[Ed Beram]

I did, then, try using the audio function, went into my external drive to bring up mp3's to the play list. it worked speedily and being able to set the fade in/out is nice also. i will try this on the gig and maybe what you suggested about the media player running outside of hoster is taxing the computer. since i also work as a solo singer with hoster i have my own established play list with my favorite brands and key sets always in place. it is necessary to sometimes deliver a song i don't sing live via mp3 (DJ) and i will now try using the audio function within hoster to see if the shut downs will go away. its funny but it hasn't shut down when i am playing a track for the "up" singer while simultaneously loading a song form the next singers disc and that seems to me to be a test on taxing the computer, but so far as long as i dont have media player or a seperate DJ program running at the same time it's okay.