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Roger, I am quite aware of both points you made. By "straightforward programming techniques" I was referring to setting up four wavetables and telling the audio device to play four tones. Anyone who can read the manuals and program can do this. More than four voices requires the processor/programmer to do significantly more work and therefore requires more CPU horsepower. Sorry if I did not make this clear. I'm not sure what you mean by "Instant Music does not provide multitimbreal (sp) waves". You can indeed generate multitimbral music, as can any program which uses the stock audio drivers. You are correct in your statement that IM hdoes not attempt to generate more than one note per channel; four voices is the limit, and it works as you describe. I stand by my statements that generating four simultaneous tones is trivial, that more tones are possible but require greater CPU horsepower, and that no commercially available programs (which I am aware of) have this capability at this time. I would be delighted if someone proved me wrong on either the second or third counts. Nybbles, Rick