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I've never seen "CD Remix" reviewed in depth domestically, although one of the Euromags did a piece on it. "Remix" was mentioned in passing when the CDTV first appeared, but that's about it. "CD Remix" does not need to control an external audio CD player. This is because CDTV (and the A570, and standard CD-ROM units with appropriate device drivers) can play ordinary audio CDs. What "CD Remix" does when you create a script is to load the appropriate drum riffs, sampled sounds, etc., from its own CD-ROM disc into system RAM. Then the program prompts you to unload the "CD Remix" disc and insert the music CD you're remixing. "Remix" (which is running in RAM) thereupon controls the music CD, locating the tracks you've specified, and inserting the effects in the script from RAM during playback. Everything happens within the CDTV player in real time. The only reason you'd need a floppy or hard drive or flash RAM card (CDTV has a port for one) would be to save your remix script, or to load sampled sounds not available on the "Remix" disc (which carries about 500 samples!). If you had an ordinary CD-ROM drive with audio CD capability and a driver like AsimWare or Xetec that can run some CDTV stuff, you might be able to use "CD Remix" with it, too. And yes, you can save the remix to tape or whatever, since it's playing in real time; just hook up the audio outputs to your stereo system amp and dub to the appropriate recorder. By the way, when you run a script, "Remix" also displays a time code and track number on the TV screen. I'm surprised "Remix" has been overlooked. To me it was one of the "killer application" that everyone thought CDTV needed to prosper. But if no one knows about it, that's no help! — Ron Legro from Milwaukee via AUTOPILOT (The only way to fly)