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Great stuff! Thanks - look forward to seeing them

As always, good advice here. Thanks.

Whenever I used to think of MIDI, I thought of midi tracks that I used to download years ago that sounded rubbish. I could never understand how this had a place in today's music or even music back then (say ten years ago).

The last few days my eyes have been well and truly opened.  This MIDI bass thing alone is just going to make such a tremendous difference to my music production and this is just the tip of the iceberg! Already I have been playing around with some other plugins I can use MIDI with, like my ezdrummer and some piano plugin that I am trialing!

Thanks for the advice - so above you have mentioned two possible ways of doing this.

Are there any differences (other than, if I understand you correctly, the ability to pan individual tracks?)  in doing it as a group or FX channel in this instance or will the result be identical?

I am glad you have mentioned groups as this was another thing I did not understand but trying to take everything one step at a time!

Thanks again!

So in other words you can simply remove valves/tubes from the current amp to get decent tones without having to crank the volume?

You are absolutely correct. It is bad technique. But it works for him so I guess really there is no issue! However bad technique will not work for most and will result in bad habits that are really hard to break.

So the correct advice would be to use the one finger per fret rule so if you are on first fret then fourth playing fourth fret would result in you using your pinky.

I didn't use my pinky for years, now it works as well as the rest. It took months to build it up. I couldn't be without it now!

Been playing around with my keyboard again last night. Started laying down some drums and bass then got a bit of a guitar melody going on. Will post what I have so far over the weekend.

I am really realising the potential of MIDI now. I recorded a real basic bass line which I was pleased with.  When it came to the melody I realised that the last bar of notes didn't fit too well. Simply went into the editor and selected the notes and dragged them to where I wanted them to be! Fantastically simple and effective!

Have you actually played one of these and do they sound good at lower volumes?? 5watts can still be really loud!

I am currently finding myself playing more through my computer at the moment using the Peavey Revalver MKII which I am getting decent tone from.

I am still keen to get something that sounds great at lower volumes and perhaps your suggestion may be the solution...

It does make a difference to sound but it is more a matter preference. The best thing to do is to get a thin, medium and heavy and see what suits you best.

I use a heavy pick most of the time, but sometimes when I am feeling crazy I swap to a lighter pick!

Some people like big picks and some like tiny ones. I personally get on well with the typical fender shaped picks.

At the moment I am using the Steve Vai signature picks, mainly because they are this shape but the end is very pointy which makes it great for faster playing!

Hi Will

Welcome to the forum

Well I am very pleased and relieved to report that my problem seems to have been resolved. It must have been some compatibility or software issue as I was advised to download the latest automap software, which I must admit, I was skeptical that this would resolve it, but hey presto, keyboard now works!

So looking forward to tonight when I hope to get a bit of time to give it a whirl!

@naciketas - yes my one is USB rather than the traditional MIDI cables

http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/

It is on the front page of this site as I guess others find it popular too! There are loads of other tracks on here. Some are good, others a pretty rubbish but definitely something to get you started!