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vanderSchoot

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  • Birthday 02/02/1967

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  1. Sorry I couldn’t resist 🤣 But it’s my own quick recording jump.wav
  2. This is my little secret gem the OP-X Oberheim vst from 2012 ? A bit EZ Drummer 3 and Modo Bass jump.wav
  3. Exactly ! All the ‘Whitney Houston’ ballad/bell piano’s sounded flat and uninspiring naked. But with chorus it sounded awesome… in the eighties that is.🙄
  4. Nice a bit of Dutch flavor !!!! The organ is the UAD Waterfall B3. In the past i had hardware Hammond XB-2 ,EMU B3, KeyB, Nord, Hx3 , Neo Ventilator and a real Leslie. Software Acoustic Samples B5 (now at version 3) and i had most of the familiar brands or tried them out like IK multi media, B4 , VB3 etc. I only still have and sometimes use the AS B5 and my most recent purchase this UAD waterfall B3 for Hammond parts in my own composed music. As backing parts only. I am no Hammond organist, but pianist in nature and i only used right hand Hammond parts in bands . But i absolutely love the instrument , but never play much left hand ( apart from a walking or comping bass) and can’t play pedal board. My experience is that most simulators sound pretty good when holding a full chord and changing speed from slow to fast. But most are less accurate when soloing on fast with licks and runs. That was my only minor disappointment with the Neo Ventilator which was otherwise stunningly accurate. This software UAD, which is not so rich as the AS B5 in the bass registers, is the first internal simulator, both hard and software which got it absolutely nailed on -fast- ! But it’s hardly talked about and fairly expensive. I think it’s better than the much hailed IK multimedia B3-X with it’s also superb leslie. But when playing all parts combined the UAD , to my ears, sounds superior.
  5. Thanks for asking Dave ! All is well, i am certainly gonna stay for a while and read through the topics ! I will surely start another software related topic. I already posted a very quick blues organ sketch in ElmerFudd's topic about the Hammond XK5 vs....I posted a quick recording of my favorite current software Hammond Clone. I wonder if anyone can guess it right ! Btw the new forum layout/looks are superb !!
  6. Hi Elmer, very nice topic and you inspired me greatly. I don't play in a band for a decade now and only have a Kawai MP11SE with software. It has been some time that i played an organ, but i couldn't resist to upload a software organ i like most. I noodled around and i wonder if anyone can guess it right. sorry not meant to highjack your topic, but as i said hearing those blues riffs i could not resist. organ blues.wav
  7. Funny that you mention them.....there was a great cover an hour ago on tv from Golden Earring (song Radar Love) since they started 50 years ago as the golden EarringS. This band was my first live concert in a 700 audience capacity in my own village in 1980. It was LOUD.....that night i had a ring in my ear and i always was careful after that with loud live performances. Lucky me ! But indeed a great band and we all know them in the Netherlands.
  8. I haven't been here for a while since i don't play hardware synths anymore. But i have very good memories about my time here and i wanted to share a live song with you. I personally never judge a song because it's cheesy, poppy or not my style, but foremost if it is a great performance or not. This is a Dutch song from the early nineties (Ten Sharp) and this live version is from 1996. The two keyboard players use (by the looks of it) a Kurzweil K2000 and Ensoniq TS12. It's glorious pop music and a huge pop hit in my country The Netherlands. I wanted to share this because it certainly not easy to play it in a very tight way live, although the court progressions are fairly easy. And because now i get older i understand how many songs from other countries i never heard. Enjoy !!
  9. I have most current piano plug ins. Like 30+ The VSL series, Garritan, Embertone, Sonic Couture, Pianoteq, Cinesamples, Production Voices, Simple Sam, Art Vista, VI Labs, Wavesfactory , Xperimenta Due and lots of others. I suffer from sample fatigue in the latter stages which mean i only play with few of them and the rest gathers dust because i can’t enjoy most of them due to various reasons. However few still inspire me (a lot). Solo piano : VSL Bösendorfer 280VC full version with tube mic engaged. Easy quick load piano : Simple Sam Steinway Everything mix/band/blend/cut/clear : Embertone Walker with various mic settings. When i played in a live band the Nord piano offerings were pretty pleasing to me, but i sure would have liked the Embertone live because it is the sound i was looking for all my life for in a band. Not to dominant or muddy/booming bass register, lot’s of warm wood/ hammer attack ( not that god awful Yamaha P/CP piercing attack when set on ‘rock piano’ ). The close mics or hammer mics simply immediately cut through a dense mix as many others fail miserably outside of solo usage. only downside is Embertone needs a fast and powerful computer to run smoothly.
  10. Try to cover this without using certain forbidden substances. [video:youtube]
  11. Sometimes you stumble up an old record from your youth. In this case an 'alright' dutch blues band. What strikes me most is how much better a real piano sounds than anything digital i have ever used. Warm and cutting through while maintaining presence ,woodiness and grit..as if the required frequencies blend in perfectly. Like with a real Hammond and leslie on old recordings...both still in a league of their own. Yes i understand all the extreme benefits from lightweight master keyboards. But i have always envied guitar players, who with the right equipment, effort and skill can create their dream sound while a digital piano will always sound meh if you are willing to be critical. Please scroll to 6.58 and tell me if you have ever got this blues sound out of your stage piano...i certainly didn't. [video:youtube]
  12. I have The Garritan CFX, Cinepiano, VSL Imperial/Upright/280VC, Embertone Walker 1954, Ravenscroft, Pianoteq, Hammersmith pro, Art Vista super grand, Simple Sam Signature grand, My piano, Wavesfactory Mercury and some smaller ones and lesser known. Absolute favorites are Walker 1954 and both The VSL Bösendorfer Imperial and 280VC . The rest i hardly use anymore....only the Signature grand get"s some practice time besides those three. The rest i don"t care for anymore and i am sure i will never use the Hammersmith, Ravenscroft and Pianoteq ever again.
  13. Yes it sounds gorgeous. There is another one out there with piano/clav in isolation of paradise by the dashboard light. The Embertone Walker 1955 HAMMER mics is the first digital/vst piano i have ( and i have lots ) that can have the same vibe where all others fail. I played both songs in a band and meticulously copied Jim Steinman"s piano parts. Only thing lacking was my digital piano sound. The Embertone Walker 1955 changed that.....but i don"t play in bands anymore
  14. No i don"t think so. But it"s sometimes hard to track down the right info about synths on recordings. In the OP-X vst there is a Queen / want to break free solo synth lead that is sooooo good. I never came anywhere near that sound with Nords and Roland romplers. Turns out the original synth used sounded like a Moog mini..but was actually a Jupiter 8. And a Jupiter 8 can do a perfect 'Jump" ( OBX-A). [video:youtube]
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