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yannis D

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  • Birthday 11/15/1968

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    athens, greece

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  1. This will be like finding answer to the great mysteries of the universe
  2. Unfortunately the second keyboard will be a controller a fly-easy Korg bluetooth 37 and an Axiom, so there are no internal bass sounds. I thought of maybe using the Korg as a sole bass controller from Mainstage but there's another problem in this scenario: playing bass on an upper keyboard while seated is gonna hurt my left hand. I was thinking maybe a stand that allows me to bring the Nord and the Axiom close together, and then having the bass from Mainstage in order not to sacrifice the Nord's stereo routing...
  3. Yes, and the Mainstage synths which will be played on the Nord keyboard.
  4. I'll have my Mac onstage either way. I prefer the simplicity of the Nord but the fact that I have to run the rest of its sounds in mono if I play the Nord bass, is kind of disappointing
  5. So I got this gig in Hungary where I'll be playing keys and bass, and I have these two options 1) I either play the internal Nord Electro 5 bass on the left chanel, organ/ep/keys on the right chanel Or 2) I use the Mainstage bass through a different output from my sound card to a bass amp Normally I would prefer to use the Nord's bass and drive the rest of the Nord's sounds in mono to the FOH. But something's telling me that the Mainstage bass will be punchier and it will free up the Nord to run its sounds in stereo PS: in either scenarios the Nord will be my main keyboard and there will also be an Axiom and a Korg bluetooth 37 key for additional sounds, leads etc for Mainstage. What's your take?
  6. +1 The iOS instruments are not yet there compared to the Mac endless libraries, both within Mainstage and others. I use both as sound sources for fly in gigs, but Mainstage always has the lion's share.
  7. BTW I am still trying to assign my Nord Electro's 5 volume pedal (Roland EX5) to Camelot and I can't find my way around... Anyone knows the step-by-step procedure?
  8. I was listening to Devil's Advocate yesterday and this exact Rhodes solo. I believe though, he was as good an all around keys player/sound designer as he was a soloist in a purely jazz way. That's why he was so busy playing with many greats on the jazz and pop world.
  9. Some years ago a brave guy posted the full transcription of a Charlie Parker solo by Brad and his trio. He was playing somewhere in a hotel, many years ago, and the story said that he attacked the piece right after having breakfast 🥞😄😄😄😂 In each of the many choruses, a different jazz piano era pases by his solo, all with perfect accuracy, crazy speed and taste. The guy simply knew since his early 20s the full jazz piano literature in and out but he also commands newer music hipsters like AND classical idioms. His sense of polyphony and voice leading comes straight from Bach. I can't think of a better Keith Jarrett successor in our era
  10. I use it for Ipad and it works flawlessly. I had some minor issues in the beggining but Camelot people are very fast and friendly to help me on line or through their Facebook page. Camelot, just like any other DAW, has its own logic and it's pretty simple when you get it, but you have to invest some tine to do so... I am an old Mainstage user on my Macs, but as long as Mainstage is not there for ipads, Camelot will be my choice and, so far, it works without any issues live.
  11. Brad Mehldau has certainly shaped the way for myriad jazz musicians under 40-45. Of course it's not a horse course here. We all adore and worship Herbie, Chick Corea, Jarrett and countless others. But still Mehldau is younger of all these guys, so generation under 50 can easily identify with. And he has picked to record many staple non jazz songs of our times, so younger listeners from different genres can relate easier to (something Hancock did at his day) my two euros
  12. "If a bomb drops in this studio, John Denver will have a new record career" 😂
  13. Τhese two cheap Korg bluetooth mini keys are my latest purchase. Very lightweight and combined to my ipad 9th gen, almost zero latency. Less than perfect for any jazz or "serious" playing, but excellent for my 90s/pop/nu disco gig that needs a variety of sounds and minimal playing. The whole thing is no more than 5 kg and the pack-unpack time is near nothing-ideal for a crowded city. I'll even go to the venue with my Vespa Let's see how this is gonna work live
  14. This is a dead end discussion, we both know it 😉 I was primarily talking about Nord offering new sounds, which is a good customers service. The rest takes us off topic
  15. I use Nords since 1999 and never had a problem with their service, both locally here in Athens and in Sweden, when I had to send an old Electro for repair. They have high prices, but this is Sweden I always had my instrument repaired on time. But here we're mostly talking about how they are renewing their arsenal constantly. I like the fact that they're not sitting in their laurels (they sell products one way or another...) but trying instead to give more new and fresh sounds to their customers.
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