Hi, Mike, Sorry I could not reply sooner. I am traveling a lot these days. On my way to CSUN now. Yes, you are correct. Lime has a sequencer but it currently only records one part at a time. If you compose on the fly, as I myself often do, SONAR is a better environment for that kind of writing. You can export from SONAR to a MIDI file and then import that MIDI file into Lime. However, Lime's MIDI import is not simple enough. I have asked Lime's developer to improve but so far, no change. Meanwhile, it would be really helpful if the people from cakewalk would allow OSNRA to export to MusicXML. Lime's MusicXML import feature is far simpler and better than its MIDI import. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Tyo Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:18 PM To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [goodfeel] Re: midi sounds Hi Bill, First, I trust this message finds you well. I've got a question: Do I understand that when you're using a midi keyboard to input notes into Lime that you only hear the voice you're working on when you're recording? That's sort of a problem for me as my brain doesn't think one line at a time when I'm composing, especially when I'm doing a piano or organ piece. What I might end up doing is laying it all out in Sonar, then import each voice into Lime as I know that you can't record multiple voices at once in Lime - unless there's something that I'm not aware of. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Dancing Dots <mailto:billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 14:27 Subject: [goodfeel] Re: midi sounds In any Lime file that has more than one part or voice, you can assign each part or voice to a different MIDI channel. Once each voice is assigned to its own MIDI channel, you can use Lime's General MIDI annotations to trigger a different instrument sound for that part or voice. Move to first note or rest of the piece. For each part or voice: Press ALT+V, C to open the Voice to Channel dialog. Enter a number from 1 to 16 and press ENTER. Now press ALT+A, X, I and tab until you reach the list of instrument categories. Choose one and then tab to the list of instruments in that category. Choose one and press ENTER. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692