Thanks for the assistance, gentlemen. I am sure you will be hearing from me quite often in this forum with my newbie questions.

Here's a non-technical question I've been thinking about lately...Since the synth craze of the 1980's and the proliferation of computers since that time, why does this MIDI stuff seem like such a big secret?

Years ago, I would have suspected that integrating synths with computers would have been more mainstream by this time, yet it still seems overly complicated. Am I nuts, or is there some truth to what I have observed. If so, why is this the case?

Just something for ya'll to chew on and comment on.