I'm sorry to hear you couldn't get it going. It's a nice feature, to open another program from within Sonar. I use that little app all the time with no problems. Hang on to it and maybe you'll get the itch to try it again. Cool Edit Pro is cool, but I think you owe yourself an upgrade. 1.2a is really stable, and 2.0 adds looping features and the ability to play MIDI files. Still can't edit MIDI in there, so if you use that stuff, you're still gonna need a sequencer of some kind. Anyway, I don't really like the effects of valium, so I'm just gonna try to take a few deep breaths!!! C-ya
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