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I guess you could get into a chicken-or-egg discussion on the subject, but my local Sam Ash(es): - never consistently had much in the way of selection - never consistently had power connections hooked up - never consistently had audio hooked up, and if they did it was to some small mono speaker. The last one I will wave away because I would bring my good headphones in to audition keyboards anyway. As it was often on lunch break, another challenge was that guy over there sitting at a stage piano playing for literally my entire lunch hour at volume 11. Often it was hard to get anyone's attention, and IMO some of the people they had seemed "less than interested" in helping you (if say you requested the damn power to be hooked up). I do hate to see the stores go away as it was exciting to go through the various depts, but end of the day when it comes to keyboards my local stores were not really giving much value (offerings, or prices). I'm going to call them tomorrow about my order. I have a general concern that worrying about seeing my order through will be the last thing on the minds of everyone there--they are probably hurriedly doing a lot of job hunting about now. Just not a warm fuzzy feeling that this will end well. It's pretty ridiculous that my order is "processing" for this long without a shipping number being generated (same with GovernorSilver's order) -
Pocket Organ was pretty good for its time. If ya got money to throw about on apps, IK/Hammond B3X hard to beat. Best onboard Leslie in iOS to my ears. But GSI’s VB3m is actually easier to use and sound great for Rock without much tweaking…and that one works on iPhone. Another iPad app that been kind of under the radar is Blue3. I’ve been using that one for rehearsal lately…along the lines of VB3m but with better UI. Takes a very close 3rd place on the Leslie sim, but fine for my needs. -
OUCH! This sucks, I've been a customer for 45+ years hate to see this brand die. We reap what we sow and have now killed retail across multiple market segments. Not sure these are the droids we are looking for... -
Small, easy solution? Get one of these. Stereo in/out. A gazillion effects (up to 6 chained at a time). Don't let the Chorus/Delay/Reverb label fool you. It has so much more, and you can even load effects into it from the other zoom pedals (gtr amp sims & distortions) with a computer app. There's also a hack that lets you run separate fx chains on L/R chains independently. e.g. 2 mono keyboards can share the box with diff FX on each. Runs on batteries, ac adapter or usb power, can even respond to midi sysex commands if you use a wireless midi usb host do a bit of legwork. Built like a tank in a metal case. -
By KuruPrionz · Posted
Exactly correct, I've often called our bassists "The Secret King" because the whole thing tumbles to the ground without a solid foundation.
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Waaaay back when....I bought a white face ARP Odyssey off a friend of our drummer. Never had my eye on one, but it was a great deal and I needed one more synth for my rig. Probably did 200 gigs with it. I used it a ton, and it never let me down. I eventually sold it to help pay for a brand new DX7 when they first hit the streets. (Ya, it was that long ago) I honestly have never missed it - not even once, and would not buy another one, regardless of who makes it or how inexpensive they are. Too many better options out there these days. Odysseys always sounded a little too "thin" for my tastes. I much prefer a synth that can do "fat".....and any 37 note keyboards are generally an automatic pass for me now. -
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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.
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