The problem with 'legacy' systems is that they always need 'crutches' every time the world changes, especially the Microsoft World changes, as it will do in about 12 months time.

The problem with 'upgrading' legacy systems to the latest Microsoft system is just the same - the whole damn job has to be redone every time MS sneezes.

Cross-platforming has worked wonders in the 'Linux' type system development world - and most of the tools are free - most of the more important ones can even be cross ported back to Windows.

I'm with most of the last 2 paras of JiKs comments above. Also, in spite of people's attachment to various other proprietary music formats, midi and ABC are gaining ground as the the most widespread systems for the type of simple music (tunes) needed here. Of course, one would have to check that any move totally into ABC used the most widely compatible 'version' of ABC standards.

Btw, I don't really see the need for wavs or mp3s - unless you wish to preserve EXACT performance details of various artists. We never had that with written records any way.

Robin