davidrclark(a)earthlink.net wrote:
  Thanks for the pointers to demos.  However, it seems
to me that they
 won't load new instruments.  I could be mistaken, so I'll have to check
 them out.  If I get any of them to load my large soundfonts and play
 anything, I'll report back on how they did compared to Specimen.
 I don't see myself buying any of these any time soon.  (The best
 audio software of all time for me has been gcc, but it does require
 a little bit more work on the part of the user.)
 For others: MOTU MACH-5 for Windows is "coming soon."  Halion doesn't
 have a demo, but a demo movie, from what I see. 
 Version 1 free with a $200.oo purchase:
 
http://www.audiomidi.com/common/cfm/product.cfm?Product_ID=4044
They have some decent reviews there as well.
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won't you please come to Chicago just to sing? In a land that's known as
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