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By Jose EB5AGV · Posted
Here in Spain the unusual is to find a piano in a church, at least on the predominant Catholic ones. You can find tube organs in some larger ones, and electronic organs in others. But acoustic pianos are not usually found. In fact, I am trying to remember any church around this area with a piano, and can't remember any. So, yes, it seems a cultural thing 🤔 -
That's correct. The combination of these partials make an endless journey in sound design without entering into any subtractive lfos/filterings/effects etc... You can enter into it, since it is a wonderful thing, when a sound dynamically changes its physical parameters in a time scale, but when you enter there you've already have your SOUND, stored on your machine with you! From now I can not imagine another way to design a new sound other than that. Yes, you can do it with this method too: you can add or replace non overlapping or overlapping layers/elements in frequency at your choice. But with these instruments, you will replace, or "enrich" a frequency, or a range of frequency only, not a complete spectrum. P.s.: I think you are a clever man, (as people in this forum in general there are). It's a great thing to be a part of this forum. -
By Paul Woodward · Posted
Yup, that was the price I would have grabbed it as I know I would use it more than the other pianos, and it turns my Keystage and iPad into a decent sounding instrument. But, £30 is really milking this when something new and much more powerful like the Nerd synth is £4.99. For the record, I always thought Korg app prices were very reasonable, especially given the regular sales, but this is their most expensive expansion and, for that, you might hope for a Kronos quality piano set. -
By mauriziodececco · Posted
Why it should ? It is not a ROMpler, Arturia VIs are modelled (VA or other technique) (with the exception of the new 'augmented' stuff). I think an NI equivalent would be a ROMpler, and if playing all the Komplete stuff would be highly competitive with existing keyboards. Arturia stuff is a lot more on synths and vintage keyboard emulation ; i love playing the Farfisa Compact, it have exactly the same 50Hz hum that had my Compact when i was a teenager :). Anyway, I cannot really wrap my brain around the idea: as a VA synth, is probably one of the most powerful ever produced; for exemple you got an ARP 2600, an EMS VCS3 and a Buchla Easel, and a Moog Modular emulation inside, do you know any other VA keyboard that is modular (Nord Modulars excluded) ?. On other side, even if it is all this, is a preset machine, fully programmable with your computer if you have a V Collection. So, full dive in the studio to prepare the performance. So, in some sense, the same use case of instruments like the MODX. A lot less fun :). IMHO, giving the two point above, the one split point and the limited UI and controls make sens; anyway, you cannot use the UI to tweak the sounds in depth, so, the whole set seems at least coherent. Anyway, this weekend there is a SynthFest in Nantes, in France, and Arturia will be there; i will be there the Saturday, and if they present the Astrolab I'll try to check it out, and I'll report :). Without any guarantee, send me your specific questions in PM, if possible i'll try to get an answer. Maurizio -
By Still VanDerGraaf · Posted
Absolutely- crazy pricing for one 20 year-old piano sound. It can be made to cut very well through loud rock bands and I used it in exactly that way live on my hardware Oasys. That does not make it worth £30. I would say £10 would be a fair price.
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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. -
How is the Canadian Distribution looking in 2024? What's the alternative if there's still no distribution? Sweetwater? Thomann?
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