I can drag and drop pre made bass patterns in ok and flag the chord changes but wondered how to "play" the bass with the mouse real time while recording?
Just arming the track and playing doesn't seem to "take"

I don't know how many folks are still on tonight - I am helping a couple of other folks out for maybe 5-10 minutes and I PROMISE I will circle back to try to help you.

Bob Bone

you use a midi keyboard or you can draw notes into the PRV using the mouse.. make sure it's got a preset for sound , as some cake synths load up without a sound chosen.

set the input midi wise to omni to see if it's setup IF your using a midi keyboard.

Well, you can also use the Step Sequencer and the mouse.

The SI_Bass happens to load up a reasonable Default sound.

Back in a couple,

Bob Bone

I don't have a midi keyboard as yet 
(On order in fact "Your Amazon.com order of "Alesis QX25 25-Key Advance..." has shipped!)
I've never used the Step Sequencer yet ..so here comes another learning curve..Alright!! A man can never have enough tools.

While waiting for your keyboard, you could load up a virtual keyboard like this one http://www.chordpulse.com...al-piano-keyboard.html and use your PC keyboard/mouse as a MIDI input device.

I found it easier to use the PRV for pitched instruments, you might want to compare it with the step sequencer and see which method is best for you.

Step sequencer is great for me doing drums.

I just recently programmed a complete bass track for a song using the PRV.  Just click on the right note pane and drag the note to the length of the note you want.  Very simple to do.

I usually use a keyboard and play it real time...but you can make a good track in PRV.

Thank you SOOOOO much guys for jumping in on this post.  I am trying to help like 3 or 4 different folks, and have been working with one guy from Europe for about 2 hours now.

At quick glance ANY of those methods will get you going.

If you want to try the Step Sequencer, I can walk you through some nuances of that - not tricky just ways to speed up the process.

Bob Bone

Keyboard is definitely the easiest way to go (for me anyway), before I had MIDI keyboard I used Piano Roll View -- intuitive & straightforward to use.  Just takes a lot longer than direct input with keyboard.  (I still go back to PRV and edit to touch up my keyboard input.)