I think maybe it is due to parents seeing more potential for their investment.
It is entirely possible now for a young person with a lot of charisma to start a youtube channel and make some money.
I imagine back in the day you were more likely to be perceived as "fooling around" and not "taking...
Hey, from the looks of your screenshot you've only got the midi data but no instrument to play.
Go to your instruments on the left-hand side and drag an instrument to the bottom where it says "drag instrument or sample here".
Ableton doesn't add an instrument by default because you may want to...
Hey Mark, do a search for M-Audio MTRACK II - Portable USB Audio Interface.
I think the newer M-Audio interfaces went with Pro-tools first over ableton.
Also, I think it comes bundled with a couple of Waves plugins so that is cool.