OK, please don't cringe in fear, hopefully this will be relatively painless for you guys. As it was stated in the subject, I'm most definitely a newby slowly working my way around Sonar. Heres the deal. I'm running Sonar 8.5.3 with CakeTalking 8.5 scripts. I've been having no issues with soft synths, but, as you might guess, I'm running into a little snag with regards to getting everything to work right with MIDI and external gear. My sound card, which is sadly a Tascam US122MKII, is receiving the MIDI signal from my controller, and I have the MIDI input set to the Tascam MIDI in, and the output set to the Tascam Midi out. I have the MIDI cable running to my Motif. The audio out of the Motif is running back to the Tascam line in ports. The problem is that I am not hearing the signal coming in from the Motif. I plugged my headphones into the Motif to make sure it was receiving signal, and all was well there. I think that covers it. Feeling a bit fried right now. I'm sure I'm missing something very stupid, but haven't been able to suss it out just yet. And, if you want to point me to the tutorial, I have spent a good while with it, so if there's a point made there, I am apparently not grasping it... Thanks for any help, and thanks for your patience. JustinPLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq