MOTM

>  >>So I guess that the available downloads are for the trial/demo version.<<

>Since it isn't available in the US I'm assuming the software is 
>probably all in
>Japanese and would be little use to us english speaking people.


No...if you can translate UK english into US english, there is a 30 
day demo on the UK Yamaha site, as Sondius XG...
http://www.yamaha.co.uk/xg/html/midplug/m_mid9.htm

SYXG100  XG & VL PHYSICAL MODELING SOFTWARE SYNTH (ALSO INCLUDES THE 
NEW V4.0 PLAYER)
S-YXG100 (Sondius XG) combines the World beating S-YXG50 software XG 
engine with the already legendary  SVA physical modeling techniques 
used by Yamaha's ground breaking VL1, VL7 and VL70m tone generators.
(Win95/98/ME, Updated 26/07/2001)


Simon
Canberra
AUSTRALIA