I'm not sure. To be honest with you, the only soft synth I use is Hypersonic. I'm way more down with external synths and modules as opposed to the vst's. My personal take is that you get alot more realistic sounds in external synths, (especially brasses, strings, and drums.) Omar Binno ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brayton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: I like it easy Ok I'm downloading the demo version of the FM8. Do I need to wrap it with something, like the cakewalk VST wrapper, and can I load presets? That's all I really want to do is work with the presets that come with the deal. http://www.gbrayton.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:05 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: I like it easy You could try some by Native Instruments. They have demos you can download and try out on their website. www.nativinstruments.com Omar Binno ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brayton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: [ddots-l] I like it easy I can use dimension pro, and I've found some pretty nice sounds in there, but the hypersonic 2 is really much easier to use, and as Bryan has said, has lots of very good sounds. I've seen a note on the trilogy sounds like it's more like the dimension pro, in the way that you have to load it up and use it. I'm interested in hearing about the synths that are out there that are as easy to use as the hypersonic, not that I wouldn't use something else, but I like that ease of use for myself. Are there some others that opperate in the same way that come to mind? http://www.gbrayton.com