I think some of those sounds are great, except for the choir ah sounds. They sound like they don't know what there doing. But the chior oo sounds sound cool, they'll be useful. And I'm in the same situation you're in. I want better. My friend Tony showed me a yamaha keyboard he bought, I can't remember the model number. Anyway, the sounds were good. Same here, I haven't found a good synth yet but I have some things I have to straighten out before I record. Maybe my recordings will sound good. At least it's better than my yamaha psr540! Talk later. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Erkens To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: synthesizers Hi Raymond, Yes I do use the sounds in the cakewalk tts-1, because I haven't any better. I'm hoping to find a better gm compatible soft synth, but I haven't come across one so far, except this tts-1 thing. I never use the helicopter or bubble sounds. I think they're useless. I'd rather see these patch numbers filled with useful instruments. If I want a helicopter or any other similar effect, I would go for a sample library with sound effects. Hope that answers your question. Regards, Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:42 PM Subject: [ddots-l] synthesizers Hi everyone. I got Sonar working because my stepdad called Gord and we got it straight. I just wanted a few opinions on something. Does anyone like the synthesizer that comes with Sonar 4? I'm starting to like it. I was also wondering if anyone uses the helicopter, stream, bubbles etc. If someone thinks I'm completely off balance, just let me know and I'll recheck things. Okay I guess I didn't want help, I just wanted to find out what people use those sounds for and if they use them at all.