james is on Singapore time. He`s usally popping in late. Perhaps he`ll have a quick fix. I dont think it`s a major problem.
In the meantime I`ll do some reading and research. We do know that its not the controller, not the S3 software. We dont know, if we are missing a switch or setting in S3, and we dont know if the card and windows may be having some trouble or not.
By it not showing the soundfonts in the dropdown menu and, not showing up as a midi synth device, I`m leaning towards the creative installation pack you have may be the same one I had that didnt work well with sonar. I dl'd one from the compaq site and had no troubles after that. I had to have the creative recorder installed in order for me to record. The windows recorder didnt agree with my setup.