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Wouldn't properly implemented look-ahead take care of this?

Frankly, I would say impossible to emulate on a keyboard or stringed instrument...a LinnStrument or ROLI keyboard is about as close as you're going to get. I never even try to emulate solo wind instruments in my music via sampling or synthesis. I'm okay with adding a brass section in the background, and that can sound pretty good. But solo sax? No way...besides, guitars are pretty expressive! When I have done solo "wind" instruments in the past, it was always done as a more impressionistic kind of sound rather then trying to fool anyone. Wind controllers can be amazingly expressive, but I don't think you can play one unless you already know how to play a wind instrument, so count me out on that one, too.

Harmonicas are cool, too...they're the only instruments that both blow and suck Wind instruments are the one family of instruments I can't wrap my head around. Damn, they're tough to play...monophonic, too. Although being monophonic didn't seem to be a problem for John Coltrane or Miles Davis!

Speaking of airlines... Dangerous MacBook Pro Banned By Virgin Australia Faulty MacBook Pro Batteries Face FAA No-Fly Rule Whereas Virgin still allows the laptops as carry-on because they believe the flight attendants will be able to deal with a laptop that bursts into flames, the FAA won't allow them in the cargo hold OR as carry-on. It's estimated about half a million laptops on the US and Canada are affected. Now, if function was more important than form, the batteries would be user-replaceable...you could travel with the battery removed, then buy one that's certified as not having the same problems as the ones being recalled when you arrive at your destination. And then when you go through security on future flights, you just pop out the battery, and show the "certified" label so they'll let you through. You think Apple would have learned something from the Samsung Note 7 fiasco. I guess in the future you could carry around a battery pack that powers the computer via USB-C, but I don't think we're there yet.

Marcus Huyskens does really good Studio One videos. The free ones are more about solving specific problems and tips, so they may not be introductory enough for you. However, he also does an Introduction to Studio One video for Groove3 that costs $35. I haven't seen it, but he does good work and the blurb says the video is designed to take you from zero to hero, which sounds exactly like what you want.

Can you elaborate on this? I'm not sure I understand...

Yes. The update seems to proceed normally, and then when it finishes, I have to reboot the computer. When I do, it appears to be start okay, but shortly after the graphic of the Window appears, and the circular dots start moving, the dots move for only a half-rotation or so before the computer BSODs with a SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED. The tip in one of your references about PNPCLEAN seems promising. Using the media builder doesn't help, the update does seem to install okay, it just can't make it into the Windows desktop. This has happened with 1903 but also happened with other, lesser updates in the past. Those fixes involved either doing a System Restore for quality updates, or re-imaging the drive. The graphics card (Radeon, don't recall the number offhand, not at my main computer) is no longer supported by the manufacturer, and claims it won't work under Windows 10. However, Microsoft installs a driver for it with updates. Now that I think about it, the driver may be for a different, and just happens to "mostly work." Question: If I disable the driver and restart, will Windows ask if I want to install a custom driver, and if I say no, it will install its generic video driver? I don't need high frame rates to play Doom, I just need to throw pixels on a screen. Or would I have to uninstall the driver, not just disable it? And if so, if I set a system restore point, will it be able to go back to it?

Interesting how the MIDI piano roll has such a history.

That is all. I've been playing guitar all afternoon while testing the PRS SuperModels amp sims, which are great. I love synthesizers too...but few things can beat six monophonic oscillators on a plank of wood.

You and I are products of the days when there was decent public education. Most of the teachers were check-cashers, but some of them loved what they did, and were truly inspiring. Of all the schooling I did, it was Ted Stratton's public speaking class that did the most for me. It's not a question of being old and crotchety as much as knowing what could be possible. Earlier in this thread I mentioned that I do workshops for expenses. Is it because I'm stupid? Well, maybe But the reward of seeing people get excited about the possibilities inherent in making music today is the best compensation possible. I can always figure out how to make enough to cover groceries. We are living in a golden age of making music. It's sad that some people don't realize this...I want to open their eyes. I want them to become so inspired that they make music that I can't wait to hear.

Could not agree more. I was worried when the CEO retired, but they're continuing on! Are you talking about Ernst? I had no idea. I'm old enough, maybe I should retire. On second thought...nope. I'm having too much fun with this stuff.

Well, as the old Chinese saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime - but screw that! Let's buy a fish sandwich at a fast food restaurant, then I won't need to learn how to cook or how to fish. Yeah, that's the ticket!"

That's what I did in trying to go from 1809 to 1903, but it didn't work. After re-imaging, I postponed future updates and it's working fine at the moment. But I know that as soon as I try an update, it will fail. What happens is the Windows window appears, and the snake starts chasing its tail for only a few seconds before the BSOD appears. So I'm assuming (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!) that the computer is running into something problematic very early in the process of booting. Think that might be related to the graphics card?

