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Pretty amazing board here: Lee Michaels? I saw the two of them at the paramount theater in Downtown Portland Oregon. I guess it was maybe ‘73 or ‘74. as an alternative to the deafening stacks of 900’s and Hammond he took to the stage with what appeared to be a Wurlitzer electric piano running through a no less deafening (to me) stack of Marshall amplifiers. It was surreally and likely dangerously loud. But they sounded GREAT!

https://youtu.be/ss7JaHFeB6s?si=vQXV5WEyonySKoma

Note the knee-pedal-wah just under the right side of the lower case. Only farfisa and only on this model I think.

Thanks for this Time Machine! Suddenly I find myself thrust back into the 80s DX and SID in one discussion?? and OMG Plogue! Nicely done. side story. I too was dirt poor, but crazy ambitious it must have been 1981 or thereabouts that I walked into a studio at 19th and M st. NW in downtown dc that was built out of unobtainium. The whole place was one giant synclavier and it was utterly stunning. But also utterly unobtainable. around the same time came the fairlight (also unobtainable). Then came the DX. and for the adventurous the SID. glory days for the not rich!! I still have both.

Uh oh ….where’s Moe? there’s something to be said about not being first kid on the block. I fell into DX world late in the game and scored all manner of DX for real cheap. Still love that 200 and don’t get me started on grey matter E!

HDMI out? im so tired of the teeny, tiny (fragile) displays.

I too have multiple adapters that include a few irigs but the keyword here is pocket. (makes me think of Mae West but if I say anything I’ll get banned) the biggest that I’ll try is that multi-adapter but the kluge makes me pause. the good compromise seems to be Bluetooth midi instead of Bluetooth audio. that and by going with the yammy BT101 (I think that’s the correct name) hanging off the cp I also now send midi to much more than just the iPhone (the rack can hear Bluetooth midi) so far so good. the free app that brings it in is BLE-midi. thanks folks!

The question is which dual adapter for iPhone14 lightning port will really work? control comes from a reface cp via usbmidi which hits the lightning input of a Belkin “power port adapter” it’s a dual because this adapter also has a 3.5mm audio out which nicely routes VB3m audio from the phone into the cp audio in. problem is that this adapter is not passing usbmidi data through it’s lightning input. that input contrary to at least one review seems to only be looking for power and is not a fully functional lightning port. I’m avoiding Bluetooth midi because of the latency. is there an adapter that can provide a3.5mm audio out AND usbmidi data into the iPhone. it would be kind of an elegant setup-if I could find one that actually works! thanks folks!

This board right here is the best. And I probably got this DX7 from somebody here a decade ago. Yes holy grail synth action that changed with the (lighter)dx7ii…small sacrifice…

No way! I was upset at $15.00 shipping watch out for the tricksters.

2 bucks? How can I possibly resist. And it looks as minimalist as can be. Like!

I recently chopped a “lightweight” ultimate support DELTEX stand down from 48” to about 32” for this sorta same purpose. They’re now discontinued(bad design IMHO) and somewhat available on the used market for cheap.

Another vote for the Tascam LM8-ST. 1RU dirt simple, does the job.

“I started out as a poor black child” i couldn’t afford any of it. we had an upright piano in the basement for what seemed like forever before I got a Thomas organ that was an upgrade from a sears and roebuck reed/chord organ. From that I moved on to a red farfisa organ. Some old guys heard what I was trying to do and took me to a nghtclub,sat me behind what to me was a giant church organ and said “turn it on”. I will never forget that day. It was my first b3 and I was 12. A few years later I scored an m3 that I absolutely adored and gigged with for many years. I also never in life could afford fender Rhodes electric Piano but recently was GIVEN a MK II 88 that I am now restoring. Eventually it will be my next love story but right now it’s beat to hell so the verdict is still out. Meanwhile making good use of a yammi reface cp. and iOS is a wonder. For so much less I now have hundreds of virtual synths that I could never afford in the real world.

It’s nice to hear the Deltex mentioned here because I recently cannibalized a broken one, cutting it down to around 32 inches in height to accommodate an “ultralight” micro keyboard rig. Turns out that the Deltex isn’t that much lighter but the super-cheap model airplane PLASTIC main bracket/clamp down at the bottom is prone to breakage(Duh.) I had an Apex given to me many years ago and for my purposes it has always been bulletproof.

Could this be a Reface CK predecessor? (The new yammi CK appears to basically be a cp/yc combo in 61 and 88 key configs.😎

I very much like the idea of a slightly taller reface by way of a “spacer” between the half shells. This appears to have turned into another KC group project, Yay!

Hmmm…the yc and the cp main boards are from the same family and are tiny enough that I might be able to stack them in the stock cp case, marry it to the backplane…maybe do a little shielding…and done??

Hmmm…the yc and the cp main boards are from the same family and are tiny enough that I might be able to stack them in the stock cp case, marry it to the backplane…maybe do a little shielding…and done??

Keeping the cp keys and controls. The idea is for it to appear to be an unmolested reface cp.

I’m in for it now. Found a reface yc motherboard. And picked up a bottom half of a reface shell that I hope to marry to the underside of a reface cp. I use the reface as a module and don’t need the control/key surfaces. Wish me luck please.

There’s so much good stuff at chucks that I always take two Tylenols before going into the keyboard shop. It can be a bit overwhelming😎

I’ve got some work to do to catch up on all these great guitar players. Thanks. I too was going to mention Stanley Jordan. Caught his show at Blues Alley and it was incredible. You could tell that the majority of guys in the club that night were guitarists that got a little overconfident when Stanley started his show humbly. And being a one man act his meter was his alone and it kept on changing which was a bit troubling at first but when he fell into his groove it was otherworldly and the audience guitarists began to slump and squirm. Stanley’s hammer style of playing kicked in and he’s a multi-instrumentalist on one instrument.Simply amazing, but then there’s that other guitar that was mounted on a mic stand on the other side of the stage. Halfway through the show Stanley casually walks over to the second guitar and mid song he reaches over and starts playing that guitar at the same time! Utterly unbelievable and the music was almost unfathomable. All of those judgmental guitarists were flattened and I had to just laugh as Stanley ripped through Eleanor Rigby on Two guitars at once.(playing 4 parts by himself)

I didn’t start this thread so this might expand into another thread but since we’re talking about broadcast radio… how do I legally “cross post” from MPN to terrestrial FM radio and the station website? There’s a lot more here than YouTube and copyright protected content and I’m already guilty to a tiny extent but the wealth of fresh content makes it a must-do. (Some of you guys have already been on the air!😎)

Now this is a first!!! thanks for the plug DAVE! This board has now just brought me to tears! “Could use more funding”…greatest understatement of all time! The jazz and justice non-profit broadcast radio struggle is phenomenal. When worlds collide: or wait’ll you get a load of the 50,000 Watt synth!😎 thanks mpn!