Byron Dickens

Something like one of y'all have suggested might be the next step. Being able to see the screen from where I am would be a big plus, but not essential. 

Buying more stuff is really not on the table right now, but I can start researching. 

👍

Make it past 27 and stay off of small aircraft seem to be the two secrets to having a long career....

I use multiple instances of it frequently. 

It might be helpful if you told us something about your computer specs, settings, etc.

Keepin' it music related:

...is to try a second monitor, keyboard and mouse and string big long cords everywhere!

I'm trying to learn to play drums.  And trying to record them. Tripping over cymbal stands while making multiple trips back and forth between the drum throne and the desk is a real drag to say the least.

So I tried TouchDaw.  Worked great.  At first.  Now I can hardly get it to make a connection at all. It can seriously take longer to get the @#$%^ ***^^% to work than I spend playing.  And I need a lot of takes to get it right.   What a waste of  money.  At least it was only $5.

I thought,  I have a laptop sitting around. Why don't I try TeamViewer.  People use it all over the world to remote control another computer.  Perfect!

So I thought. 

Worked great.  At first.  Now I can hardly get it to make a connection at all. It can seriously take longer to get the @#$%^ ***^^% to work than I spend playing.  And I need a lot of takes to get it right.  What a waste of time. At least it was free.

Is there any f***** ing remote control software that actually f*****ing WORKS? For longer than a couple weeks? Or am I just stupid?  All I want to do is start & stop my DAW from 10 feet away behind a drum kit.  Why is something so simple so difficult?

I really don't think this is a network issue, because my laptop/ tablet  (depending on which garbage nonworking app I try to use) see each other just fine. 

As it stands, this $&!t is so frustrating that tripping over the hi hat is actually starting to look like the preferred option!

Oh, for joy....

My question is: what are you trying to fix?

Yes.

But, not to be snide, shouldn't you be LISTENING to the drum track ?

Electric is far easier to learn on.

"Discussion of off-topic music related subjects. No politics. NO RELIGION.  All love. Enjoy!"

I'm not really sure what the issue is.  Use the latest version  (which you apparently have) and move on with your life. 

Now you can tell everyone you are a professional musician!

You must be using the BandLab app and not Cakewalk. 

Awesome!

6 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

I agree Monster is overpriced snake oil.  But that isn't what the OP is looking at.

All cables are not equal assuming you have a top quality guitar and amp (and not a lot of fuss going on between them).  Sure various cable are fine, but just any old cable can impact tone and response when using professional guitar equipment.  

These differences don't really matter with active outputs (on guitars, keyboard, etcs), but with vintage style passive pickups and a no-nonsense tube amp, there can be differences.  

Then again, you might have enough hearing damage to notice the difference, and there are other areas to improve tone more dramatically....but once one addresses those, cables are part of the equation (perhpas the last part).  

"Reputable brand" is the key term.

Buy used.  Get something that feels & sounds right to you.  

Price is not any guarantee of quality.  These days,  with modern technology  like CNC ,  there are perfectly usable guitars available that are ridiculously inexpensive. 

At your price range, I think I would stay away from the low end Gibson,  Taylor,  Martin,  etc.  There are some "bang for the buck" brands like the aforementioned Seagull and Tanglewood where you will likely get a better instrument for the same money.

Nice!

It's not the software.  It's you.

It sounds like you either cobbled together some kind of adapters to jack a guitar directly  into your onboard sound card or recorded  with a built in laptop mic.

Your guitar is out of tune.

Your tone sucks.

Your playing -- well -- you're out of practice. 

Sorry to sound so harsh, but I don't know how to put it gently.  That was painful. 

Monster cables are overpriced snake oil. 

Any reputable brand cable will be just fine; ain't a dime's worth of difference between them.

2 hours ago, cclarry said:

Customer Service is NON EXISTENT on Weekends.  No exceptions....


 

Almost like having a real job.

You can't. 

On 8/30/2019 at 4:25 AM, Neil Cummins said:

Hi Forum,

                       Can anyone recommend a reasonably-priced ASIO compatible soundcard for the Dell Inspiron 5748 to give improved results over the stock RealTek device?

Many Thanks

Neil

UK

Just about anything. Take your pick.

Likely never.