George, I'm sorry to say that AFAIK, there is no way to convert .art files to a format that EXS can understand. Too bad for us!!! Ned gorg444 wrote: > Have just bought 'Dan Dean Solo Strings' in > giga format. The conversion by the exs24 > seemed to go well but the updates are > in .art file format which the exs does not recognise. http://www.nedfx.com Ned Bouhalassa n e d @ n e d f x . c o m