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Bucktunes

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  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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  1. Donโ€™t believe Iโ€™ve seen this one yet; ๐Ÿ˜ How do you get a guitar player to turn down? Put a chart in front of him. How do you get him to stop playing? Put notes on it.
  2. You're not wrong - it can easily tip backwards at low height positions. I have owned and used several of these stands in the last 20 years and on threads here I have cautioned about this concern. The way I've always alleviated the problem is to always have the heavier keyboard on the lower tier, and never put a keyboard on the top tier before putting the keyboard on the bottom tier. You could still push it over backwards if you tried, but don't do that! ๐Ÿ˜‰ As far as stubbing your toes on the feet of it - For the stands at home I cut up pool noodles and tape them to the front of the feet. Not beautiful, but it's saved my toes many times! ๐Ÿ˜–
  3. Well, wouldn't you know they would drop this just a few months after I finally pulled the trigger on upgrading to version 8. ๐Ÿคช The new synths in version 9 aren't so interesting to me, but the improvements to the CS80 and Prophet 5 are intriguing. The ones I use most often now are the virtual Oberheims and the CS80, although the updated Jupiter and Rhodes models are an impressive improvement. And that's if I don't go to Pigments first, which is an absolutely amazing synth. I keep that one up to the minute updated! ๐Ÿ˜Ž Might have to see if they have any upgrade specials for long time customers...๐Ÿ˜‰
  4. ^This^...And based on the YouTube link above I'd say it's confirmed wonderful sounding! I love that Tom not only regained the right to use his own name and logo, but was able to release one more killer synth to culminate his legacy. Yes it's pricey, but I expect it's worth every dollar. And as Jim mentioned, it will appreciate quickly after Tom has passed and the synth is no longer manufactured. Personally I'd love to have one if only for the investment value, let alone the joy of owning a bona fide Oberheim and making music with it. Would I gig with it? Of course not. It would sit under my Minimoog Model D reissue and neither would ever leave my home studio. And I expect that will be the case with most of the ones he sells. I applaud Tom for hitting a home run, and I hope he sells truckloads of these!
  5. FWIW, the Motif XF has a patch called "Queens" that pretty much nails that sound. Another one called "Queen Of Pop" that's similar. The Queens patch is just 2 somewhat subdued PWM string sounds in stereo, layered with a digital bell waveform. The Queen of Pop patch is several layers of fairly bright PWM pads in octaves. I believe most any modern synth has some variation of that sound. If not it can be pretty easily constructed using the ingredients I mentioned.
  6. Wow! I posted the link above mostly for a moment's amusement. I had no idea how much good information would flood in as a result. Thanks, guys!
  7. Caution: Once you've heard it, you'll never un-hear it!
  8. I almost ripped the pocket out of my jeans digging for my debit card until I found that out. I guess I'll have to hold on to my money a little longer.
  9. Yep. Yamaha has been up to its eyeballs in Steinberg for a long time. The sound libary in Cubase sounds Yamaha-like. I'm just wondering if Yamaha will ever release a standalone Motif VST. I know it would sell like hotcakes in the Gospel community. The synth plug-ins included with Cubase surely come from Yamaha"s engineering camp. IIRC the sample ROM in the stock Halion plug-in includes wave data from the Motif series, so there"s some cross engineering there. The Retrologue and Padshop synths are stunning. There are several others, but I"ve not gotten past those two yet... It seems like previous versions of Cubase also included an FM synth, but not since the Reface or Montage synths came out. So Yamaha is definitely in the VST synths game, but apparently as Cubase plug-ins.
  10. I don"t believe that the Hydrasynth really compares to the Virus, certainly not in sound or functions. The Hydrasynth is more of a different, boutique kind of synth with its ribbon and poly AT. It would be a cool controller for VST synths that can respond to those controls. Obviously the sound of the Hydrasynth is something you either like or not, but it definitely doesn"t sound like a Virus.
  11. I would think Waldorf"s Kyra is more likely a direct competition for the Virus, based on voice count, multitimbrality, etc. It"s only available as a table top module though, so it doesn"t seem to be going for Access" throat. Also, Waldorf took a while to release it, and I haven"t heard too much fanfare about it...
  12. Thanks for the replies, guys. I figured the Virus is one of those synths that people tend to treasure when they have it. And if they do need to sell it, it commands a respectable resale price. I"ve played a Virus KC and a TI in music stores and loved the sound of both, but somehow I"ve never gotten around to owning one. I really hope Access returns to developing and producing the Virus, if for no other reason than to drive down the prices of the previous models.
  13. Obviously whether it ever was or not is a matter of opinion, although producers of electronic music seem to hold it in that high regard. I find it impressive that Access hasn"t felt the need to replace the Virus TI2 after over 10 years, and bargains on used ones are few and far between. Obviously many new and impressive synths have come out since then that could be considered comparable/competitive, but it seems that Access is pretty confident that the TI2 still holds its own today. Any Virus owners here still owning and loving it? If not, how much do you want for it?
  14. Yeah, you might say so. Certainly expensive, but not unfair if it's truly restored to new condition. Back in the mid/late '70s they sold for $7K, about the price of a new large sedan. Converted to 2020 money that's about even.
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