Hi Stu

> i got a message saying that CTL3D.DLL couldn't be found. no options,
> like searching the net, the hard disk or anything else were offered.
> is there something that i need to do which is obvious to someone
> experienced in windows

You need a crash course in solving problems with Google ;-) Enter
CTL3D.DLL at google and the second hit out of 13500 hits is the help
page of Doepfer regarding this topic.

Florian