[LAD] Potential MIDI headaches?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2019 14:29:46 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote:
>I also wish I was 30 years younger with todays knowledge...

In my opinion knowledge means less. More important IMO is the
motivation, the skills to use free time.

I wish I would be 30 years younger with the gear I own today. For
example, Floyd Rose and active Humbuckers already existed when I was 30
years younger, but I didn't had the money to pay for it. I was young,
highly motivated and a very good guitarist. Today I'm less motivated
and as a consequence, in relation to back then, I'm a lousy guitarist
today, but today I own this and other gear, some of what even didn't
exist that time.

For example, for some time the best synth "workstation" I owned was a
Roland MT-32, fortunately with software to program it, but since it had
only one MIDI in, data overflow that could cause a missing hi-hat now
and then was a serious limitation.

As for knowledge I could be 30 years younger, even without nowadays
knowledge, since as a consequence of my highly motivation, I was very
fast in learning. The issue today is motivation. I don't use my time as
good as I was able to use it, when I was young.

The young man was able to manage the time

for women
for a lot of friends
for programming audio software
for making music with a band
for making music on his own
to go to school or work

The old man is unable to manage the time just

for a few friends
to make music on his own
to go to school or work