Thanks Bob. I do have a little midi keyboard that will probably work. I also found some .dp files in rb that actually may work also. I understand the difference between what I call playing and step time. There are lots of drum kits in Mixcraft--even more than Beatcraft. I entered a nice snare intro pattern, but the bass drum sounds bad. I'm going to start practicing playing and see what happens. I have the entire score for the piece including the drum parts. Of course since it's just Pauline & me, I'll have to keep the instrumentation in the combo size. It's a really old score with 3-4 Eb alto horn parts and even alto clarinets. We have 110 in our community band and don't even have those instruments. I appreciate your words of encouragement and suggestions. I guess I can set the metronome at a slow-medium speed and then increase the tempo if needed?

Stan

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