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Post by swurveman on Mar 22, 2020 10:30:41 GMT -6
Yes that’s exactly what I mean. Midi is only computer code, it carries no audio. So both Midi input and output need to be connected to the midi input/output of your interface. Then, you also need to connect the analog audio outs from the keyboard to your interface. So it works like this: 1) you press a key and midi is transmitted and recorded into the daw 2) midi recorded to the daw is sent to your keyboard and tells it what to play 3) the associated sounds on your keyboard play and send analog out into your daw The midi input on your daw channel can be set to “any”, but I forget if Cubase has the same “any” settting in the midis output of a channel. If not, then you need to set it to whatever midi channel your keyboard patch is setup to receive. Midi protocol has 16 channels, and by convention drum sounds are usually defaulted as midi channel 10. You may need to dive into the menu of your keyboard to make sure it’s setup right. Pay attention to the “local” setting. “On” means that when you press a key on the keyboard and sound plays AND midi info is transmitted. “Local off” means that when you strike a key it only sends midi info, but doesn’t trigger its onboard patch. Hope that helps Thanks for clarifying Tbone. Really appreciate it! Question: Since I am going to be connecting my keyboard outputs via my direct boxes and preamps in to my Aurora 16 A/D converter audio, why even use MIDI via my RME computer interface? Am i misunderstanding something? If I didn't like something I played using my keyboard sounds, I could just overdub it via my audio inputs. I do see the value of MIDI for triggering my vst's though.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 22, 2020 8:55:54 GMT -6
The medium article got pulled. That kind of censorship certainly isn’t helping with the fear element of this whole thing. Anything that doesn't 'sit well' with the alt-left is doomed. We've never had this amount of censorship before . . .and oh yeah, orange man bad. Here's the article Ward.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 22, 2020 8:11:19 GMT -6
Here's why people are scared: While people show charts and compare the spread of this Coronavirus to the flu, this virus is more like chronic pneumonia. And nobody wants to drown gasping for air.
I have no idea how shutting down the economy for a period of time would kill more people, but I'm all all ears of how long the economy would have to shut down for that to happen. I suppose this scenario also presumes that, after the government does all it can to keep businesses and taxpayers afloat, that cash rich companies- like Microsoft, who has in the past paid a $32 BILLION special dividend that equated to about $300 per American household, and Apple, Facebook, Berkshire Hathaway, Google and other cash heavy companies who could step up and do the same- would do nothing to help the country. So, floating these ideas about economic Armageddon leading to a worse death rate without any analysis is pure speculation imo.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 21, 2020 18:24:18 GMT -6
Set the midi input to Omni and see if you get midi input. What do you have the midi routed to? A VSTi? Are you trying to get sounds off the keyboard directly (not sure if you keyboard is just a controller). If so, you need the audio outputs I’d the keyboard routed back into the DAW, and depending on it you have it set to “local off” you’ll also need midi out cable from the interface going back to the keyboard. With “local on” you can skip that step and monitor straight off the keyboard, audio out into DAW. Make sense ? Thanks for your reply Tbone81! I am trying to get the sound off the keyboard directly, and also use it to control VST's. I have set the MIDI input to “ANY”, which is the same as “OMNI” in Sonar. I'm not sure what you mean by, "If so, you need the audio outputs I’d the keyboard routed back into the DAW." Could you please elaborate? Are you saying that simultaneously with the MIDI input to the MIDI channel, I should be using the stereo audio outputs from the keyboard to record analog in to Cubase? Or are you referring something else? Sorry, I'm a newbie with this and have quit trying to use the MIDI out of the keyboard many times. This time I want to make it work if possible. Thanks again!
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Post by swurveman on Mar 21, 2020 16:03:30 GMT -6
I am running Cubase 10 and am trying to play and monitor my Yamaha ES90 keyboard in Cubase 10 via my RME AES-32 MIDI connection. I have connected the MIDI out of the keyboard to the MIDI "in 1" cable of the RME connection at my RME computer interface. I have created a MIDI track in Cubase and have as my input 2-AES 32 Port 1 In Cubase. I have the monitor button enabled, but I am getting no signal or sound. So, I have no idea how/where to troubleshoot the problem. The S90ES is an old keyboard. So, my suspicion is there, but i can't find anything on the internet to troubleshoot what is wrong. If any of you MIDI experts have thoughts about possible solutions, I would appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance to anybody kind enough to respond!!
