Biggles

There is a whole world outside the birders of the USA that have very different educational systems. One thing that does seem to be common is the reclassification of the Arts as a whole and not just Music. Whilst part of the National curriculum the standard here in the UK is for each child in education to receive tuition in playing the same musical instrument for a minimum of one term throughout the whole of their school lives. One term can be as little as two months, so yeah a lot of potential for no achievement there.

I build PC"s, not specifically for music production but for Video Editing. I updated my 6 core, i7 CPU PC to Windows 10 and the Firewire card that I have installed no longer works correctly. It is a Driver thing that does not have a resolution for the Firewire card that I have installed As for GPU cards the software that comes with them on CD or via a Download installs lots of cr4p unless there is a hidden option to install the Driver only.

Well said Dan. Kids should receive a fully balanced education, including all the Arts. Alas in my Country education is being dumbed down so a very high percentile will obtain an A in each subject. Exams are frequently multiple choice. My Wife is a degree qualified Art Historian and rampant book collector so between us we have Art covered and our Grandkids are encouraged to be creative.

I"m a Brit who used to like to watch Am Football, but we used to get a match highlights. Just how a one hour match can last for three hours is beyond me. I usually record it as it is on far to late for this old guy and then I can fast forward the ads which we actually do not see, we see some guys rabbeting on in a studio to fill in the times of your commercial breaks. There is so much fast forwarding I swear I go through a pack of AA"s. Has anyone ever timed just how much actual movement takes place during a 60 minute game, my guess is less than 10 minutes. Great result though

What Band is that if you do jot mind me asking? How can you tour the UK and not be in my area? Both Liverpool and Manchester are only 45 minutes away, I used to commute daily to both on various jobs I had.

Job done. Made the adjustments to the A800 and the Apps in iPad now works with the A800. Plugged the A800 into the iMAC and opened the Audio MIDI Setup Window and it showed a similar layout to the image but no links so I created the links and now both Garage Band and Main Stage work with the A800. Very many thanks for you precise and very informative advice, please accept a long distance pat on your back and my sincere thanks.

Many thanks for you response. I have not tried any MIDI monitor Apps. All controls of the A800 show a result in the onboard LCD screen. I am using USB connections not the 5 pin MIDI, the USB connections worked great with the Arturia controller and I do not have a adaptor box for connecting via the 5 pin connectors on the A800 to PC, MAC or iPad. It is getting the A800 working with the iPad that is the most important to me, connecting the USB output of the A800 to the Apple Camera Connection unit and then plugging that into my iPad does not work with any App even though I am powering the A800 with a genuine Roland Power Supply. Using the Audio MIDI Setup on the iMAC does not show the A800, rescanning does not show the A800, so I manually created the five setup elements and the links but still it does not show anything. I did find a warning online that updating the OS should be withheld until Roland release an updated driver, so this may be the issue with the MAC since it is already updated to the latest OS. Win 10 PC still is an issue yet to be resolved. I will contact the company I bought the unit from Monday morning.

On my PC I have the latest version of Cakewalk and Abelton Live Lite 10. On our Mac there is Garage Band and Main Stage all of which are the latest versions. On my iPad I have a host of many music apps including Garage Band and again all up to date. I had an Arturia Keylab Essential that worked great with all the above, but sold it as the keybed is pretty rubbish. So I bought a Roland A800 wanting a reasonable feel to the keybed and I am now frustrated as the damn thing is not working with anything. PC is running up to date W10 and I downloaded and installed the latest Driver and Ableton Live control Map. MAC is up to date and again latest drivers and control map installed. I have tried the A800 both powered via USB and using the correct Roland power supply. I literary do not know where to turn next. Any ideas?

Sticking with new kit only, have you thought about simply buying an all in one Mac? We have a 27' Mac with 1Tb fusion drive 16Gb RAM, the 4k image is stunning and it flies through the prime use I put it through which is video editing a process which is far more demanding than music creation. Would probably work out cheaper than a new Mini plus upgrading its RAM.

Which Korg are you using?

The worst thing is to do a job you will dislike. The prior post on being a Tax Guy at a CPA totally fills me with dread, I would have committed suicide being stuck in a desk job for years on end. I retired a few years ago with 25 different jobs under my belt, I now live comfortably doing what I want, when I want Financial benefits mean zilch if you are unhappy doing what you are doing, you only do that kind of job when you have kids to support. Until they get to that point in their lives let your kids follow their dream. But do in-still in them a Plan B. Life is not a rehearsal, it is a one shot deal, live it to the full.

If you can just go to a Music Store and play whatever you can, you will soon get a wish list. Lounging on the sofa is eminently possible, seek out a Hofner violin bodied (as made famous by Paul McCartney) the acoustic body resonates well. Also check our a bass Uke, there are many Kala Ubass"s to choose from and in particular check out a fretless model.

You might also consider an all in one pedal unit where you will nit be limited in either features or in this case Amp and Cab modelling. I have a Boss GT 100, and a Zoom G1X Four both have plenty of amp patches. Overall far better vfm than a mass of pedalunits.

Whilst Kawai do make great keyboards the ES110 in my local Music Store had a terrible clunky keyboard. Best to check out any keyboard before buying if at all possible.

Not a lot of gain going for an old Mac. I have friends with 10 year old Macs that are stuck with the OS pre Mojave and old software which in their case is FCPx. I am in the UK and a new Mini is £2000 with 32Gb and 1Tb HD, the processor is 6 core so it would be very fast but in any Computer it is not just CPU it is RAM that matters. You may get so cashback from Apple for a new Mini, over here they have been running the cashback option fir a few years now.

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