Margarita, thank you for your kind words, but now is as good a time as any to embarrass myself!

A few months ago I started writing a user guide for Mudcatters to encourage everyone to submit some new TUNES to the DT. There are many ways to do this, even for complete musical novices, but I believe that one of the easiest methods is to use a MIDI piano keyboard plugged into your PC's soundcard (or whatever wonderful contraptions that MAcs use). And of course you need some sequencing software, such as the inexpensive NoteWorthy Composer package. Well, I recently picked up a 4 octave MIDI keyboard for $US 40, and I thought that with a bit of keyboard entry experience I could (perhaps) finish writing my tome.

But alas and alack! I just can't get it to work at all - not a single crotchet have I been able to enter. I must admit that I haven't had the time to devote to it, but if any readers out there are experienced in this regard, I would appreciate some help. Apart from NWC I also have Cakewalk and Power Tracks Pro which should be able to do the same job (plus Band In A box, SuperJam ...) but again lack of time has crueled me.

I am sort of confident that my hardware is fine, but there are a number of pieces in the puzzle.

Regards
John