OK ... Thanks to all.

While my surmise that I was victim of my own ignorance turns out to be true (alas, once again!) ... I've learned something that will help me a lot.

Short story/ explanation. I wanted to set up the 'parts' correctly in my midi file before I used the stylemaker wizard so I would know where the drum fills were located to more easily identify them.

The drum wasn't coming through while auditioning ... so I decided to solo the drum track to just listen to it alone. Of course I heard nothing, since the drums were on the melody track along with all the other data ... and once the melody track was muted in soloing the drum track there was nothing to hear. Then of course, when ... having a brain freeze about about the midi data being only on the melody track ... I went to look in the piano roll and notation windows, selected the 'D' and I found nothing ... heh, heh ... because there was nothing there!

The song I happened to pick as it turned out had an extended no drums intro (didn't realize this til later). So, prior when I quickly auditioned it in Anvil Studio and moved it along to the center section, there were my drums where they were supposed to be!

Some times it's good to wake up in the morning and flash: "Oh, how could I be so stupid!?"

On the other hand, I'm now extra positive as to where imported midi files reside and, with Ron's help, have learned a lot more about that groovey 'sequence' window and all it's hidden delights.

Prado