Oren,
Yep indeed,Kara's instructions are certainly right-on-the-money & impossible to screw up-as I found out!
As for my arduous journey through the computer world...well...I am certainly all for the concept of do-it-yourself,but with certain things,instructions adhere to me much better when I receive them in person-or perhaps a instructional dvd would be equally helpful.
In the first two years of my first pc-in all that time,I had only progressed far enough to learn the most fundamental of computer tasks-mainly because I had gotten into the game way too late and I had no one to teach me the ropes of pc recording-that is until I met you people.
The way that I was introduced to keyboard workstations,was that I had been given the fundamentals by a studio engineer friend & he walked me through the functions of my first workstation(the Korg M1),back in '87.
If it were not for him,who knows how long it might have been,before I became proficient with synth workstations.
Of course since then,I now have 21 years experience in this area,so I can tackle any keyboard workstation out there with minimal effort.
Computer recording is so much more intricate & complex than hardware recording,with a very vast labyrinth of compatibility issues and for me personally,I can very easily drown,when trying to swim through the vast sea of perils & pitfalls of the pc world,because I'm not very buoyant on my own,without some sort of life-raft.
It's as if I have some sort of learning disability,of sorts.
It's good to know that online resources such as the open source,are honest & forthwright,but when I conduct a search on Yahoo or Google & there is a long list of cache's & I worry that I may run into a counterfeit website that has solicitous or malicious intent...so I try to be very cautious.
In my seraches,I have noticed SoundForge and SourceForge-what's the difference-is there a difference?
I will certainly stick to the open sources & with the people of Kara-Moon behind me,how can I go wrong?
Thanks for all of the support.
-Thom