A few years ago I sold ALL my midi gear, synths and samplers....too much to haul to get what I wanted.

Now - I have started the quest again -- but based on a single CPU and virtual instruments. Another qualification -- economically affordable.

Started with Garageband. Instruments not adequante. Added loop packs and instruments -- one being Garritan Personal Orchestra (full symophony orchestra that can be loaded into GB) with Kompakt Reader, and Overature SE. Added Soundtrack for loops and semi-sequencing assembly of tunes. Still lacking ethnic sounds Upgraded to Kompakt full which also loads nicely into GB.

Then added Band in a Box for fast accom-panyment patterns to be arranged. Added Rax to open a pipeline between live apps -- but have not got it working.

AND-- the only way I have found to get all this to work -- is to transfer midi-files between programs with no real time input interface or editing available. GPO will not open its sounds in BIB --- and the onl;y way I can work is to use the cheesy BIB internal synth sounds to begin -- midi transfer to GB and change instuments. Of course GB is so intense on CPU use -- this is a limioted excercise.

Having tried Cuebase SE with no success -- and Streiniberg being not only unresponsive but slow to be unresponsive --- I have not found an economical way to sequence without having real time keyboard skills I do not possess.

Checking with Garry Garritan -- (right in the middle of his finishing the GPO update due out tommorow -- for which I apologize) he asked me to let him know if I could come up with a solution -- particualrly to write a "tutorial" in getting Band In A Box to work with GPO.

So -- I need any help- advice -program suggestions or ideas even where to start looking. While I appreciate the potential power of Logi Pro 7 --- the budget is not there for me -- and I have a gut feeling that the SE version will not handle the interfaces without -- well -- going back to midi in all its primitive glory. That would keep me away from a smooth editable interface of the Kompakt, GB. Loops, and BIB stuff I have to work with at a price I cannot afford.

Is there a way to interface through RAX???? Or s imilar "pipe" program I am not aware of??>???

This post has been edited by chmara: Sun 17 Oct 2004, 21:24

try this http://www.jackosx.com/

the connections manager program isn't the most intuitive, but it does act very nicely as a virtual patch bay.