Hi Guys,

I thought I would give you an update. Since talking to you last I have been leading the music in our new Church using MIDI files rendered to wav through the Roland VSC and then burned to CD. I have a CD player with a remote and I can with some difficulty start, stop and select the tracks I want to play. The difficulty is only in not being able to see what track I have selected but so far I haven't had any disasters :-) The results are ... well ... OK but nothing to get excited about. But this is only a temporary setup.

Last Thursday we purchased a complete sound system consisting of a Yamaha EMX 5014C mixer, Electrovoice SX-100 speakers and Electrovoice RE410 mics. We also have all of the other commonly associated items... snake, cables and stands. Our next purchase will be an SD-1. I plan to play MIDI files using a lap top and the SD-1. That is my preference right now because it is quick and easy and the results are very good. When I render to wav I am finding that I often need to edit the MIDI file or the wav file to get a sound comparable to the original MIDI played live through a synthesizer (QY100 in my case). Some time in the next few weeks we will purchase two spot monitors and an SD-1. I'll let you know how this all works out.

I just thought I would let you know that I am really doing something and your comments were not wasted. :-)

Gale

Mr. G