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Post by swurveman on Mar 16, 2020 18:17:06 GMT -6
...and more information that hopefully is helpful: "I think by now enough people have heard about steroids and NSAIDS. If not, while it has not been prospectively studied, there is clearly association with use of steroids and NSAIDS to control the inflammation and worse outcomes/progression. From what I have read, we're not sure why, but it has been the case. So if there is any chance that you're feeling ill and it could be COVID, avoid ibuprofen/aleve and don't let your doctor prescribe steroids Also, this is fascinating, and it may not end up being as big a deal, but also in China there was clear association with hypertension and rapid worsening...hypertension was a clearly identifiable risk factor for rapid worsening. Of particular concern are those taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs, like lisinopril and losartan, which are some of the most commonly prescribed anti-hypertensives out there. The reason is COV-19 binds preferentially to the ACE2 enzymes, and in patients taking ACE-i and ARBs ACE2 expression is increased. So the thought is that perhaps this is providing additional attachment points resulting a higher viral load from the outset The European Cardiology Society has downplayed that association, but some other groups that I know are questioning that. We have one cardiologist in our hospital group who thinks physiologically about everything like I do, and his analysis of it is much more cautious than ECS. While he's not willing to say there's a definite association, he thinks ultimately there will be So if you're on an ACE-i or ARB, and get COVID or are at higher risk, consider discussing this with your cardiologist."
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Post by swurveman on Mar 16, 2020 18:16:35 GMT -6
*redundant*
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Post by swurveman on Mar 16, 2020 18:03:13 GMT -6
I'm going to post this, hoping it is informative and helpful. It is from an Emergency Room Doctor, who posted this on a forum I am a part of with other alumni of my university. Here's what he posted:
1. The cases of COVID are far, far more than are being reported. We are not testing the majority of people. We are sending them home with instructions to self quarantine, and what to watch for.
2. The reason for this is three fold
a. Tests are very a finite resource...not just tests but the viral medium needed to collect the sample. We need to conserve for the people who we really need to know
b. For most people, it won't change management. Results are taking 3-5 days. You look well, you don't have severe disease, and have few or no risk factors. You will be sent home to be on self-quarantine regardless.
***c. This is the big one. It is a huge burden to test. Why you ask? COVID is a droplet and contact disease. It is generally not airborne. So standard PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is adequate (surgical mask, eye protection, gown, gloves) plus having the patient keep a mask on at all times. BUT it becomes airborne during aerosolizing procedures, which include collecting nasal and oral samples. At this point, airborne precautions must be taken to include N95 Respirator masks.
BUT we are on a massive shortage of all PPE nationally and worldwide...in many hospitals out west they are already bleaching and reusing N95s in between patients. Not ideal at all, but better than nothing at all. We are also on shortage of gloves and surgical masks. Also, in between any COVID patient the room needs to be terminally cleaned which takes time, but if an aerosolizing procedure (even test collection) the room is supposed to be given one hour to let any droplets settle onto the floor/surfaces before terminal cleaning. It is simply not practical
Although we can assign a nurse to our COVID wing (that is cordoned off with temporary barriers) there are still requirements after performing aerosolizing procedures with regard to PPE, what can be reworn, what can't
Simply put, routine testing right now is a burden and rightfully so
The only way to really do a lot of testing is outdoors, with a tent, where you have people outfitted in the proper PPE and just leave it on as cars drive through/people walk up. But we are finding it to be a big burden
Further, I'm sure people were sick of me, but for the first few days staff were taking masks off when they were sitting at computers or out in the doctor/nurse area. I was asking people to put masks on, but everyone said it wasn't required when not around patients. I said "Yeah, but what happens when one of us tests positive? We are all exposed". The purpose of me wearing a mask is to protect YOU from ME, not ME from YOU. Well, guess what, a couple staff have now tested positive. Which means that all staff that worked closely with them without masks and eye protection on are now on 14 day self-quarantine. So we are now down 1 doctor and 4 nurses in a small 14 bed ER. I am on "supervised self monitoring" because the very first day this was all starting to go down, I didn't have eye protection on with a patient that tested positive. Fortunately the patient was masked, so that means I can just be on self monitoring and not full self quarantine, but I still have to fill out a form with my temperature and any symptoms 3x/day
3. Speaking of aerosolizing procedures, some interesting things
a. BIPAP/Non-invasive ventilation is basically out. It is highly aerosolizing and associated with one of the highest rates of healthcare provider contamination. So while traditionally we use BIPAP as much as possible to avoid intubation, we are going to intubation much more quickly now
b. Nebulizers, a mainstay of respiratory disease/wheezing are verboten. As you can imagine, again highly aerosolizing. One person on a nebulizer in a non-negative pressure room with the door opens can shut down a whole wing. You are going to see a huge number of EMS providers start testing positive, because they've been following their protocols and giving nebulizers right and left to these folks. The protocols are changing, but I suspect that horse is already out of the barn. Instead, we are using serial Metered dose inhalers with spacer devices.
