they wont change their app code just for me 
Its made for people playing on an amp not with a headphone
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So… You will need a small practice amp. Isn’t that a reason as good as any? 
yeah i know , i ll buy it as soon as i start having my disability pension
still waiting for it 
It was only 20°C today , it was so perfect
Too bad that the heat wll come back this week 
Day 167 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 36 minutes
32 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Challenge of last week : a song called My loving brother level 1 and 4
Level 1 is a very basic melody and level 4 is cow boy chords C F GPlayed La paloma basic melody level 5
Trying to play at 65% speedPlayed a basic melody called Party with yousician
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !I trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale for 3 minutes
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou
Since I can t really hear myself playing when using the Musopia app, I tried to record myself to see if its better but its the same result in the end 
the backing track is a tad too loud
Its a work in progress / practice recording of Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10
Im glad to receive feedback on recordings 
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Its cool essay !
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Deborah
Your playing of CCR is very good: consistent strumming, in time. The backing track is probably a bit too loud.
Well played.
Brian
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thanks a lot for the feedback
Ill try to see if I can lower the volume of the app somehow
I can’t hear if i’m making mistakes with the app so loud
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No can do … no way of turning down the sound 
I can only lower the sound on the daw , but it will also lower the guitar so it will be the same
I think it depends a lot on your setup, I’m pretty sure you have one of the Scarlett devices. Does yours have a button “Direct” on the front of it?
I’ll describe my setup and maybe you can adapt it to yours.
So I’m running the Justin Guitar app on my iPad Pro. I’ve got Garageband as my DAW but it’s literally only providing an electric guitar sound, not doing anything fancy with it. I’ve got my headphones on and if I strum my guitar I hear electric guitar sounds. There’s a knob on the front of the Scarlett that adjusts the input from the guitar and you can also adjust this in Garageband. It seems to be important that I have the Direct button on the front of my Scarlett selected. I then set the song playing and can hear that also through my headphones. As you say I have no control over that other than the volume dial on the front of the Scarlett but what I can do is adjust the volume of the guitar (either on the front of the Scarlett or in Garageband) to be at the desired level relative to the sound of the music.
I have no idea if any of the above is helpful but hopefully you can figure something out
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Hi matt and thanks for your answer
The direct button is on
I dont use garageband , I record with OBS , its really easy to use
I couldnt make head or tail of garageband
true but since the sound of the app is also coming from the scarlett since i directed it there … then If i use the volume control it will reduce both the app and the guitar
I’m not talking about the volume dial, I mean either the dial on the Scarlett next to the guitar input jack or increasing the guitar signal in Garageband - maybe OBS can’t do this?
I only really use Garageband to get a sound from my guitar - I’d need to play around to actually record anything. I’ve not tried recording using it (yet). I just pick one of the amps and play. (On the iPad version you do need to go into the options and the setting to allow Garageband do run in the background).
Deborah, assisting on this requires me to understand what you are using and how you setup and record. If you don’t mind explaining that perhaps I can make some suggestions. I do use OBS and an Audio Interface to record.
I sent a PM to David ^^
Day 168 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 30 minutes
32 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Challenge of last week : a song called My loving brother level 4 cow boy chords C F G
Played La paloma basic melody level 5
Trying to play at 65% speedPlayed a basic melody called Party with yousician
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !I trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou
I played once with the backing track , once with the metronome
With the metronome I can hear myself play
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Hi Deborah @MacOneill The YT videos below take you from complete beginner in GB to being able to record a song. Takes you step by step and assumes you don’t know anything at all. For me it’s the GB tutorial that is missing from the software.
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thanks , i ll watch it later , its way too hot today to switch on my brain
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I could play today , it wasnt too hot
Day 169 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 61 minutes
32 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
New challenge of last week :
a song level 2 called cat on the loose , basic melody , no strumming
a song level 5 called Gettin’ along
I loved that one and I really wanna play it right
the exercise is to pick individual strings and strum , then to pick individual strings of chords down
then to pick individual strings of chords up and down along a blues melody ( Am Dm F Em )
Loved itPlayed La paloma basic melody level 5
Trying to play at 70 % speedPlayed a song called My loving brother level 4 ( old challenge )
Played a basic melody called Party with yousician ( old challenge )
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !I practiced the rythm push
I trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou
There’s a heatwave coming so i wont play much till next wednesday or thursday
I love the challenge of the week on YS but I dont know what to do
Should i just play it as a challenge and leave as it is at the end of the week ? even if I still make mistakes ?
Or should I train on it until I play it well and make no mistakes ? it isnt a challenge anymore if I do that wont it ?
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Deborah, simply make it your own challenge 
If you don’t think it’s good enough by the due date, simply set a new date to challenge yourself I think it’s most important that you like the song and will not get tired of it easily when practicing.
I saw that it will be 36 C over there soon. Really quite an extreme heatwave you got there…
I always want to practice the songs until I get them right but after a few weeks a got too many songs on my plate
Yeah its gonna be a nightmare again … way too hot
I hope that the 21° will be true on the 15th
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Last day of practice until next wednesday after the heat wave
Day 170 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 61 minutes
32 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Challenge of last week :
a song level 2 called cat on the loose , basic melody , no strumming
Got gold on it and played without mistakes , i can remove this one
a song level 5 called Gettin’ alongPlayed La paloma basic melody level 5
Trying to play at 70 % speed
Tried 3 times and finally made no mistakesPlayed a basic melody called Party with yousician ( old challenge )
YS released What’s up by the 4 non blondes today so I had to try it
I did the level 1 and 2 got gold on both
Tried level 4 , its an easy one but it has a chord i didnt learn yet : a Bm
So i gotta learn this one before being able to play this level
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !I practiced the rythm push
I think I got it I can try the next lessonI trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou
Played Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
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Here is some rain for you… Even if it cannot really help to make your heatwave end…
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