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And a JoeMeek channel to have a little bit of control over the microphone sound before it enters the crappy sound system in the band's rehearsal room... (not a picture of the actual unit, but it was sold as new with original box, wiring, and documents just like in this picture) Bargain, 90€ + shipping! -
tbh, and seriously no offence meant at all to anyone, but why is it always so important to try and categorise keys players (or any instrument for that matter) into best and worst? And there are a couple more threads along these lines in the forums as well. They are all different and they all bring something unique to the table....I personally don't care if they play a thousand notes a minute or 10, as long as it is musical and with passion they've got me....don't care if some poll or another, or some critic or another or whatever and another decide they are not the best. -
Might have lucked on to a used (owner reckons in perfect condition??) Montage 7 for about the same price as the new MODX7....might be worth it, although I am usually averse to buying second hand anything!
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You can't get the pianos playable with the global velocity curves. You have to go into the individual patch and adjust the velocity depth and velocity offset parameters. It will never be a great piano board, but that can make it a lot more playable. -
The more mature I'm becoming, the more sparse my playing has become. To me, that feels like progress. It also doesn't feel easier than playing more notes. If anything, it's harder. The logical extension of this philosophy would of course be to play nothing, which would be absurd (insert John Cage joke here). Let's just say my starting point has left me a lot of room to evolve towards an ideal. So, yeah, Conte is doing something right in my book. Also, it seems like he's making a conscious choice to be the foundation and let others do the ornamentation. It's obviously working for him, so I don't think he cares what anyone thinks of his chops.
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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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