when using noteworhty or music writer all of the instruments sound very similar. Does anyone have any recommendation for a sound card that will produce a guitiar sound that actually sounds like one.
If you're using an SB16 or similar card, just about anything would be an improvement. I'm happy with my Yamaha-based MPU401 card, but there's lots of good cards available.
Another option if you have Pentium and Win95 (_not_ Win98) then you can use Yamaha's SoftSynth to get true wave-table sound on a stock SB16. You can download a trial version from their website; if you like it, registration is under $25 US.
Fred
You'll need to check your hardware, but there are several daughterboards available, too, which can be added to many soundcards (well, SB16s, anyway), which give wavetable sounds, but are cheaper than a full-blown wavetable board.
Andrew