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Steve in VA

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  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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  1. I took up piano again around 2016 after not having played since childhood. I found the "Learn and Master Piano w/ Will Barrow" DVD set to be very helpful. I can actually play these days! I think they still sell it on Amazon.
  2. UPDATE: 72 hours later, my Kronos is healed! I found an authorized Korg tech a couple hours drive away who was able to take it in the same day. It seems to have been a spring that was not properly seated under the one key. He reassembled it and tightened everything up. So for the price of a few hours of my life driving and a couple tanks of gas, all is good once again. Thanks again for the responses.
  3. Thanks for the responses. I have until November on the warranty but will start the warranty process tomorrow. I hate to be without my Kronos, but I do have a Korg D1 and a slew of virtual instruments for the interim.
  4. Question for anyone with experience getting warranty service. I got a Korg Kronos 2-61 back in November. One of the keys started making a rattle/clicking sound when pressed or released. It still functions fine, but is annoying. Other than the one key, the keybed is dead quiet. I am in the middle of my 1-year warranty period. Is this a reasonable thing to have fixed under warranty or am I being too nit-picky? Also, how does warranty service work. Do you just directly call one of the nearby service centers and coordinate with them? Thanks!
  5. I have V-Collection 7 and was offered an upgrade price of $149, which I accepted. The Vocoder alone is worth the price. Lots of fun!
  6. From "Bette Davis Eyes": "She's ferocious. And she knows just what it takes to make a crow blush". Much more impressive than making a "pro" blush. And this: "All I want to do when I wake up in the morning is see your ass. Rosanna, Rosanna..."
  7. Korg Kronos 2 61-key Titanium Limited Edition ($500 off).
  8. Wow, I saw Van Halen on the OU812 tour in October, 1988 in Richmond, VA. I was the ripe old age of 16 at the time. Great show.
  9. And it's great! There is an "I'll Wait" patch too. Now, does anyone know where I can find good tabs for those songs? Seriously, this VST seems well worth the $49 to me. Lots of fun.
  10. My Yamaha U1 and CP88 seem to be a perfect fit for me.
  11. I thought I would chime in since I was in about the same spot as you 3-4 years ago. I tackled Linus and Lucy as one of my first songs because no one ever told me it was considered hard! I eventually learned the entire song, one bar at a time, by slowing down the recording with MusicSpeedChanger on my phone. I also found that playing to a metronome or drum beat helped. There is a pretty good (but not quite perfect) transcription that is free on MuseScore. It's only been within the past year or so that I can finally play the song with nuance and "feel". It always seemed to be lacking something I could not quite put my finger on. Just remember to "slow it down and break it down" and you'll get it! Also, I found it helpful to work on BOTH hands at the same time, but only a few notes at a time.
  12. I just got a CP88 and am loading 1.31 right now. It appears to have been released today.
  13. I have not had this problem with my XPS 15. Unless the fan cuts on, it is dead silent.
  14. I have a 2017 XPS 15 (9560 model) that I use for similar purposes. I have optimized it to its limits: 32 GB RAM and 2TB Samsung EVO NVME SSD. On RAM, 32 GB should be more than enough unless you create enormous projects with huge amounts of sample-based instruments. You can always upgrade the RAM later if you need to. RAM usually only gets cheaper over time. Regarding SSD storage, if you get a fast NVME SSD such as the Samsung EVO 970, they provide more than enough throughput for everything. No need for separate drives or partitions. One common issue with Dell laptops (and many others) is DPC latency, which means system drivers may consume more CPU time than they are supposed to and can cause audio drop-outs despite all your optimization efforts. I was able to tame these problems by keeping WI-FI disabled when doing audio, turning off bluetooth, and disabling all unnecessary Windows services. I also have a totally separate boot partition for audio, since applications such as MS Office tend to wake up and do things at random times and wreak havok on audio. Despite the challenges, I do like the laptop and the fact that it cost about half of a MacBook with similar specs.I also use it for work.
  15. This book is awesome! I got it for Christmas and am reading it cover-to-cover. I'm about through with the Wurlitzer chapter. You can also incorporate this book into your workout routine, since it's such a heavy beast!
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