c. For intubation and other high risk procedures, I am donning PAPR (Powered Air Purifier Respirator) basically a positive pressure sealed head cover that doesn't allow any outside air in. It sucks because it's hard to hear whats going on, but intubations are too high risk otherwise.
I want to reiterate: THIS IS NOT THE FLU. I will freely say it, I was wrong. I downplayed this months ago, and cited how many people die of the flu every year, etc. I have had more critically ill patients this week than I had all flu season. I have personally had 2 patients die already, both in their late 60s/early 70s but otherwise actually very healthy with no significant medical problems. Yes, most people will be fine, but for the subset that get very ill, it's a bit stunning how quickly and dramatically they go downhill. There are already 2 ER doctors barely hanging onto life, one in Washington (healthy male in his early 40s) and one in New Jersey (also healthy but 70 years old, coincidentally he is in charge of Emergency Preparedness for a large health system). Most people don't have anything to worry about with COVID-19, but if you are one of the people who it hits harder, it's frightening how fast you go downhill.
But I really want to emphasize to everyone, do not be lulled into a false sense of security by the number of positive tests. The number of people infected is orders of magnitude more than reported, because we simply aren't test most people. As more tests become available hopefully that will change.
Practice social distancing, flatten the curve...yes they seem like overused buzzwords but it's the only way we're going to survive this thing.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 10, 2020 7:18:37 GMT -6
Jealous too. Makes three of us.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 12:18:13 GMT -6
I had the privilidge of seeing one of their collaborators David Grissom when I was younger. He was a student at Indiana University and was in a band with fellow student Kenny Aronoff. They often came to my town and played at a local club. Grissom was already enormously talented, if not, like Aronoff, a prodigy.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 12:10:34 GMT -6
Having worked for the multinational corporation Xerox, who is paying Richard Thoman $800,000 per year for life despite him manipulating revenue and earnings which ultimately plunged the stock when the SEC found out, and having a father who worked for Michael Dingman- one of the first of the true creeps who played his personal monopoly game to the detriment of thousands of employees in multiple businesses- and who fired my dad a month before he was to receive his pension after 30 years as an executive, I don't trust CEO's at all. I can see your point and why you distrust CEOs, and I hate this happened to your dad. I've not had that happen or seen it happen, although I have ridden a couple companies to the ground through the mismanagement of CEOs and the boards that push them. I personally had a CEO confide in me his trouble with having to do layoffs and the personal toll it took on him. He ultimately resisted and the board removed him. 5 years later and he's never regained another CEO position but instead decided to work at lesser positions to avoid the mental stresses. All I know is that I don't think I'd want a position like that for any amount of money, but I'd also have a hard time making the hard choices like layoffs or firings too, so maybe I wouldn't be a good fit to begin with. I hear you. I wouldn't want that burden either.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 11:46:21 GMT -6
As an owner of an S Corporation who uses legal deductions, it appalls me that our tax system allows these loopholes. I think there should be some system in place to get back tax revenues from companies that exploit loopholes that shouldn't be there in the first place. Fair enough. I also own a company and I pay my taxes, but I feel it unfair that I can't dictate where those taxes go. But I also know that government overreach and attempts to control and siphon revenue from capitalism have created the crony corporatism system we have today. I think the opposite is true: Legal rent seeking, like wealthy corporations being able to spend more to lobby to get government contracts, have increased the wealth inequality we're seeing today. I think the nexus of government and capitalism in a symbiotic, revolving door relationship has been disastrous. I think it should be illegal for politicians to become lobbyists for example. Likewise, I don't think former CEO's of investment banks should be Treasury Secretary's.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 11:32:55 GMT -6
