.. we talked about Fruity Loops? (tee hee .. just kidding guys, just got my first batch of messages and all I could find was the non-troversy ... ) I've been working with Fruity Loops for a couple of years now, from ver. 2.5 up. Everybody is all ape-shit for Reason, but I prefer Fruity hands down. (mostly because it is easy, VST compatible, and I like the step sequencer). I've got a keyboard, MIDI box (Kenton Control Freak), and it is all running to a set of studio monitors (cheap ass Alesis M'1s and a Samson Servo 170 studio amp).. works great for me. If you don't have a MIDI knob box - get one fast. For $100 or so it makes making music with Fruity SO much easier, intuitive and wicked fun... That's my tip for the day .. Peace! Mike (Toronto, Canada)