Hi Jason: Roland Fantom XR is a rack synth with 1152 sounds built in including drum sets and also a sampler expandable to 512 MB with USB connection to host so you can transfer file between both the rack and the computer, and has a compact flash card for storage and have an editing software for the computer but it's not accessible as I know I never try to deal with it until now William ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason D. To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: A couple of questions Hey Omar, or anyone using hardware synths. I am going to upgrade my studio, and wanted to know how the Roland xr and motif rack interact with sonar. How accessible are they? what can I do and what can I not do. Are they synths or samplers? the reason I ask is that isn't a synth a synth so a soft synth is going to sound just as good as a hardware synth? My understanding is that a sampler would sound better then either. And generally a soft synth will sound better then a hardware synth since you have more processing power and ram in the computer. Am I totally off here? thanks in advance Peace, Jason Doorish, RMT 940-300-4284 Instructions for Spiritual Practice by Shakyamuni Buddha Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis when you find that anything agrees with reason and it is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all - then accept it and live up to it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: [ddots-l] A couple of questions Hi All: To any Fantom x/xr users on the list; when using the Fantom with Sonar (with sonar as the sequencer,) did you guys have to put the Fantom into "slave mode?" Second, I'm preparing to install the instrument definition files for the Fantom x in Sonar. I was previously using the Motif es. Do I need to remove the motif's ins def files prior to installing the fantom's? If so, how do I do that? Thanks for any help in advance. Omar Binno