Thanks, Herb. I had heard of the IK thing but I had forgotten it. That might be a nice add on.
As far as the good synths, I need to educate myself a bit more on a lot of things. One of those subjects is my understanding of soft synths, DXI, VST, needing a player versus standalone, etc. Lucky for me, a local college has a recording arts program. One of the professors is trying to set me up with a student to tutor me.
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