Running Garageband with a Lexicon Alpha

I put my MacMini to the test buy running GarageBand with my Lexicon Alpha. To my suprise the drivers were already pre-installed and running great!! Something I wanted for years was software that could apply different vocal effects on the fly. Garageband has it all!! I'm really impressed! One thing my Lexicon Alpha doesn't have is Midi support. You can pickup a Midi to Usb adapter at your local music store fairly cheap. The 2 I'm looked at were under $40. I think I will probably play my keyboard arrangements on my computer keyboard. I love that it gives you the option. I'm really looking forward to producing worship music on it.

Mac Mini - Windows Vista Experience Index (3.3)

Here is my Windows Vista Experience Rating. I'm running on a MacMini 1.83 Ghz system. After running the utility again it boosted my rating to 3.3 .

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MacMini CD Ejecting Issue Resolved

Earlier today I decided to load Windows Vista on my MacMini via Bootcamp. What's interesting is after the initial load of Windows my computer went to a disk error message. At this point I started to panic because the Mac CD does not have an eject button on the CD drive. I decided to consult the Internet and the responses were frightening to say the least. One even suggested opening the system and removing the CD manually! OUCH!!! I did however found a couple of articles that pointed to holding, "Windows Key","Alt","O", and "F" during start up. This didn't eject the CD but it did allow me to run through the setup again.

RESOLUTION AND LESSON LEARNED: Make sure to Format your drive with FAT or NTFS. The mistake I originally made was selecting the option that said "Leave the drive as it is." Once I did this, the install ran successful and was able to get the CD out of drive once Windows loaded. WHAT A RELIEF!

OTHER NOTES: Once Windows is loaded right click on the CD and select Eject Disk.