[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

there are some programs, drivers and softwares that are not compatible with windows media center, i bought a bunch of dj , recording gears recording software while back , that cost me over $1,000 total ( i think it was the mixmeister, lexicon etc,including the yamaha board that i almost bought i can't remember the rest of them) which has usb on it, while reading the manual, there was this little note, that says " not compatible with windows xp media center " so i researched it, and theres plenty of outboard gears, that won't run with wmc, if you go to www.sweatwater.com there are list of items that wont run with wmc.

What I am asking though, is, "Just because you have windows media center on your computer, it doesn't need to be on and running", and if it is not on and running, will the usb to mixer still work okay, say for controlling the sound from a DJ or Hoster program?