Hi, i will take a look at the Real band forum Bob,and i think the midi is really good as well,i use a coyote synth,and i use my onboard sound on my gigabyte motherboard,which gives out HD sound which then plugs into the creative DDTS 100 decoder ,which is amazing, i also have a sound blaster audigy 2 zs sound card which i could use,but i cant make my mind up ,any way its over to RB to have a look,thanks again Brian