For our second episode on tips for using your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) at home, we talk all about MIDI and the different ways it can be used to better your home recordings.

We talked about:

James Gordon Songwriting Retreat (Sep 9 to 12)
what is MIDI and a brief history
MIDI notes and velocity
quantizing your MIDI performance
how MIDI can also be used in lighting systems and guitar pedals
viewing MIDI in a piano roll view, staff view, or event view
how MIDI can also be used as a transport control for your DAW
using drum maps
using articulation switches to trigger different performance phrases or articulations (e.g.

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Home Recording and Digital Audio Workstations – Part 1

by Michael Proudfoot

This week SongTalk dives into how to best use DAWs or Digital Audio workstations.

Home recording is booming and it’s not just because of Covid. Musicians have long been using different software at home to do what used to cost thousands of dollars in a professional recording studio.… Read the rest

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DAW Tips Part 2: All about MIDI

Home Recording and Digital Audio Workstations – Part 1