hello! yes you can use a USB numpad. I am doing that warm regards, Jörgen Hansson! Tel +46 703-601296 www.jorgenhansson.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Joey Stuckey To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:22 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: JFW and XP or vista? Hi man, One more question for you all, Can you use an USB numbpad for JFW commands or does it still have to be part of the laptop computer keyboard built in? Joey ----- Original Message ----- From: Damon Fibraio To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:41 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: JFW and XP or vista? Do NOT repeatm, do NOT go to vista. JFW 8.0.2173 is the better solution for CakeTalking, I think, if you have CakeTalking. As for Sound forge, I am using jfw 9 on a vista box qwith sound forge 9.0 and it works fine. -- Damon Fibraio screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxxx skype: dfibraio personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. Internet Radio station: http://www.nhbradio.com myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nhbdamon Internet radio show every Wednesday night from 8 to 11 pm eastern From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joey Stuckey Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:56 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] JFW and XP or vista? Hi guys, My laptop has died and I have to get another. I was wondering if you guys could recommend the OS and the appropriate version of JFW, 7.1, 8.0 9.0... I do want to use Sonar and Sound Forge. Thanks all, Joey