What did you buy today?

bearbait

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I've been meaning to have a go at connecting up a MIDI system for years but have never got around to it. I have a Clavinova CVP-20 which has a MIDI connection but it's never been tried. Can you recommend a PC/MIDI interface and some software?

(I am making the big assumption that MIDI is still used! :) )
Yup, MIDI is still used.

If you are planning on just having a play around first, try searching for MIDI to USB cable rather than coughing up a few significant bob for a hardware interface straightaway.

MPC Beats [https://www.akaipro.com/mpc-beats.html] is free software (Windows or Mac) that'll get you started with your keyboard.
 
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Paul_B

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A pry bar, mattock and a long, heavy, metal bar with a pointed end and a flattened end that's sharp. Those three tools I rate highly. One for getting things out in the house, the other two for getting things out in the garden! Tree stumps can be a bugger but at least with the last two tools in my list it's possible.
 

Pattree

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Totally agree. A four foot iron bar with a flat top(mine’s mushroomed:oops:) and a flat edge at the other anda slight curve to the bottombottom eight inches. It’s absolutely essential to the garden and its fences.
An additional fourteen pound hammer is also good for the soul and for wreaking revenge on malign garden entities.
Didn’t buy it today though and the bar arrived in an auction job lot.
 

Herman30

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The pry bar should fit in my edc-chest pack in the link below. It´s not too heavy (about 350g). Thus being at hand if needed. Chest pack 28cm long and pry bar 25cm.

 

Ozmundo

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Chinese/AliExpress matches on pots.

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The pots come wedged full, hard enough to get a match out with warm hands. I removed a match to test anyway, it lit and burned as expected.



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The pots have glued on strikers, I an another patch anyway. The caps pull off and click on firmly so seem pretty moisture proof. Not as thick a plastic as UCO ones but should be fine.
 

Pattree

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The pry bar should fit in my edc-chest pack in the link below. It´s not too heavy (about 350g). Thus being at hand if needed. Chest pack 28cm long and pry bar 25cm.
EDC? I think that the UK police refer to that as, “Going equipped……” and take a negative view!

Certainly in my nearest town, Telford, I would get a back seat ride to a weak cup of coffee and a chat.
 

CrispyDuck

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Finally got round to buying the Lavvu mod from Bushcraft Spain to go with the size 2 I brought from Colin, as they are having a sale. Arrived today
 

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Nice65

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Picked up 10 of these to see how they do compared with standard pegs or improvised ones. They seem pretty robust on first inspection.
I grabbed loads of them from AliExpress a few years ago quite cheaply for securing the beltent. A lot of the ground here is flinty chalk and these pegs don’t flinch being whacked into solid chalk. Flint…not so much, but they don't bend.
 
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Falstaff

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I've been retail shopping on Marketplace getting over my divorce, with plans to do some real trips and backpacking - ended up with an Alpkit Elite, Terra Nova Laser Compact 2, with 4 or 5 quality sleeping bags from zero to minus 16/18 C, 2 full hammock set-ups (something I've not done before), loads of bits, and for the first time a gas stove - to go with all the old skool Primus etc meths, paraffin and petrol stoves.
 
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Robbi

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I've been retail shopping on Marketplace getting over my divorce, with plans to do some real trips and backpacking - ended up with an Alpkit Elite, Terra Nova Laser Compact 2, with 4 or 5 quality sleeping bags from zero to minus 16/18 C, 2 full hammock set-ups (something I've not done before), loads of bits, and for the first time a gas stove - to go with all the old skool Primus etc meths, paraffin and petrol stoves.
How are you going to pay your maintenance now.?
 

Pattree

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I know :). I was just highlighting the difference. I did wonder if the bar was part of your work.
 

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