What I hate how CEO's, knowing the Greenspan Put is in place, will ruin their company by allowing excess risk to get short term stock and compensation gains, and then have regular taxpayers bail out their company and the Fed come to their rescue. Perhaps Alan Grenspan can help your objectivity. He said, : "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms,". Because almost all publicly owned companies CEOs bow to the parasitic pressure of their boards and investors. Having worked with multiple multinational CEOs, they typically do have the best interest of the employees and company at heart. The investors usually don't. So yes, greed. But usually on the part of the people wanting to siphon money from something else. Be it corporate investors, or welfare queens, it's just people wanting more than their neighbors. Having worked for the multinational corporation Xerox, who is paying Richard Thoman $800,000 per year for life despite him manipulating revenue and earnings which ultimately plunged the stock when the SEC found out, and having a father who worked for Michael Dingman- one of the first of the true creeps who played his personal monopoly game to the detriment of thousands of employees in multiple businesses- and who fired my dad a month before he was to receive his pension after 30 years as an executive, I don't trust CEO's at all.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 11:12:04 GMT -6
If you look at the facts objectively, multinational corporations and wealthy individuals are using tax havens to avoid paying taxes. Just one example: Paradise PapersBut I'll bite on this a little, even though I don't necessarily agree with your position. Do you think these companies represent the 190 million companies around the world in these actions, or is it only a case of exploiting a small loophole that only a few companies could? As an owner of an S Corporation who uses legal deductions, it appalls me that our tax system allows these loopholes. I think there should be some system in place to get back tax revenues from companies that exploit loopholes that shouldn't be there in the first place.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 11:05:13 GMT -6
If you look at the facts objectively, multinational corporations and wealthy individuals are using tax havens to avoid paying taxes. Just one example: Paradise PapersWhat's objective? Everyone uses tax breaks to lower their tax burdens. I have yet to meet a person who doesn't at least take the standard deductions. Companies have to do it in order to keep net revenues high enough to keep their employees employed. I don't see the reason is bad for one and not the other. What's objective? Standard deductions are legal. Tax evasion is illegal.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 10:56:33 GMT -6
Do you really believe that most liberals (like myself) want to destroy the prosperous because we're envious of the rich? And that our desire for equal rights and equal opportunity is only a thin veil of smugness? Most liberals simply feel that the working man/corporate relationship is out of balance and needs adjusting. I don't want to live in Venezuela any more than you want to work for Enron. There are many Democrats that frequent RGO--great folks that you have much in common with. I'm not asking you to stop being a conservative, just suggesting that you have a little more nuanced and accurate view of what your liberal friends stand for. As for eBay, I still dabble and occasionally find things I want there. But with multiple fees and shipping costs I honestly don't know how any eBay store makes much money. And every time someone says "I work harder for 40k a year than that CEO does for his 4M a year!" That's envy, and unfortunately, I see and hear it all the time, surprisingly more from white middle class folks than anybody else. What I hate how CEO's, knowing the Greenspan Put is in place, will ruin their company by allowing excess risk to get short term stock and compensation gains, and then have regular taxpayers bail out their company and the Fed come to their rescue. Perhaps Alan Grenspan can help your objectivity. He said, : "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms,".
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Post by swurveman on Mar 7, 2020 10:28:25 GMT -6
And meanwhile a tiny minority is paying no taxes at all while making millions of dollars a day (for doing essentially nothing useful.)
The problem isn't taxes, it's tax inequality.
