Vista Compatible Music software

[rosetchfie]

Hi
I have recently upgraded one of my PCs to Vista and now find that some of my favourite music programmes don't work under Vista and the suppliers "are working on a Vista version"
The two I use most are Music Match Jukebox ( plays MP3/wave, converts MP3to wave and vv, records CDs, playlists etc) and Voyetra Record Producer Deluxe ( midi sequencer/player that also records CDs from midi/wave/vocal inputs to wave files)
I have tried downloading some freeware/shareware equivalents but nothing very good there so far at all.
Can anyone recommend some good equivalent Vista compliant software that does what MMJB and VRPDL do ? - doesn't have to be freeware or shareware - I don't mind buying a licensed software product if it is good
regards
Roy Setchfield
Waiuku New Zealand

[ironbaden]

I Bought a Brand new Computer with vista.... which I like.... its gonna take a while before anything works...but .... have you tried running the software in compatibility mode? Right click on the installer and choose properties. there will be a tab called compatibility.... choose the tab and then choose XP. click apply and then ok. rerun the software... this worked for me... unfortunatly i couldn't find an antivirus that would work so i removed Vista... for Now.... ;D

[rosetchfie]

Thanks Ironbaden
I haven't tried that as both Music Match and Voyetra have advised me that their current software that I have is definitely not Vista compatible and that they are are working on a Vista version
anyway I wil give it a try just in case - don't know how long they will take to release the new versions
regards
Roy Setchfield
Waiuku, NZ

[paulhcctt]

cakewalk 9 and sonar run from the off on vista

[oldsage]

just read an article which says that vista does not support h.a.l direct sound,and so far only a few patches for only 1 or 2 soundcards have been produced.maybe our friend paul can explain what this hal does?