A few questions for a new setup

Hi All,
I've been wanting to set up Main Stage to replace a hardware synth of mine (Korg Micro X) as I am limited by the 25 note key range. I've set up the whole gig (concert) with split patches etc and it sounds great. I'm using my NORD Electro 2 as a MIDI keyboard. The thing is, that I want to use some of the sounds from the NORD as they sound much better than the software synth versions. I think I have figured out a way around this by having a concert level audio channel which my NORD goes into and out to the main output. I've also mapped a foot controller to solo this channel (as sometimes I want to hear just the NORD and not the software synths which are mapped over the same keys). I've similarly mapped a button on the NORD to mute the NORD channel so that I only hear the software synth.... (phew)
Now, the problem is that if I have the mute switch ON, and then I solo the NORD track, it works fine. Once I release the solo pedal (I have to hold it down while I play), the NORD channel doesn't fully mute again. It attenuates but not fully mutes. To fully mute I have to un-mute the channel and re-mute. Is there any way around this???
Another question, is there any way that you can turn OFF some midi signals?? Or put another way, tell Main Stage to ignore certain MIDI signals? Some of the NORD buttons are transmitting information to Main Stage by default. I.e. when I select a preset patch on the NORD, it jumps to a certain patch in Main Stage and I don't want it to do this.
I know it's a lot of information but I would appreciate any information.
Cheers,
Andrew
P.S. I'm running Main Stage 1.0.2

I haven't tried this, but one way around this might be to teach MainStage about the offending button.
Set up a new button in MS Layout & 'Learn' your patch change to it.
Having done that, disable the new button in Edit.
If you set this up at Concert level, it ought to prevent any patch change messages getting through to the rest of MainStage.

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Roulette Records wrote:
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Hello there
1. For Facetime you can communicate with other iPhone 4 users, iPod Touch 4th generation users & Macs running 10.6.4 or later with the Facetime app.
2. To move apps into any order you want, tap and hold on an app until it starts to jiggle then just move them in any order you want. To create a folder drag one app on top of another. Default apps cannot be deleted however it can be moved.
3. Bluetooh file transfer does not exist on the iPhone possibly due to copyright laws.
4. For ringtones you can use your own. For text tones you can't unfortunately.
5. The only place to get Offical iPhone apps is the app store. All apps there are 100% safe and sandboxed.
6. Yes there is extended battery available, check the apple online store.
7. Don't have a suggestion. Sorry
Hopes this help ,
Regards
Andy

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You have jumped into the deep end with both feet.
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I know nothing about Flickr but assume you will have to choose your own images. I doubt a Smart Album can select exactly what you need.
When uploading files online galleries generally optimise the images. You are wasting your time uploading massive Tiffs IMHO. Most web services work with jpegs I understand. Consult the Flickr help and support for their requirements and advice.
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AW
Whether you have the room to save Tiff files as well as Raw files will probably decide whether you keep them or not.

