Well, After heard u guys on ver 3.2/3.3... i guest maybe my windows who got the problem or maybe the hardware... who knows... maybe i'll buy myself a new windows.. maybe Vista, when it official release. But still... i still think sonicstage sucks... here's a few reasons i'm having (beside the windows prob) 1 - Everytime i run SS, i pitty my PC... to much noice an my hard disk. It's like running a big 3d game. I can get all the fuction (except MD) with MediaCenter that open in a blink... maybe the MD function make it heavy. 2 - it goes more heavy when i import my songs from my hard disk (6000+ songs)... maybe it does'nt work well with that heavy load. 3 - Donno bout version 3, but ver 2 were make using micromedia flash... do the math! I tried creative md software that comes with my soundblaster... but at that time only record using wave out/optical <> line in. no usb support yet. don't know bout the new version, but i dont crazy bout the software, just wanted the soundcard. Tried RealPlayer... like u said "Mr_Bass_Man", still need sonicstage/openmg installed... So, maybe there is no altenative for sonicstage... well, not the end of the world Sorry for the maybes ... to many... i need some sleep... 3 days is to much...