I finally figured out how to set up my Midi Controller from scratch, all you do is go to the project tab, then add track. After you do that you need to setup your input and outputs and you are there. Seems simple but it’s not for a lot of us. Since I am using Cubase Daw, I made a decision to get a Steinberg audio interface. It may be a mental thing but since I made that move stuff is coming together.

You have to familiarize yourself with your midi inputs, they all mean something. Then select the input that corresponds to the controller or midi input on your audio interface and you are getting there.

My biggest accomplishment was hooking up my Korg Triton Studio to an Audio input and getting it to play. I’m all for midi controllers, but I just love a full keyboard, makes me feel like a real musician. For the life of me I couldn’t get it to work when I was using Mbox and Pro Tools. It was very frustrating.

I also figured out how to hook up my guitar through my audio interface, it almost felt like I just met a beautiful female it was so exciting.

That’s enough for today. I’m going to spend the weekend getting my Georgia State taxes together  so I can get these folks off my ass, then I’m going to install some VST’s and see if I can get them to work. Life is good. 🙂

OK I feel good about instrument tracks in Cubase, my mission for today is to understand how to use Instrument tracks and Midi tracks as it pertains to the add track function from the project menu. I’ve seen a few videos that explain this, I’ll post them up later. VP

Today my mission is to learn how to enable my Midi Controller. I’ve looked at several youtube videos and when I complete the video the Midi Controller is working, but I don’t feel like I can do it from scratch with no help. Today that is my mission.

I know it seems like it’s simple, but not for me. When I first started out I used a Tascam 246 4 Track recorder. There wasn’t a big learning curve with that equipment. Just plug in the keyboard and you were ready to go. It’s not so simple these days to me.

Well today is the first official working day of 2017 for most folks. I actually work every day of the year. If I don’t work I don’t eat. Having said that let’s get started.

For years I’ve been trying to figure out what is the perfect DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for me. I’ve heard for years that Pro Tools was the standard. A friend of mine suggested a few DAWS that he liked and at the end of the day all I was is confused. So what I did is just use the one that came with my Audio Interface. I had the MBOX and it came with a trimmed down version of PC Tools. So I fired it up and I’m just going to keep it real, I couldn’t figure it out. I think my confusion had a lot to do with the fact some of my equipment was old and I just couldn’t get all of my equipment to talk to each other. So what I did is just say fuck Pro Tools. I remembered I had purchased a copy of Cubase Elements 6, I loaded it up and I’m starting to get the hang of it. I have a long way to go, I’ll keep you up to date on my journey. During the past 2-3 days I upgraded to Cubase Elements 9, I’m all in. 🙂

I’m so glad 2017 is here. Time for a fresh start and a new strategy for success. I’m going to employ my 365 strategy. Which means I’m going to take action on all of my websites and items of interest every day for the next 365 days. At the end of 2017 I’ll see where I’m at. I’m confident I’ll be in a better place. My biggest problem over the years is not working my ideas on a consistent basis. If I allocate at least 30 minutes to each idea, I should see a difference in 365 days.

Well it’s December 30, 2016 and 2017 is 2 days away. I’m not getting any younger, so I have to make the New Year a great year. I don’t know how many I have remaining. This thing called life is a Bitch.

I made a deal with myself to post as often as I can in the new year. Work as hard as I can on the 3 things that this blog is about. My life, Music, stuff I like and family (that’s 4). In reality my goal in life is to be happy. These type of websites are really just an exercsie in talking to yourself and motivating yourself to do better. We’ll see what happens.

Happy New Year to anyone who travels this far on the Internet. 🙂