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My laptop has an SSD and I use it for remote location recording. It works fine. However, there's no reason for your DAW to hiccup. You might want to limit the background programs that are running.

Good idea. I'll work on something as I have time.

Read the thread.

When you create a derivative work, you need permission from the owner of the copyright, which may or may not be the original author. And, as I've explained, parody is a very complex doctrine. Why doesn't anyone read this thread before posting? Sigh. Not necessarily.

Yep. It would constitute evidence of intentional infringement. I'm litigating a trademark case right now where chat room statements may be relevant.

Sorry, but that's completely wrong. You've just described subjective substantial similarity, which is only half of the substantial similarity analysis. Nope, not a fact. As I said, I've already described how infringement liability is determined. Incidentally, your friend the musicologist...

And, clearly, the best word to use in a song is "bird."

I wasn't really in the market for another microphone. $50 just seemed like too good a deal to pass up.

:) I like to use middle C, myself. I use it as much as I can. In fact, I've written some songs that only use C. I also prefer whole notes. Why use only a part of a note, when you can get maximum value.

Just downloaded it. It's huge -- over 600 meg.

I don't know about Presonus Studio One, but I'd be hard pressed to think of any DAW that can't do this. I've been doing this for, literally, decades -- using a keyboard controller to play MIDI into the DAW with the DAW using one or more outboard MIDI sound sources (including other keyboards) to...

Okay, I checked -- the AT2020 deal came from an email from Retrevo.com. I get these about once a week, and they've had some really good deals before -- mostly electronics. You can sign up at the website. Suggestion: I have a few email addresses that I use depending on what I'm doing. One of...

What you described isn't parody and would have required a license.

I'd have to hear the song and see the lyrics. These things are intensely fact-specific. However, just from your description, I'd have to say . . . maybe, maybe not. :)

Who is this guy, anyway?

I don't think you're a writer. I think you're just another internet troll. And, like everything else you've written, that is completely wrong. I commend you on your consistency. To be so willfully ignorant takes determination.

Well, when it comes to me and law, the State Bar of California, the judges I appear before, the clients who hire me, and my peers who have evaluated me for Martindale. When it comes to Greg and music, there are many metrics, not the least of which is he is a professional musician, i.e. people...

No, only to you. Who cares about your opinion? You don't know what the law is, you don't know why it is the way it is, and you don't know how it's applied. Everyone can have an opinion. However, an opinion based on a truly profound ignorance of the subject matter is worthless. That's because...

Definitely NOT crap.

I get those "One Sale a Day" emails every day. Last week, there was a new AT2020 for $50 from Amazon, so I grabbed. It just came today and looks pretty solid. The specs seem good. I have a couple of GXL 2200s and an MXL 990 (looks like I'm starting to collect cheap microphones :)). I use...