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By ElmerJFudd · Posted
The established artists did succeed in the business model as it has been. It’s unfortunate that their income from recorded music is not what it once was. Their income from live shows is significantly better (but so are the expenses). Should an AI recording miraculously become a hit, the owners will figure out how to present it live to earn on it. Holograms, light shows and the like. But, how will they front the money for a tour? They’ll need a corporate backer. -
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I have reached the point where I have to sell stuff before getting anything else. I hate hate hate hate hate (repeat for the next 17 minutes) the process of (trying to) sell gear. Making it worse, a couple items need repair before I can sell them if I decide to. Both my Kurzweils have bad pitch wheels, one has a flickering screen (that one likely isn't worth fixing, so sell for parts?). My wife meandered into my home office/studio where I had my live rig set up (normally since I'm software only at home you only see one keyboard used as a controller) and asked the dreaded question: "How many keyboards do you have, anyway?" O_o Her look after I answered has a point, I need to move at least one if not three. -
It's great. I do notice that there seems to be some inconsistency in the response of the black keys compared to the white keys- at light touch sometimes they don't sound. But I haven't measured it and am playing with different touch settings to see if it's just about finding the right response settings and the right approach to playing. Also, the highest Bb and B rub against each other and the B sticks in the down position when played. I am rarely at those top 3 notes of the keyboard, so at the moment any repair feels like more risk/trouble than it's worth. It's really a joy to play. I also recently purchased Alicia's Keys (on sale and mentioned in this thread earlier this spring), and the two play together really well. I haven't done much with the aftertouch (aside from testing to make sure it works)... at the moment I'm just reveling in what feels like a very natural key-to-ear playing experience. The midiboard action is precise and responsive in a way that a lot of other boards I've used are not. (Also, I really love the form factor for my small studio/office space. Having the top of the instrument serve as a level shelf provides so many micro quality-of-life enhancers over boards with slanted tops and/or tops covered with vital panels and controls).
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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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