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    • jerrythek
      Your band life, your home life.

      By jerrythek · Posted

      Warren Vache? Nice...
    • Docbop
      OT Sounding Amateur, Working Fast, and 14 Century Harmony

      By Docbop · Posted

      Warning no keyboard content, it shouldn't matter but in case it might.       GREAT IMO interview with Joe Gore talking about recording with on of my heros  Tom Waits and how he gets great musicians to sound amateur and works fast in the studio some very cool insight.     The starting about the 28 minute mark in the video they take an off ramp into harmony, Joe who have a classical background gets into how he view the tonality and relating it to 14 century music.     I started watching this interview and thought I'd just check out a bit and leave, but it held me spellbound till the end.  Part of what got me is over my years playing two the funkiest writers I got to play with later on it came out they had Phd in classical music.   Made me remember my young days and music school they would tell us.... If you're auditioning for Rock, Funk, or Pop gigs never mention your music education, it will immediately be two strikes against you.  People think if you studied music you can't Rock or get Funky don't say anything until after you have the gig and been working.            
    • Jim Alfredson
      Wow. It is really hard to choose a modern poly (VA) synth with all of these choices.

      By Jim Alfredson · Posted

      The Trigon is great.  The PolyBrute is the best analog poly of the last 20 years, imo.
    • Mighty Motif Max
      Arturia Astrolab

      By Mighty Motif Max · Posted

      I would like to play one of these in a store sometime - the YouTube demos aren't really convincing me that it sounds all that special, but I have a few Arturia plugins and those sound pretty decent. I think playing one in person would be the only way I could get an accurate view of how good it actually is.
    • Baldwin Funster
      Keyboard recommendations for someone who wants to play heavy metal.

      By Baldwin Funster · Posted

      I bought these in the gauges of a full set and still have most of them. But I only change strings if one breaks or I have a crucial gig on guitar. Since I am not currently playing guitar in a band that's like never.    https://www.guitarcenter.com/Rogue/P10-Bulk-12-Pack-010-Plain-Steel-Electric-Guitar-Strings-1274034494660.gc

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    • YashN
      In the Lab: Kurzweil K2700

      By YashN · Posted

      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.
    • K K
      In the Lab: Kurzweil K2700

      By K K · Posted

      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.
    • YashN
      In the Lab: Kurzweil K2700

      By YashN · Posted

      How is the Canadian Distribution looking in 2024?   What's the alternative if there's still no distribution? Sweetwater? Thomann?

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