Thanks Bob. Your insight is really good to know. Mario had told me about quantize, but you went into a little more detail and I appreciate it.

I'm using marching drums as segues in a current partriotic medley project. I couldn't find the sound that I wanted to I decided to try and do my own. A few years ago, I found a great midi song, Armed Forces Salute. I really like the arrangement, but I had to do some tweaking to get it to work for us. There are lots of ways to get things done---if you know what you're doing. Alas, I've got quite a ways to go. It's pretty neat to get help for all the nice folks on these forums!

Stan

Cornet Curmudgeon