Hi All My name is Ally and I've been using Fruity Loops for a while now and I make house, trance and trip-hop. It's superb and I get great results from it. I have been a cubase user for 10 years but now I have pretty much switched over to Fruity as its intuitive, easy to use and sounds great. I have a bundle of VSTi' and DXi's installed as well as a ton of FX although, to be honest, I tend to use Fruity's own FX first as I like them a lot. I first used it when a mate gave me V2.72 and I thought it was a bit of a toy but after an hour I had it singing and dancing, I changed my tune. I use a lot of samples, mainly ones I have made up, and a lot of fx. I've had a bit of success in the dance music field. My partner and I have released 4 singles which were played by the likes of Sasha, Digweed and Eric Morillo...which is pretty satisfying, we record under the name Universal. I moved from Scotland to Canada this year so the band is pretty much finished although we are both good friends still and still both continue to make music. I also make loops for a website who sell them to whovever wants to buy them, they are on www.soundoftheweb.com Best Thing: The speed, the sound quality, ease of use and flexibility. Worst thing: The Sample browser and the arrange window I don't like too much but that's more being Used to cubase...I'll get over it. Links: You know them all What I'd like to see: A mixing console built in...I hear that's coming in V4...nice one. I'll try to reply to any posts people may have but sometimes its hard to get time being married. Anyway enough about me, this mailing list looks like a good place to hang out. Cheers Ally Dunlop