The MIDI files here were produced with Cakewalk and PowerTracks Pro software, and a great deal of patience. While I play acoustic guitars in realtime, all the music here was done in step-entry mode UNrealtime; mainly using the standard music notation staff window. I'm especially fond of bottleneck playing, which explains why so many of the sequences here feature slides ... I get to play around with virtual kotos, Hawaiian guitars, pedal steel guitars, and the like.

After getting hooked on MIDI with the Logitech SoundMan WAVE card (Yamaha OPL4 synth), I upgraded to the Ensoniq Soundscape Elite. This was a fine mid-price card with wavetable synthesis, effects processors, and an onboard Motorola 68000 controlling all the digital sound processing (right - a little Mac equivalent just running the sound). Unfortunately, the Soundscape cards are no longer produced. When Creative Labs bought Ensoniq, production was restricted to the AudioPCI card, which is inferior to the older Soundscape products.

All the files here have been tweaked to sound good on the Ensoniq card. Since I don't have access to a wide variety of soundcards, I would appreciate any feedback from folks who use other hardware, and especially the new soft-synths popping up all over.