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Koenraad, I can recommend the DXR8mk2s. I used them and the QSC K8.2s for almost a year, both with my P-515 and CP88. Both were excellent - with the P515, I'd maybe give a slight edge to the Yamahas for a more round tone. Conversely, the QSC K8.2s seemed to make the CP88 CFX sample sound more alive and pop with the rhythm section. But I don't think you could go wrong with either speaker. It's very very close. I eventually went for the gold with the newer RCF TT-08A mk2s for the increased detail and hi-fidelity. I sold both pairs of speakers literally what I paid for them and got a great price on the RCFs. I've been very happy the last 9 months with the CP88, the JMK Audio JM-110 and TT-08A mk2 combo. In a true acoustic type jazz context, where the keyboard is trying best to mimic an acoustic grand, a 10" speaker (or larger) can easily smother, or overwhelm, an acoustic bass, as well as a smaller jazz kit with an 18" bass drum. On the other hand if you are playing in larger rooms, and you are running piano, vocals, and sax through them in a foh application, I could see using the DXR10mk2s, or QSC K10.2s. Otherwise, just for your own monitoring DXR8mk2s or QSC's all the way. A fwiw, the DXR8mk2s don't go into a wedge/ floor monitor position, where the QSC K8.2s do. I set my Yamahas on short Yorkville speaker poles or 13" folding steps. The K8.2s worked great on the short Yorkville speaker stands. -
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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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