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By AnotherScott · Posted
Not everyone wants to deal with downloading and installing stuff. And I think people would complain more about paying hundreds of dollars more than before merely for a coupon and a DIY process. Also, if it were not pre-installed. the features would not necessarily be available in demo units on showroom floors (for the few lucky enough to have well stocked physical keyboard showrooms to visit these days!). They would also create less buzz with a "free coupon offer" than a "new model." As it is, some people were probably starting to get hesitant about buying a Fantom because it was a relatively "old" model (pre-dating Nautilus, Montage M, and newer Kurzweil and Nords), which can also make people think that maybe it will be replaced soon. This rebadging re-establishes it as a new/current model, that would now be expected to be around for a while. And I think nobody would benefit from the coupon approach... it presumably costs Roland the same to manufacture the board whether they pre-install the new software or have you do it yourself. -
By pianomikeoct · Posted
Someone was telling me about in ear monitors , you run the cord up the back of your shirt and yo can monitor the whole band through the mixer, so you would just run your keyboard through the mixer and not have to worry about an amp monitor. -
By Justin Havu · Posted
I've been writing quite a bit of retro-themed stuff over the last year, so a couple of days ago, I decided to put an EP out on Bandcamp. "RetroActive" https://justinhavu.bandcamp.com/album/retroactive -
By KuruPrionz · Posted
I agree! I use heavy picks with a light touch. Recently I've been exploring picking with fingers and thumb on electric guitar (and bass). Another tone and style of playing. I've done it for years on acoustic guitars but that is yet another tone and style as well. -
By Justin Havu · Posted
Yamaha QX3 sequencer. Wanted a different way to get ideas down without having to fire up my computer.
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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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