Thanks for the help.

@Noel96 ... Hey, great name for the season! Yes, it's already happening.

@Mac ... Yes, I understand how to change ASIO buffers. Please give me a target time in msecs so I can adjust the buffers accordingly. I would have though 1028 samples, about 56 msecs would have been adequate for any purpose. Normally when recording and not to cpu loaded, I'm using 256 samples or about 13 msecs.

@Silvertones ... yes, I did that, selecting the one in the < brackets >. I'm away from both PCs at the moment, but do you mean the check box on the page (the number of different option popup windows is daunting) called "midi driver?" It does show both the boxes checked and the name of the selected VSTi in the little window. Is this what you mean?

No, I am not using midi mapper. Any other suggestions about why when I load Microsoft GS it tells me it is in use, even though no other programs are loaded? And, how I can get my midi sounds back?

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to need a lot of it. I first got BIAB 11 and eventually abandoned it for similar frustrations. Since, I've sussed out a lot of programs. Throw an Acid or Cubase question at me. I jumped at 2010 when I saw the video of using it as a plugin and drag n' drop the files into my DAW, Cubase. I should have just let it alone and used the initial midi, which was all I really needed to use the plugin. But I have a bunch of old *.kar karaoke files and I'm helping out with a New Years Eve party ... so I thought, wouldn't it be cool if I could use sexy VSTi for sound instead of the tinkly Microsoft GS music box.

It's about 12 hours to the party, LOL ... so maybe, just maybe when I get my laptop in a couple of hours, I can still get the show on the road?

Prado