As a guitar player it seems completely logical to me... That said I don't really use Tab at all and am in the early stages of learning to read notation, I'm far more likely to play a piece by ear and I can't remember the last time I resorted to either Tab or notation when trying to learn something....

Yes Mike! I remember piano copies being in the "wrong" key, very often not the one on the 45! I worked out fairly quickly that I could transpose from E flat (a piano favourite IIRC) to C quite easily. I dare say my results were not strictly in line with music theory but twas only R&R! ...

I was never much of a guitarists but I learned the chords for the songs of my day, Beatles, Shads, Dave Clark 5...from piano copies and had no idea that tab existed until fairly recently! It seems to me to be a bit pointless? OK I learned melodies by ear supported by the chords but I remembered enou...

As Dave says above no DAW is intuitive (or conversely, the most intuitive DAW is the one you use now). It's easy to go down the rabbit hole and spend months trying different DAWs when spending half that time learning how to use the one you have would get you making music much sooner. DAWs split rou...

That word "intuitive". No DAW really is but if you spend some time with any of them you start to get a feel for it. Then, when you try another one you are baffled at first then find..."Oh! So THAT'S how they do THAT!"

It's a slog no matter where you start. Sorry!

Dave.

UPDATE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION I wasn't going to give up so I took out the power supply module to study it in detail. After verifying that all components were rated to handle more than 240v AC and 340v rectified DC, I created a quick schematic diagram. The 2 capacitors, only 200v each were my biggest...

For reasons that are a bit complicated I need a keyboard shortcut to send an email. Google finds "Crtl+Enter" but it does not work!

I am running Firefox in W10 and my provider is BT (blast their eyes!)

Dave.

If the material IS dear to you then I would certainly not advise you to "have a go". An unknown transport and decades old cassettes? They could just end up a tangled, irretrievable mess. Even the best professional cannot guarantee the tapes will play properly but there is vastly more chanc...

There is also Cakewalk Next ( https://www.cakewalk.com/next ) which looks like GarageBand for Windows (and Mac apparently), but that “coming soon” label has been there a long time, I wouldn’t hold your breath. Ah yes, Cakewalk. Although my son has years invested in Samplitude (Pro X3) he has starte...

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Much appreciated. There's lots to go at here, lots to think about. My initial thought is just to buy a decent cassette player, upload to Reaper DAW, and follow the advice from there, unless anyone can see a problem with that. Cheers. Keith Nothing wrong there except...

It's arrived! About 07:20 today. **** carrier service when it should have been here Tuesday, I shall not buy from anyone who uses ParcelForce again. The bass is really very nice, not as sensitive as my old P copy but then the pups are very low. I am sure the narrower neck is going to help daughter. ...

I am a beginner in recording and just like to have fun. I will often use a DAW as a looper for jamming/having fun. Occasionally I will load a backing track or a drum loop. I've been learning to add effects with plugins. I'm as hobby as it gets, but am enjoying learning about recording and having fu...

All the above and especially keep the first digital copy, warts and all, In fact copy it over to a USB stick and put it somewhere safe. I suggest copying at 16 bits and 44.1kHz. I KNOW I shall get some flack for it but the Behringer UCA202 would be more than good enough for cassette IMHO. Once you h...

But the real and key difference for me is that true studio monitors have massively better consistency and tighter tolerances between all models from the production line, not just for selected stereo pairs. I think again it's more down to the manufacturer you're talking about. I really don't think c...

Thanks for the replies and advice. My set up is this turntable: https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at-lp60 Through a Mackie 1402-VLZ3 mixer connected to Alesis M1 Active 520USB. Ah, that turntable does have both cartridge level and 'line' level outputs from a pre amp. Bit of pedantic 'FYI'? Outpu...

Err? Sod it! Can't resist..."consistent" IF they have been 'blown' for 50 hours!

Dave.

I know a left handed drummer who sets his kit up the 'wrong' way round. With a piano, both hands are doing the same thing. With a guitar the two hands are doing different things. Maybe for simple "vamping" but in many of the classical pieces I see the left hand is effectively playing a di...

We really do need to nail down how you intend to use the keyboards. I think you said that you would only be recording one instrument at a time? If so then you are wasting your money on a multi-track AI (and you would need at least 6 inputs and the only budget interface I see is the Behringer* UMC182...

So, like I said there really isn't anything particularly special about studio monitors, and the likes of ATC, PMC etc, are happy to provide high end systems to both the domestic and professional market. I think we are not quite on the same page here Mark? I do not dispute that a monitor speaker is ...

So sad to read of the attempt to learn guitar left handed. Makes no sense at all to me. It was funny. I'd started at 15 noodling on Guitar fretboard with my left hand as I'm right handed. When last April I purrchased left handed Guitar to try to noodle on fretboard with my right hand my fingers wer...