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It is still compiled with VS6, so Windows compatibility is unchanged.

Thanx a million, I’m more than a little relieved to read that!!

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When using XP for audio/midi stuff, it’s best having a dedicated partition to start from a boot manager where network support and all but the bare essential services are disabled, no unnecessary background tasks running etc.. That’s better than untweaked, but still not as good as w98 midiwise, it’s probably because of w98 drivers accessing the hardware more directly. In general it’s best to use hardware with inbuilt syncing capabilities (vitc,ltc,mtc) plus the software to make use of it. Of course, audio needs to be clock-synced too.
Audio/midi hardware connected to pci-bus or pcmcia, expresscard-slot or firewire on laptops syncs better than usb devices.
If usb hardware is to be used, midi and audio should be integrated in the same device (no additional usb midi interface fighting for cpu cycles and bandwidth), no other devices on the usb bus at all (no mouse or keyboard either).
You mentioned the Atari. Midiwise it still rules. That goes for the timing aswell as for the difference in creative approaches the various midi soft on Atari offers. With Notator or Logic+Unitor you get multiple reliable midi ports and syncing capabilities cheap today. The solid timing is mostly due to the OS, which in comparison to todays PC’s happens completely on the Bios-Level. A good example that raw CPU-Power is not everything.