Hi again, Thank you all for the warm welcome! I have also many options where I can be contacted over the Internet. Skype username: PatrickSchuppe (running mostly of the time) msn: DJ_Trancegate@xxxxxxxxxxx (not running often only on request, pls. no emails to that adress) voipbaster: PatrickSchuppe (running mostly of the time) Yahoo: DJ_Trancegate (not running have not fixed password prooblems:-) ) Now to my equitment that I think would be best for my projekts. Everything is taken from the dancingdots webpage. Basic Components ? AMD 3500+ 64BIT CPU ( 2.0GHZ) 1MB CACHE PROCESSOR with Sound Max soundcard for JAWS speech ? 7.1AUDIO/ USB2.0/ FIREWIRE / 3GB Max of ram ? 1GB DDR 3200 MEMORY ( 2 x 512mb) ? 4 INTERNAL USB 2.0 PORTS ? Drive 1: 80 GIG SATA HARD DRIVE W/8MB CACHE (see upgrade below) ? Drive 2: 120 GIG SATA HARD DRIVE W/ 8MB CACHE (see upgrade below) ? 10/100 Ethernet Port (On Board) ? ALTEC LANSING SPEAKERS FOR JAWS SPEECH ? 3.5 FLOPPY DRIVE ? DVD+/- RW Combo Drive ? X550 256mb PCI- E Video Card ? AOPEN 300WATT CASE ? AUDIOPHILE 2496 HIGH-END PCI SOUNDCARD: 2x2 Analog I/O with MIDI, & S/PDIF I/O (Is it possible to have more then 2 or 3 sound cards in the system?) ? OEM WINDOWS XP HOME EDT ? BLACK KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO now to the upgraded components: Select Upgrade from 1 gig to 4 gig - $498 Upgrade Drive 1 from 80 gig to 200 Gig drive - $99 Upgrade Drive 2 from 120 gig to 200 Gig drive - $119 Software: Upgrade the version of Windows installed on the workstation to XP Pro ($99). A question hhere: What works best with the Software ( I mean XP home, pro or win2000) to produce? add installation of Ms Office 2003 Pro {Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Access} ($399). add a Durable Titanium Sled for a removable hard drive ($99). Jaws for Windows, Professional Edition List Price $1095 I will install my own antivirus and online proowider software when the computer arrives. Music software: CakeTalking 5.0 for SONAR 5 from Dancing Dots and CakeTalking 4.0 for SONAR 4 from Dancing Dots until 5.0 is relased. Same with SONAR 4 and 5. Below is a discription of what I have and what I want to do. Other equitmend: My Information on MIDI Musical Equipment is not so big. So I need to know what I need to make it work. I know I need a master midi kayboard and a midi interface. A question here: What additional hardware is needed to get full control over all funktions of CakeTalking and Cakewalk SONAR, So now to what I have and what I want to do: I have 3 syntis here Access Virus B Roland JP8080 CLAVIA | NORD RACK 1 (NORDLEAD) All of the 3 are desktop syntis meaning without kayboard that was a very bad suprise for me to from buying it from ebay. I thought they have kayboards:-) But now I know how to make them work. I want to produce Dance/techno/trance music. With the 3 syntis I allready have the sounds are not the big problem but the recording and sampling and sequencing. I also want to start using virtual syntis later when I know how the basics work. I have looked for hardware components but everything out there is to complex. What is not in there yet is the master midi kayboard because I do not know witch one to take. For me it is very importend that it has a lot of sliders, not to many menues but easy menues. What do you think is also very importen for us as blind users? Also I do not know witch midi interface I should take and what I need to be aware of. Also I am thinking of witch sound card would be best for me. It should have lots of imputs. I have not realy planed yet what I exaktly need here. Hm, I think thats enough for the first time. I am open for discosion suggestions and feedback is very welcome and very much apprecated. Also I would like to know witch expirences you have made over the time. Later I will discribe how I would produce a music track and you can let me know if it is possible to do so. Best regards here from Germany Patrick Schuppe ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto: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:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq