Thanks for those tips. I did watch a video demo done by this German guy using the akai mpd18. He was using some drum kit for some software that ends in ..."08". I did use a standard kit. I didn't "map" any pads. I just tapped each one to hear what might be on it. Like 1=kick, 3=snare, etc.. I think there were enough drums in that kit to do what I want. I certainly am no drummer though. That's all the guy from Frankfurt was doing--just tapping different rhythms on the various pads. I'll play around with it some and see what the soft synths sound like also. I'm in no big rush since my wife broke her finger, we can play gigs anyway. Looks like a new thing to learn that I had not even heard of before--an intermediate router. Many ways of doing things, too.

Stan

Cornet Curmudgeon