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Hi Guys
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joshdsalley wrote:
Hi Guys
Next question is mainly about accessories. I would like a good case that is minimal, but still providing protection from scratches. Are there any good recommendations or is it just kinda personal preference. Also, has anyone tried some of the screen protectors on the market? Can you tell that they are there, or do they give you any problems with the "touch" and "feel" of the screen?
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I don't use a protective case on my iPhone has I think it spoils the look of it. Instead I have a leather case that provides protection from the screen getting scratched and can be easily taken out when I need to use the iPhone.
The case I got has a soft velveteen interior which protects the screen from scratches. It wasn't cheap (£25) but it is well made and is lovely soft leather, and you can tell it will last.
Here's the link to it:
http://www.knomobags.com/eshop/knomo_product.asp?SS=5&C=84&CA=227&P=394
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1. I notice that if I am browsing a second page on my browser for about a minute and then navigate back to my first page... it's "blanked out" and am forced to refresh. Is this normal? Any way around this? Not particularly useful when on Meebo or when I'm trying to compare movie time on two different movie theatres.
This is normal - in my experience anyway but not with all websites. It doesn't do the same when I have one page open on these discussions, navigate to another page and then back, the discussions page I had opened is not refreshed.
2. Is there any way to save images from a site or from an email to my phone? I know I can't receive MMS so I thought I'd email me a picture to add it to my contacts and couldn't find a way. I also browsed online for an image and couldn't save it nor add it to a contact either. Any way to do this? I had to wait to get home and sync the images to my phone.
Not supported from a website or from a received messages. You must do as provided with your last sentence - at the present time anyway.
3. I noticed that the iPhone's connector is the same as my iPod's connector, but if I plug it into my iPod's dock, a warning comes up that warns me it's not designed for the iPhone. Will I harm my iPhone if I plug it into my car charger, wall charger, dock that's AVed into my TV? I'm just really worried that it'll screw my phone up.
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Hi
Trying to figure out the best way to set up my mac. I am switching from a pc where we have two user accounts (for my wife and mysef). We both have iphones with seperate icloud accounts but share the same itunes account for purchases. We currently use separate user accounts for itunes as well (keep her and my playlists seperate) Also, we both have emails we will want to use the mail application for too.
So, my question is, do i need to create two user accounts or can i use just one and have multiple people / email accounts on the mail app as well as use only one itunes account for seeing how all contacts now back up in the icloud.
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MacTips,
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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition.
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Quick Assist,
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http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/12031-catos-ios-conversion-6500k.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/70273-70273.html
http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=102093&seqNum=5
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2) memory on your supervisor and whether you have enough
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Jon

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Ive watched the videos, ive read the forums for a few days now, but still have some questions.
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Its nice to be able to be somewhere and record a voice memo.
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1) There is no voice nor video recording functionality on the iPhone
2) Sorry but I haven't actually tried voicemail yet from an incoming caller's perspective. The visual voicemail system itself is fantastic though - to be able to pick and choose the messages you want to hear in any order is great.
3) The screen on the iPhone is absolutely stunning. I actually just stared at the picture of the Earth from space that is on the screen prior to activation just because it looked so good. Videos also play very nicely though with the enhanced resolution of this screen, you will notice conversion artifacts more easily than on the much smaller regular iPod screen. But this is not an iPhone issue but rather due to the parameters set by the end user when converting video.
I am very happy I got this phone and with knowing how well Apple handles software updates, I know even this version 1.0 hardware will get even better.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Design Suggestion for a new setup for a small office

Hi Guys,
We have a client requirement to setup a small business office to connect to its Head Quaters.
Attached here with the sample High level design.
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Hey qoool,
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Hi everyone,
I just got myself an IdeaCentre A720 (VDT8UGE) because I love the idea of a touchscreen combined with a 27" screen and the special hinge.
For the most part it works fine and it simplified my home setup a lot (much less cables now). However it also introduces some new problems. I was wondering if anyone here has some suggestions to any of the following issues:
- The screen coloring is very yellow-greenish and there is no way of adjusting it from the screen itself. I used the nVidia control panel to correct this and it looks OK now but the coloring on the HDMI output is a bit off due to this.
- The HDMI IN is a great idea in my opinion. I plugged in my old machine (a pure gaming machine with a GTX) and it works fine. But is there a way to listen to the audio from HDMI IN? I set the source PC's audio to HDMI Out but it didn't help. Windows doesn't show me any audio source either. For now, I have connected a 3.5mm audio cable but I'm sure there's a more elegant solution to this.
- The system sometimes boots but the screen doesn't turn on. I haven't found any way to reproduce this, it just happens randomly. I suspected it might have something to do with HDMI Out (because I have it connected at all times) but I was unable to find any setting regarding this. I also tried to boot into UEFI to look for such a setting but I couldn't figure out how to do that.
- There's some weird noise coming from the built in Bluray drive when I insert a CD and it also makes some noise whenever I switch the system on. It almost sounds as if there's a disc in there but it isn't. Is this normal behavior? I'm asking because this is the first time that I have a PC with this kind of trayless optical drive.
- According to the spec sheet the camera can shoot at 720p. Is this some sort of joke? I don't want to flame here, but the camera quality is ludicrously bad. Seriously, it's not even 240p. Am I doing something wrong here? Is it just some bug in the Windows 8 camera app?
I hope someone can help on at least any one of these things.

