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By jazzpiano88 · Posted
Yes -- The bands are essentially shut down today. Last night I worked 5 countries including Australia barefoot from Iowa (both of us). Amazing the effect! I did make a 900 mi QSO into Georgia tonight on FT8 -- most seem to be NA and NA-SA. -
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By Aynsley Green · Posted
Ah, clearly I am not up to date. Gave the new Crumar Classic a look - does sound pretty good, and quite a bit cheaper, but not a full set of drawbars, and still looks a bit ugly. -
By Dave Weiser · Posted
After leaving Kurzweil R&D full time in 2013, I experimented with creating and selling sounds for Kurz boards. I quickly found that there just wasn't enough volume to make third party sound design in and of itself worth my while, especially since I was only creating sounds for Kurzweil, which is a smaller brand. It was a different story back in the golden years of hardware. I remember there were plenty of companies that seemed to do very well creating third party content in the 90s. The sales numbers for hardware back then were HUGE compared to now, so you had a lot of potential customers out there. Also, back in the day, many keyboard sounds that used samples were only one or two layers deep, which meant creating sample sets for multiple platforms wouldn't be as labor intensive as it would be today. I did end up finding a business model that worked for me. I've created large-ish sound sets for recent and current Kurzweil boards, like PC3/K, Forte, SP6, PC4 and K2700. I've tried to fill in any gaps in the factory sets and try to offer more flavors for things like piano, EPs, bass and analog synth sounds. I give these sound sets away free of charge to members of this forum and the Kurzweil Facebook groups, while asking the recipients to mention me and my Kurz dealer business online. Word of mouth referrals drive my sales, and this model has worked fairly well. Still, I don't make my living from keyboard sales - the volume just isn't there. But it's enough to justify the time spent on sound design. (My main gig is programming keys for theater shows, and renting gear to a small subset of these shows.) I'm also happy to share the sounds for free, as it's a small way of giving back to a company and community that has opened up lots of doors for my career in music. If it weren't for Kurzweil and their customers, I'd still be waiting tables and bartending in Boston. Anyone with a Kurz board, feel free to hit me up and I'll send you my sounds. weiserdav@gmail.com Also, Malc, the guy behind Enjoythesirens.com is absolutely brilliant. His work is top notch - I give him my strongest possible endorsement.
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I remember seeing the ads in Keyboard and a picture of the Odyssey on the Musicians Friend catalog. I really wanted one but ended up with the MiniMoog because it was available. In the late 70's you didn't have a lot of choices in a small rural town. Was very interested when this came out but reviews of the horrible touch pads scared me away. Wish it had more jacks for interfacing with the Behringer 2600. Still, maybe someday. Wonder how it compares to the Korg version? -
Carlo, you make that Oddy sound fabulous! I have a black-face Oddy and Axxe in my garage, have had both since the '80's, and both need new sliders, probably new caps, and a ton of cleaning. But hearing you play it made me feel nostalgic for that sound! Given the price of the Behringer, it'll probably be cheaper to just buy a new one than to fix mine. -
By John Tweed · Posted
OT - just a comment on the original white face Oddy - I modified mine so I had an octave up/down switch. Also changed the pitch knob to one which had a notch sticking out so that I could curl my little finger round it and be confident that I could return it to the neutral position. And I managed to rewire the modulation slider on the first oscillator so that the second oscillator modulated too. It was all very ambitious of me, with not much real understanding of what I was doing, but it worked nicely. i hung onto it for years, only selling it off about 10 years ago. Nowadays I occasionally use the app on the iPad. It’s close enough for me.
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