Spent time I hoped to be recording fighting with the setup of the  DAW Remote (Humatic TouchDAW) which I blogged of yesterday – some of the struggle was admittedly exacerbated by my barging ahead without fully reading the instructions.

Step 1: I purchased the TouchDAW app ($4.99) instead of going with the FREE version.

Step 2: Found out that I needed to install Tobias Erichson’s rptMidi Network Midi driver (software) on my laptop. Installed without that nasty Apple Bonjour software it had pre-checked.

Step 3: Fought with the setup and failed. Repaired the software so that it installed said “nasty” Apple Bonjour software.

Step 4: Still getting “connection failed” – re-read instructions & completed the steps I had skipped over.

Step 5: Still getting “connection failed” – being as I am an avid Android & Windows user, I realized restarting computer, phone & software one last time, before considering the dark, Apple side, might be a good idea.

Step 6: I have an app that remotely controls my DAW (Ableton Live 9 Lite)!

-Still AndrEd User