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Why You WANT MIDI 2.0!

Since the 80’s we’ve had MIDI 1.0, and it was great for the time… but it also has its issues, doesn’t it?  To me, the two biggest issues were only having 128 different levels of velocity on a keyboard, and the fact that long MIDI cable runs...

Sick Musician? Here’s Some Advice…

I’m brutally sick as I type this.  And I have videos that need to be shot for both of my channels.  Fortunately I don’t have any gigs scheduled.  But what about the videos? Here’s the best advice of all – if you’re brutally sick, cancel...

Arturia V Collection 9 First Impressions

I just bought the Arturia V Collection 9 on a crossgrade special for a mere $249, and at that price, it’s a no brainer… IF you like old fashioned classic synths.  Which I do. I’m sure I’ll be making a bunch of videos about the various synths in...

Elon Musk Renamed Twitter to X. No, really.

It’s not really keyboard news, but… well, the most valuable thing about Twitter was name recognition.  And Elon is dumping the name. I think this is George Lucas Syndrome in action.  When George invented Star Wars, he created a multi-billion dollar...

Colds are Anti-Music

I caught a bad cold at work, so as a result, I took a sick day to stay home today and try to recover.  I’m very congested, but my nose is running non-stop and even more annoyingly my right eye is non-stop watering.  Benadryl helps a little bit but not that...