Hi there Scott, Well it sure was great to finally get the disks from you. I'm mailing them back right away so you don't have to worry about them. I just want to let you know how much I appreciate your sending the disks. It was really important for my studio here. Wow, thanks again. As for me, you have attained the coveted position of COOL GUY in my book. So if there is anything also that you need please let me know and I will try to assist. As for the things you asked about in your accompanying letter I will try to address then now. As for Notator 3.0. I will be happy to send you a copy of my upgrade when it comes ok?; or maybe we can split the cost. Either way is ok with me. Running Softlink is very easy. Remember you need at lease a two meg machine to run any task switching programs. So if you are using only 1 meg in your 1040 it's really not practical. Nevertheless, you can play around with the task switching on your one megger though there really isn't enough memory to run multiple programs. Here's how you do it. First run the Link Edit Program. You will see the available memory, number of partitions and size of each partition listed. On a one megger you can set up for 2 partitions each with about 350k. Then click on Start Softlink. That will save the configuration to your disk. Now you will come back to the desk top with a little number one in the upper left hand corner. Hitting shift + 2 brings you to the second partition with a little number 2 in the upper left hand corner. Now you have two virtual computers to work with. Both having their own desk tops. You can now switch between the two partitions and load two separate programs. Note that programs that have accessories and autoload folders can cause weird interactions which may do strange things. So the fewer bells and whistles the better these things work.Remember that on a one meg machine you will be very limited for space so your programs will have to be very small. Also the programs must be in a format that is compatible with task switching. Try a word processor and something else. Don't worry if the switching doesn't seem to work, remember you first need lots of memory so don't sweat it. Also, when you do get set up with a big brain in your ST you can only have one "time dependent" program loaded. A "time dependent" program is anything that uses a clock for timing, such as a sequencer. Whereas an editor is not "time dependent". I hope that is making sense. Anyway, give it a try and don't worry about it if you have a one meg machine. To sync to tape you need to put a sync pulse that midi understands on tape. To do that you need a little box (such as a PPS 1 or later model) that will take a Midi clock pulse and turn it into a pulse that your tape recorder can understand on the line in. So you need a conversion box. That's what Unitor is all about. But since Unitor is SO EXPENSIVE and is really intended for video you can accomplish the same musical purpose with a PPS 1 which is a whole lot cheaper. So you run your sequencer and take a midi out going into the PPS 1. The PPS 1 then sends a pulse to your tape deck. (Just see the instructions in the box). This is called "striping the tape". Then rewind your tape. When you set Notator for external sync it will wait for the tape signal to run. The cool thing about the PPS is that it also remembers the measure in the striping process and that is VERY COOL. Yes, you can print out individual tracks in Notator. I believe that it is described in the manual. You just disable the other tracks. Or check to see if you are in FULL SCORE mode. It is something like that. Anyway, it may just be easier to send you a copy of the documentation on then subjects you are asking. That way I can keep my fingers from getting cramped from typing. Any way Scott, thanks again for the disks and I'll try to get this back to ASAP. And if you have any more questions you can catch me on the MIDI EXCHANGE, call or just write. Later And Have Fun Don. Don Skaggs 131 Rolph Park Drive, Crockett, Calif. 94525.