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By AnotherScott · Posted
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. -
By Josh Paxton · Posted
Something I posted to Facebook a couple years ago: MUPPET WISDOM FOR PIANO AND KEYBOARD PLAYERS Inside you there are two Muppets. One of them is a friendly dog. He brings a positive attitude, keeps his head down, and provides the best possible musical support for whoever is in the spotlight. He does this without drawing undue attention to himself or being distracted by the chaos around him. Then he goes home, takes himself for a walk, and goes to bed. The other is a flamboyant, orange-haired, green-skinned freak. He shows up in a top hat and cape, ready to boogie down. Together with the animal behind the drums, the cool chick on the guitar, and the crazy pyro guy, he knows exactly how to crank up the voltage and bring the party to a state of full Electric Mayhem. As a keyboardist, your musical life is largely a balancing act between your inner Rowlf the Dog and your inner Dr. Teeth. Embrace and nurture them both. Learning how and when to call on each of them will be one of your greatest assets. Sometimes you'll need to be one or the other, and often you’ll need to be a little of both. Sometimes you’ll show up expecting to be one, but it turns out you need to be the other, so it’s good to know how to switch between them. And sometimes you won’t know what to expect, so you’ll have to show up with one on each shoulder, ready to listen to whichever one whispers in your ear at any given moment. Be true to your inner Muppets. This is the way. -
By Justin Havu · Posted
I've gigged mine since 2019. It's okay for anything but acoustic or electric pianos. I find the velocity response very uneven with every curve in there. It's seriously making me want to sell it and go back to a Motif. -
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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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