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This is the worst and most common argument I see in amateur communities. If the software companies were only making their products for professionals... There would be few software solutions available They would be prohibitively expensive They would be very difficult to use The very reason there is such a variety of music producing software that is inexpensive and easy to use is because of hobbyists like us. We're their main customers; their bread and butter. That's why they provide educational licenses and stripped-down cheaper versions of products: so you can learn. That's because you're a philosophically-bankrupt adolescent who is trying (and failing) to rationalize your anti-social behavior.

just wanted to note something interesting I found, a mashup of my Oil Spill with Daft Punk's Da Funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUMH1Ayamdg It's only YouTube audio fidelity, but still a really cool idea and piece of work. cheers.

Adolescents believe they're entitled to have everything they want for free. Most of them grow out of it, some of them don't. I've seen no shortage of this kind of immaturity around here. At the same time I don't like being treated like a criminal, so I don't buy software that requires dongles or particularly invasive activation methods. I don't steal them in retribution, I boycott them. cheers.

Watermelon Flava / Joshua Morse & po! is the one I like listening to the most according to iTunes

What you're trying to do is not unusual, it's how you want to go about it that is unusual. If you're doing this as a learning experience or because you're committed to Cubase, then more power to you. But it's a bit naive to suggest this as a worthy solution for others when you only have "suspicions" that current solutions are inferior.

This could be a case of tl;dr but it seems to me there are already solutions to what you're trying to accomplish. In Ableton Live you can throw multiple instruments in an instrument rack and add the keyboard splits in any combination necessary along with your knobs. Switching between configurations would just be switching between tracks, which can be triggered however you'd want. You can get the same thing in Logic with its multi/mapped instruments and do MIDI transformations in any way imaginable. And if that's not enough there are probably more sophisticated ways of doing it in Reaktor or Max. MIDI transformation is the easiest VSTi programming you can possibly do, so don't let me try and stop you -- you could very well come up with a good solution for yourself. But for others I think there are better solutions. cheers.

I hoped someone else might have assisted you before now, but oh well. yeah, if you only have 4-pin firewire then you'll need to plug in the included power adapter to run your audio interface. If you don't care then it's not an inconvenience for you. I've never heard of a firewire device 'frying' hardware, I'd be suspicious of such claims. For other claims of difficulty setting up, etc.. try to buy from somewhere with a good return policy. Every time I've needed an audio interface I had to go thru a few exchanges before I found something that worked for me. There's only so much advice I could give you. At some point you gotta bite the bullet.

Three cheers for Brandon: cheers. cheers. cheers.

A square crop of that photo just screams 'album cover' \m/

Yes, Miss Tricks did use GarageBand on her solo tracks. I recently upgraded to Logic Express 8 (from 7). In the past I may have said to just stick with GarageBand and spend your money on 3rd party plug-ins and sounds. That's still good advice but the price drop of Logic Express and added features from Pro makes it a prodigious value. In the end it comes down to what interface inspires you... you may prefer making music in Reason or Live, etc. But as far as features go: if you have $200, you're really not going to find anything that matches the value of Logic Express 8. cheers.

I always thought this idea of a performers database was misguided because it has marginal usefulness. It'll be interesting to see if another crack at this idea proves to be worthwhile. cheers.

It's nice when these threads have a happy ending.

I'm sure someone will have the patience to explain that to you, but in the meantime try to answer these questions: - How many inputs and outputs do you need? - Do you need MIDI? I'm now assuming you want to record guitar direct with an internal pre-amp, as opposed to mic'ing an amp or using a DI-box, please confirm this assumption. cocks.

I've probably owned more audio interfaces than anyone here. M-Audio stuff is generally a good value, but I haven't used the 410 in particular. I can't recommend the FireBox. I like the form-factor but the pre-amps are underpowered and noisy. The headphone amp is too hot and the knobs are too small and rigid for fine-tuning. Much better interface (and now cheaper) is the Yamaha GO46. But hey, if you already have a pre-amp then you can get something simple like a Behringer FCA-202. Good solution if you're using an external mixer or pre-amp and don't need MIDI. cheers.

Virtually rejected before I even considered submitting? I'm washed-up like a cliché simile.

Apt recognition from a fine publication, everyone give yourself a pat on the back.

My dear young man, don't take it too hard. The challenge is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all.

I'd like a re-roll, but I doubt I'm even going to have time to try something regardless so yeah.. if there's still plenty to go around I'll take a roll.

odd, I can't seem to open the RTF... could you post it on ThaWiki or something?

Happy Lithuanian Independence day!

I don't have a question, I just wanted to say: cheers.

R. J. Reynolds was my great, great grandfather. ... I wish that was a joke. Regardless, feel free to join me for a smoke any time, friendlyHunter. (:

especially the ones with no lyrics!

If you listen to a certain remix backwards it'll say "Rama is dead"

Happy Darwin Day!