number of outputs I'd need to upgrade my soundcard - > > you cant mix internally? Probably I can, but I have outboard effects that I like to apply on a per-channel basis. I wonder if it's possible to use the outputs and inputs on my M-Audio 2496 as effects sends and returns to incorporpate a couple of outboard effects while mixing internally? That might sway me. > > So what about ones that require a different way of working? Maybe it's > > time to learn a new way of working! > > yeh sampling duties can be performed by all kinds of apps > these days depending on what you want to do exactly. Also, it > seems people have been put off writing a sampler due to US patent > problems. That's a shame about the patent issue... > have you tried the soundfont editor/player Swami/Fluidsynth? > Maybe that will help you become less reliant on your hardware, > but i wouldnt sell it just yet! :-) Thanks for the tip! > > cheers > -- > Tim Orford -- James Greenwood | jamesg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you put in the work, the results will look after themselves -- Nick Leeson's mother