Hi Gary,

I looked those two products up on Amazon. I saw that the keyboard only has a three-star rating, and Cakewalk has a two-star rating. Do you suppose it's because they are just using the wrong combination of software and hardware? You make a great case for buying the combo, but I was curious about the low consumer ratings. Also, is it true that M-Audio products can only be installed to one PC and one only? I saw something about the M-Audio software requiring registration via Microsoft's Genuine Software program and one rater said his wagon was painted because he could only use it on one machine.

BIAB 2006 did ship with a DXI version of the Roland synth, so I'm good there if I stick with the Vista laptop, right?

I think I'm almost there on the purchasing decision. Just a little more feedback from you and I'm ready to fire away!

Thanks,

Greg