Thank you very much colour - I really appreciate your reponse and express my gratitude - excellent instructions.  I have a problem half way - I get stuck at 4) and dont know how to move on. Here's what happened >>1. Downloaded  and installed the Smartsound Installer ''Smartsound Quicktracks version 3.0.9.0.''1) Launched S12Plus2) ...

Thank you sfchuck. I appreciate  your response and it gives me something to experiment with. I dont have any previous versions of Studio on my machine (deliberately, because I am fearful of problems). I only have a clean S12 Plus installation with the latest patch, on a clean machine XP SP3 with little else on it. Under desperate ...

I have a clean machine with Studio12 Plus on it, using XP SP3, latest patch on Studio12. I have 3 Smartsound CDs I want to load up and I want Studio 12 to recognise them and use them. What do I have to do please to make Smartsound be recognised and useable within Studio12? Thanks John