I have not had any problems for years, but I don't mess with stuff, don't use a 'DAW' and keep it simple. ASIO drivers caused me no end of misery, and I quit using them. On my main system I went with a Ketron SD2 just for the zero latency and to take the midi off the system and not have to use the Dxi synth.

After that is said I do run, every few weeks, my netbook on top of the acoustic piano into the BOSE radio/cd player and futz about. That works, but with the Dxi and that setup is on the shipped hard drive.

I'm preparing to take Band in a Box for a walk outside soon, but I'm going with mostly Realtracks and will probably export them to an mp3 file before doing so. That said, I remember a very harsh early lesson in trying to get this to settle and work.

I've worked with the 2010 version from early on, and had no problem. That said I'm not one to make extensive use of Soloists, and there seems an update is coming to deal with those issues.

I can't provide more insight than that, I am in Niagara for the weekend (I'm working and the family is 'playing'). As I usually work for less than 5 hours a week, spending a couple of days babysitting a hotel is more of a break than work though.

John Conley
Musica est vita