Seems like nobody else has any of these issues but nonetheless, I'd like to keep this thread up to date if you don't mind. Hopefully this will be useful to someone in the future.
Camera
So today I called Lenovo Support (really friendly and helpful by the way!) and as for the camera, I was asked to try some other software like Skype instead of Windows 8's Camera App.
So I used VLC to show me the camera video. And guess what - it's 720p! Quality still isn't great but it's MILES ahead from what I've seen in the aforementioned Camera app. So that's one problem "found" at least. I still need to verify if Skype is affected. Perhaps this problem only affects Modern UI apps and not desktop apps.
Blank screen
The second thing I asked about was the blank screen. Unfortunately this is apparently not any known issue so the support couldn't help much but only suggest to try a factory reset. I'll hold off on that though because I spent the last three days to set everything up. I'll try to remember to remove the HDMI cable prior to switching the device on from now on and see if that helps (yes, I changed my mind - I think it's HDMI related again).
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The third and last thing I asked was about the display coloring. There's no way of "saving" the coloring mode but they are aware of this and there MIGHT someday be a patch. I wouldn't count on it though and I think there's a higher chance of my eyes simply adopting to the weird coloring at some point.
While it's surely unfortunate that some of these problems seem unsolvable, I'm still glad that there's only minor issues left now. Also the phone support was quite good and I feel confident that they'll help me if I ever have some other problem in the future.
I'd be glad if Lenovo takes all these things to heart and improves them on the next model. In my humble opinion, this is pretty much the best touchscreen AIO on the market. Oh and while you're at it, please put a USB 3.0 port to the left hand side of the display for the next model, the one on the base is barely usable if HDMI cables are plugged in.

A few questions from a new iMac user!

So far I am loving this computer! However there are a few things that I can not figure out how to do and really dont have time to go to the store for a class at the moment. So hopefully you will be able to help me out.
1. We have iWorks installed and I am trying to make a simple calendar to hand out to my students with information about due dates and such. Previously I was able to do this on Word but I can not figure out how to do this here!
2. How do I copy and paste?
3. With this new mouse how do I get it so that there is a right click?
Thank you all so much and I am sure you will see me on here plenty!

1. We have iWorks installed and I am trying to make a simple calendar to hand out to my students with information about due dates and such. Previously I was able to do this on Word but I can not figure out how to do this here!
Pages, presuming you're referring to Apple's iWork suite, doesn't have a template for a calendar included. There are some suggestions in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6949516
You might also consider using iCal. You could set up a calendar just for student dates and then print that calendar only.
3. With this new mouse how do I get it so that there is a right click?
You'll need to go into the Mouse system preferences and define the right-click action. The default is for the "left-click" and "right-click" both to be a standard click.
Hope this helps.

A few questions for Palm T2....

I just inherited an old Tungsten T2, and it really has worked wonders for me for my first week of school, I don't know how I lived without one before. But anyways, here are my questions:
When I put new items into my to-do list, if they are for another day ahead of where I currently am, they disappear, and reappear the day of. Is there a way to show all my to-dos?
Are there other alarm tones & themes I can get for the UI?
Is there anyway that I can use this with my current bluetooth enabled phone? I have tried creating a new connection for the phone section, but it doesn't see my phone, which is wierd because my phone does see it. Is the unit too old to use with my current phone? I have a Casio G'Zone Boulder for Verizon.
Thanks for answering my quesitons!
Post relates to: Tungsten T2

I dont think I can help with the ToDo List issue, but:
2. Try RNS Click Click Alarm, and you might want to look at these:
http://www.freewarepalm.com/music/emeraldsounds.shtml
http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/geeksounds.shtml
Themes? Theres the color theme pref panel built in
Theres skinUI: http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/skinui.shtml
3. Is your phone set to be Discoverable?
webosnation.com is another option for help.

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