And if you look at the facts objectively, they generally either have tax deferrals, have prepaid taxes, or otherwise have no "income" because their "billions" are tied up in company stocks and are otherwise not liquid. But nobody ever let a few facts get in the way of a good boogeyman story. If you look at the facts objectively, multinational corporations and wealthy individuals are using tax havens to avoid paying taxes. Just one example: Paradise Papers
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Post by swurveman on Mar 4, 2020 13:26:32 GMT -6
A good buddy of mine in East Nashville who’s a performing songwriter lost his house and all possessions. He and his wife and two kids are alive. Everything else is gone. Just wow. I lived on Fatherland St. in East Nashville from 2005-2010. My neighbor at the time told me the last two major tornadoes rolled right up the street. Looks like it did yesterday as well.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 3, 2020 12:50:08 GMT -6
Thanks Frank for the tutorial. I guess since they dropped the Basic Audio CD tab (which is what I always used) I thought that it no longer could burn CDs. I'm happy to be wrong. I just need to wrap my head around the new layout. I get lost too quickly and haven't had the time to dive in. Mo problem mcirish. Yes, the Basic Audio CD is really handy for quick burning of CD's. I use it all the time for people who want a quick CD done before the master. Don't know why they got rid of it. I haven't read the full Wavelab 10 manual, but I wonder if they've called it something else. Hard to believe you'd have to do everything in the montage, but could be wrong.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 3, 2020 8:39:23 GMT -6
Wavelab 10 does not burn CDs. I go back to version 8 or even 7 if I need to burn something. On a side note, Wavelab 10 is pretty confusing. Everything has changed. Are you saying the procedure below in the software is not working? I haven't seen this as a overall problem on the Wavelab Forums for 10 at all, but I did see issues from individual users in earlier versions: www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36318Procedure Optional: In the CD window, select Functions > Check CD Conformity to check that all settings conform to the Red Book standard. Insert an empty CD into your drive. In the CD window, select Functions > Write Audio CD or DDP. From the Device pop-up menu, select the writing device that you want to use. If you want to bypass the Master Section, activate Bypass Master Section. Select the writing speed from the Speed pop-up menu Select the number of copies that you want to write When you want to write more than one copy, it is recommended to activate Render to Temporary File before Writing. Optional: Activate one or several of the following options: Activate Test Only, Do Not Write if you want to test if the writing operation would be successful. Activate Render to Temporary File before Writing if your audio montage uses many plug-ins. This way, the audio data is sent to the CD writer fast enough. Activate CD-Extra Compatible (New Session Possible) if you want the resulting audio CD to be compatible with the CD-Extra format. Activate Eject after Completion if you want the disc to be automatically ejected after the writing operation. Click OK. Result The writing operation starts.
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Post by swurveman on Mar 1, 2020 14:36:27 GMT -6
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Post by swurveman on Feb 27, 2020 17:45:32 GMT -6
Vintage Fender Amp, Vintage Neumann mic, Apogee ad/da
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Post by swurveman on Feb 27, 2020 16:19:41 GMT -6
Wavelab. I keep upgrading because I know it. It works for what I need, compiling montages, normalizing rms levels so loudness is what I want, burning CD's etc., but I'm not a pro by any means. I do a lot of premastering in Cubase while I mix.
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Post by swurveman on Feb 26, 2020 11:16:12 GMT -6
I have been ill, stupid virus..... and I finally got a chance to do another try at this. I took the suggestion of the half time drums idea. This is all a recut. Vocal and acoustic cut at same time. Then I played drums. Created a tempo map from the acoustic guitar track, and tightened the drums to it. Played Bass guitar Then I put down the Ganjo (six string banjo) Then I played slide on the resonator. There is no EQ on anything, its as tracked. Bricasti Waits room and a little plate verb No compression at all. So its as you would hear it tracking. I am trying to arrange to track this tune live, with the drummer and bass player from a band I play in to see how it fairs like that...should be interesting. Cheers Wiz Hey Darlin V3 Half Time DrumsI like the double time too and with the slide it gives the song a very languid feel. I don't like the Gango. It feels regimented and works against the languid feel.
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Post by swurveman on Feb 13, 2020 18:17:53 GMT -6
Google Drive
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