I think it's GREAT! The raging Reason users should realize that sales is what buys the manpower to do cool things, and hopefully, this will cause more people to use Reason. I think it's a great program and deserves a wider platform...this is one way they can get it.

But the problem goes deeper than that. If you teach someone HOW a compressor works, then they'll be able to apply it in any situation. If you just give 5 tips, they'll (maybe) know what to do for the specific situation that relates to those 5 tips. You're spot-on that people want magic bullets, and while tips can most certainly be useful, there's no substitute for learning how a piece of gear works and I don't see much of that. Chris does seminars and lectures, so do I and so does Alan Parsons. I can't speak for the others, but I do them for enough to cover expenses (and that means staying at an Air B&B, not a 4-star hotel). I think it's important to pass along knowledge, I OWE it to people, because of I got where I am thanks to other people being generous enough to share their knowledge. I spent a year writing 8 books in the series "Musician's Guide to Home Recording" for Hal Leonard. After getting my last royalty statement, I realized I would have come out way ahead if I'd spent the same amount of time working at McDonald's in a minimum wage position. BUT then I would have just devoted myself to serving people bad food instead of trying to help them realize their artistic dreams. I know it is "HARD, THANKLESS work to build a foundation" - I've been doing it for 50 years! I've been working on a new project, craiganderton.org, which will go live on September 1 or thereabouts. It's a totally free site with updated articles from my archives, new material, and videos. Eventually I'll be putting lessons up there, many of which are indeed intended for rank beginners. How will I monetize it? Beats me. Hopefully people will go to my commercial craiganderton.com site and buy some of my products, but at the moment that only contributes one or two hundred dollars a month. Short-term, there's no harm. But long-term, a whole generation of people is being brought up to think there are magic bullets that substitute for learning your gear. Perhaps I have a somewhat different perspective. I've been doing workshops since 1975. They used to be highly interactive, with people asking questions, sharing experiences, and wanting to learn. Attendance was often in the hundreds. Over the years, that excitement has dissipated. Now, many people come into workshops with a "just tell me the few magic bullets I need" attitude. Many of them don't want to have to think, learn, or discover, they just want shortcuts. They've become intellectually lazy, but what's much worse is they've lost the sense of wonder and experimentation that fuels great art. So many people are blown away with my tips for the PreSonus blog - "How did you ever come up with that?" The answer is I ask the question "what if" more than I ask the question "how do you..." I truly believe someone running audio through a compressor will learn more in 15 minutes of asking "what if I..." and listening to the results, than from 15 minutes of a YouTube video on "5 pro compressor tips." You said "People need to develop their own critical thinking skills instead of having yet another 'source of truth' telling them what is and isn't a legit YouTube video for advice." Yes, but the problem I'm seeing is that by and large, people aren't developing their own critical thinking skills. At least if they could be pointed toward sources that really do explain how things work - for example, there's a great video about what made John Bonham such a great drummer - they would hopefully be inspired, and then pursue things on their own. I hope so...but when there's one ounce of cream in four billion gallons of milk, it becomes increasingly hard for people to find it...especially when the YouTube algorithm keeps throwing more milk at them

I have to say I'm a big fan of PDF manuals because of search and hyperlinks. There are advantages to printed manuals, like being able to leaf through topics and not having to sit at a computer. But these days, if I need for example a screenshot of Cubase doing something and I don't know how to do it, with the PDF manual I can usually have the issue deciphered fairly quickly. Well there's still Sound on Sound, but a lot of their reviews are staff-generated. But think of all the other places to write detailed reviews! Like...uh...hmmm...well...okay, your blog, and the upcoming craiganderton.org site. I've written one manual in the past six or seven years...it's pretty much something I don't do any more, companies can't afford the money and I can't afford the time. The one I did was for the Panoptigon, mostly because the people involved were cool and it was an "out there" product. The problem isn't just that companies don't want to pay for writing something longer than War and Peace that will be outdated with the next rev, the other problem is that people don't read them. I can't tell you how many times I've been on forums where someone will post a question and wait a day or two to get an answer, where either doing a search on the manual or on Google would have solved their issue in under 5 minutes. I do a Friday Tip every week for PreSonus. They're pretty basic, step-by-step things that aren't very long, yet many people who post comments wish I would do videos instead. Now, I'm certainly not opposed to videos, I just feel some knowledge transfers occur better in text and some in video. But some people want ONLY videos. I can't think of any way you could do a long-form manual for a program like, say, Digital Performer as a video.

