Any musicans on the forum?

Like several other I play Guitar for my own pleasure. My wife will tell you it's definately not for her pleasure. Although when I was playing at a barbeque in the summer everyone seemed impressed.

I've got a Legend Tele copy with a really neat Welsh Dragon paint job. Main effects I use are Chorus and Echo.

I've also got a round back acoustic.

What sort of stuff do people play? With me it's mainly Rock or Metal. Most days the first song I'd play would be by The Police or Rush.

Which leads nicely on to the fact both bands are releasing DVDs from their tours last year on Monday. And as I saw them on consecutive Fridays last October you can guess where I'll be spending next Monday.

Just had bad experiences with it. Like writing out 54 bars of Beethoven score for a string quartet. The worlds most pointless exercise and I gave me 'teacher' some real grief over it. It would have made a lot more sense to get the musicians in the studio and just mic that shizzle up!

MIDI is perfect for some uses (tight budget etc). I have used it extensively in the past but personally I just love the analogue sounds. You can't beat it. My amp is all valve because it just has so much more life in it compared to its solid sate cousins. Put a Hammond B3 through a real Leslie and it's an experience I think everyone should get to whitness! Get that miced up with a couple of ribbons and you got yourself a real sound. The MIDI alternative just sucks arse.

Drums are similar though there are programs and pieces of software that get you really close, almost undistinguishable even to the most trained ear. But you can't beat a live performance. All the little nuances that machine cannot replicate is what makes it unbeatable. This is just what I think anyway.

Even the old school breakbeat turntableists have cirtain magic about their sound, rather than programmed beats.