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Repairs and Mods
Repairs, modifications, tips, tricks and other suggestions for ailing keyboards and synthesizers.
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By Paul Woodward · Posted
Way off your ‘spec list’ but, in a pinch, Korg Module can trigger one hit samples as long as they are in an audio format i.e. MP3. I tried to replicate the wave trigger function of the Yamaha CK and it worked so I had the Sledgehammer and Queens one vision intros etc. Additionally, Gadget could be set to have gadgets that receive on all 16 channels and, with a controller that has pads, they could be set to trigger individual sounds or samples. Cheap and flexible option maybe. -
I'm still waiting for the first musician to build a Windows VST rig using a Steam Deck (or Asus Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, etc.) Cheers, Mike. -
Paging @El Lobo. Your zombie thread has reopened in 2024, and you are invited to post again. That's @El Lobo to the Barbara Dennerlein thread please. 🙂 Cheers, Mike.
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This nails it. My bassline groove is actually better with my LH than RH, but I need to focus, and not be distracted. Cheers, Mike.
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Thanks Scott. My iPad won't do Stage Manager, but it will do Split View - so I could run two (visible) apps simultaneously. However, on dep (US: "sub") gigs, I need the full screen of the iPad to display charts. I guess I could run Kodule+Bandhelper on my iPad, and SampleBot/Koala/whatever on my phone. The challenge there is that I would then need a mixer to combine my keyboard, Rompler and sampler audio - I'm trying to avoid the extra setup complexity. I'm also hoping that a single USB MIDI connection linking Nord to iPad can be shared between apps (IN from Bandhelper, OUT to Kodule). Kodule+Sampler on my phone/Bandhelper on my iPad solves the screen problem, and saves one audio channel, but brings its own complications. My Nord Stage taking MIDI in on 5-pin DIN from a controller, and MIDI in on USB from BandHelper. I would need MIDI out from the Nord to Kodule - Korg PlugKey I guess, until my lightning-equipped phone is replaced with a USBC alternative... Cheers, Mike.
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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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