Well, that was unexpected. I re-imaged and booted. BSOD. So I knew what to do next: turn off, turn on...BSOD. Then the third time you turn off and turn on, Windows gives you troubleshooting options, like resetting your PC. But the second time I rebooted, no BSOD. The screen went black for at least 2 minutes. Then I was at a fully functioning desktop. Some things I will never understand. I'm not even going to try updating to 1903. If it ain't broke...or in my case, if it's only somewhat broke...

Well I have both Android and iPhone, so I get to be a loser AND an elitist! Frankly, the Android gets more use because I put a 128 GB SD card in it so it has a ton of music, and it also has a user-replaceable battery. The iPhone is slicker and handles audio apps way better; the Android is messy, but more utilitarian. Whether you like your Android or not depends on which version it's running. With an iPhone, you don't have options...but you don't have confusion, either.

Well, it finally happened. My Windows 10 OS, which was installed over a Windows 7 install dating back about 7 years, finally became like a car where one day, it just died. I admit, it's been through a lot, but the fatal blow was the power going out during an update, and my uninterruptible power supply not having enough juice for it to complete the update. The OS was never the same after that, even after trying to repair itself several times. So now I'm starting over from scratch with 1903. That means re-loading the image of the drive that won't boot so I can keep my personal files, and then when it won't boot, resetting the OS. Of course, the scariest words in the English language are "Windows is updating. Please don't turn off your computer" as you watch 3% go to 4%...then take a rest on that...then shoot up to 10%...then you wait some more...you get the idea. I'm currently in the watch and wait mode. There's also a chance that my problems have nothing to with the OS. but with my no-longer-supported-by-anyone fanless (that's why I've held on to it) AMD graphics card drivers. So if after the re-install and a reset the computer still won't boot, it's time for a trip to the PC Audio Labs office in Nashville. Maybe a new graphics card will fix everything. As to my adventures in Mac-land, after the initial Mojave update that bricked my MacBook Pro, I'm happy to report that even since the Apple service people walked me through installing the OS from scratch, it's been working fine (except for those moments where it doesn't seem to remember it has a cursor). So everyone, how about some words of encouragement about all the wonderful experiences you've had with 1903 and/or Mojave? I could use some encouragement 'round about now (By the way...words of encouragement do not include "Hey, Linux is effing awesome!")

Actually, the card itself has a lot to recommend it. Not having numbers on it means more security when handing the card over for purchases. Payment is always due on the last day of the month, none of this arbitrary due date stuff. You get cash back right then and there on purchases (3% on apple products, 2% on Apple Pay, 1% everywhere else). If a charge looks suspicious, you can see its location on a map. There are all kinds of "smart" elements built into Apple Pay that have considerable merit. I'm just upset about Apple's continuing emphasis on form over function, like remotes where you can't feel which end is which, and are so thin they're hard to hold on to...or the trash can computer that was clever as hell, except for the thermal engineering that made it impossible upgrade...or eliminating the analog headphone jack (either so it could be a little thinner, or if you're a conspiracy buff, so Apple could have tighter control over DRM). To me, a credit card is not an objet d'art, it's a thing you carry around with you to pay for stuff. You'd think that the function of being able to carry it around with you would be prioritized. My only other complaint is that the Apple is making a big deal out of "Created by Apple, Not a Bank." That seemed to imply that Apple was going into the banking business itself with its vast cash reserves. But if you scroll down to the very bottom of the page on How it Works, in teeny tiny type, you'll see it's issued by Goldman Sachs. However, given the consumer-friendly elements, it's clear that it wasn't created by a bank , even if it is issued by one. Affinity cards are nothing new. They're mostly associated with charitable organizations where a portion of what you spend goes to the organization. That's been tainted in recent years by celebrity affinity cards that charge high rates of interest, and don't do any good for anyone. That's not what Apple is doing, and a lot of the whole Apple Pay thing is downright consumer-friendly. If it forces other card companies to follow Apple's lead, that's fine with me. Just make it so I can carry the card around without worrying I'm going to wreck it somehow.

In other words...something that plants the internet in your brain Just make sure it has the option to turn off the Comments section in YouTube.

Forget the reviews, jump to this so you can understand who you're dealing with And be thankful the experiment didn't involve mice.

I think the problem is that is ISN'T plastic, it's titanium. Or maybe it's unobtainium. I'm not sure.

Well, if it works, then it's a reasonable fix I don't see any technical reason why there would be a problem. However, it does seem odd that you can't get enough level from the keyboard to drive the powered monitor. I'm sure you've double-checked your system, but maybe there's something like a defective cable...if one of the balanced line leads isn't connected and you're therefore going in single-ended, you're likely losing 6 dB of potential level.

Agree completely, which is why it rankles me when someone who's never hit the charts say "This is how all the pros do it." All the pros I know believe in "no rules."