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By EscapeRocks · Posted
Yes I've learned as I get older: Get what you want/like. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks about your choice of instrument because, frankly, it just doesn't matter. Just look at my current sig line under "gig rig" It's like synthdogg said above, "I really just want to play, and I want to have fun and be inspired while I make music...so I'm going to make sure I have access to instruments that are fun and inspiring for me. " -
Man, I feel like I've really been on a journey with this in the last couple of decades. There are so many great sounding synth options in the world right now between modern hardware, vintage hardware, and software, that I have to admit that for myself....sound is not the chief driver of why I buy (or hang on to) hardware keyboards anymore. There's a LOT of psychology involved, and I respond differently as a musician to different instruments. I play differently if I'm playing my Prophet 10 and adjusting knobs on the fly than if I'm playing a Prophet 5 plug in from a controller. It's not because one is better than the other, it's just how I'm responding to it in the moment. I still love my Juno 60 and keep it super close at all times because it's just so easy and fast to turn and flip a few faders and have a musical, usable sound. When I read message boards and read people getting into the minutiae about why the vintage version of Synth X is better than the reissue of Synth X, which is WAY better than the software version of Synth X I think we've lost the plot, and at some point we're just arguing to argue and may as well be talking about politics or religion. What inspires you? What makes you smile as you create? This is music, it's supposed to be fun. Yeah, most of us have some types of gigs that we need tools for just to get the job done...I get it. Sometimes I will choose a tool that's more convenient than fun for those moments, but that is not the whole of me as a musician. I really just want to play, and I want to have fun and be inspired while I make music...so I'm going to make sure I have access to instruments that are fun and inspiring for me. -
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By GovernorSilver · Posted
I used the Blackhole reverb the most when my primary job with the band was to make atmospheric sounds with heavily processed electric violin. I actually use the reverb (plate of course) in Line 6 HX Stomp/Helix Native more than the Eventide stuff these days. Nothing wrong with Eventide. It was just the result of replacing my pedalboard (Eventide H9, tuner pedal, overdrive pedal, etc.) with a single HX Stomp XL for playing with the band. Much less weight to carry to rehearsals, shows, etc. I'm not that picky about reverb as long as it's a decent sounding plate. The more time I've put into music studies (rhythm, harmony, stealing melodic lines by ear, etc.) the less interest I've had in picking out the perfect reverb preset, or tone-chasing in general. Probably just a coincidence. -
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By charliepersol · Posted
I just bought one used two days ago. I had in the past (a very past) the original ARP Odissey and an Avatar (the guitar version of the Odissey). They sounded quite differenti, and now I understand why: two different version of the filter. A friend of mine still have the all black one with coloured sliders, which Is again different, maybe two poles filter? Anyway the Behringer sounds good but a bit differenti too. My ARP had a ring modulator I used to build fabolous bell like sounds: metallic, full of harmonics. The kind of sound you can hear on Japan Tin Drum or Oil on Canvas albums. Until now I couldn't recreate this sound. Neither the Avatar did. Just my ARP Odissey I sold for little Money :( -
In V.A.S.T., be it the original V.A.S.T. or the newer vaster V.A.S.T. with Cascade and Dynamic, there are several ways you can use internal DSP sources with Samples: 1. Samples only 2. Internal DSP Oscillators only without any Sample 3. Samples mixed with internal DSP Oscillators In the new V.A.S.T., you can certainly use a multi-sampled Keymap, alongside an internal anti-aliased DSP Osc, e.g. a 2-block SINE+ for a single Layer, or even an aliased one like the old SAW+. For larger AA DSP Oscs, e.g. the 4-block SAW, you'd need to use Cascade Mode, a passthrough signal and a Mixer ALG. So these aren't mutually exclusive. Instead, what the manual seems to indicate is that if you want to do a traditional analogue subtractive synth, then you'd rather not use a Keymap, which makes sense since analogue subtractive synths don't use them at all. You can still use a Keymap's sample Envelope if it is set to Natural, even if the Sample itself isn't sounding via the Layer, say, if you have simply a 4-block AA DSP SAW. That SAW block effectively cuts off any of the Sample signal. However, as the AMPENV mode is set to Natural, it is the factory AMPENV for that multi-Sampled Keymap that is applied to the Layer. The Natural envelopes have more details than can be produced with a User AMPENV. The thing that happens with setting the Keymap to Silence is that it sets each key's amplitude to the same maximum amplitude. Maybe that's what you need in a certain program, but sometimes, if you are doing an emulative program, you could be better off actually referencing the emulation's Keymaps Sample although the latter isn't heard, with the corresponding Natural Envelope, or of course, you could just go into User Mode and make your own envelope. Hope this helps. -
Sweetwater might accept to deliver to Canada, but you will be charged transport accordingly and as anything going USA to Canada your item will go through customs and it is always possible to end up with extra fees - sometimes very expensive. I personally had a very bad experience about 10 years ago and promised myself to never import again from the USA unless the seller confirms on paper he pays for all possible customs and duties extra fees. Buying Kurzweil products in Canada has always been complicated. In the 1990s a few stores in the province kept a couple of them, but if you wanted something they didn't have you had to order sight unseen and wait months to get your purchase. That is how I bought my MIDIboard, K1200 and finally, around 2000, a PC2X. I hated the Fatar action on the PC2X from day one and swore to never buy a keyboard sight unseen ever again.
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