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Never knew he was the one who played piano on Cat Stevens/Yusuf's great track. Always assumed it was Stevens who played it . Fun to see it dissected and further testament to what an innovative player RW is. Pulling out my vinyl, I've also rediscovered his great stuff with the Strawbs.

27 year weekly user of Finale. I wish they had at least decided to make it open source and the let the web fix it like Bandlab-Cakewalk. My Church gig will probably pay the crossgrade, but I'll have to pony up for my personal copy. Might consider Dorico Elements as it seems to cover mostly everything. I've had varying success with XML import export between Musescore, Finale, Sibelius. To the point where it's almost easier to recreate the song on some files. If I could get Finale to reliably import into Dorico at about 90% I'd be happy. I like that Finale fonts can be used in Dorico. After initially being gloomy upon the news, took a deep dive into Dorico videos and I'm impressed. Will have to try the demo tonight. I've long endured too many workarounds and bugs, with streamate and Keyboard maestro hacks to do the simplest of things in Finale, so perhaps I'm overdue. Though switching notation is almost more arduous than switching Daws.

Thanks for this!!! . Gives me a ton of warm memories. Especially Invisible Stand and DX7. I also poured over these and bought a few. (Still have S- Series Samplers S550 and S50). I did everything but sell blood to get my Dx7. (Actually, sold my OBXa... but luckily got it back, but that's another story....) Wish I was as organized, have a ton of old Catalogs and brochures and would like to do the same. Perhaps also showing my age, I sort of liken this to physically holding an LP (or even lowly CD) vs Mp3,. The paper brochure has more impact than viewing things online. These go great with the brochures: I wore out any corresponding Evantone sheets- especially the Arp Omni/Avatar and Dx sheets while reading along I

I use On-Stage KS7150 platform stand exclusively for the Classic As do many Hammond folks I don't do bass pedals, but have seen many who do with this stand and other clones. Plenty of room and it's very stable. Mostly use the pictured K&M for Nord-Piano stack, but also use the lesser known On Stage KSA 8500 2nd tier with the 7150 because it's highly tweakable (not to be confused with the cheaper 2nd tier option that is not height adjustable). The 7150 is also great for Wurli's and Rhodes.

I'm all in on Triton. I concur the same patch sounds similar, but not exact through the different models. "Smoothy pad" or some of the horn patches are ones I use a lot, and haven't had any problem adapting. I'm just happy to have access to them again. My LE was in storage too. This summer started doing a show again that used a ton of custom Multi LE patches. Considered recreating them, but ended up sampling them into the Nord. If I didn't need organ, would of brought the LE back out -silver nostalgia and all. Use the Triton plug all the time in Mainstage. They did a great job and the pads and horns still sound and work great. I've said before probably due to higher bit rates, I think all the digi Korg plugs (Triton/Wavestation/M1/Prophecy) actually sound a bit better and cleaner than the hardware. Agreed the "extreme" is fun in the studio, but bogs down Mainstage too. In my bar/wedding rig, also use Korg Module Triton expansion layered under Nord. I really wish they'd port it over to a dedicated IOS app. Finally, got one the snack sized Micro Triton (in the orange "gun" case) found for dirt cheap at a pawn shop. Use and love it on Acoustic piano gigs for key bass or synth stuff.

Thanks! I had posted pics of this rig a few weeks ago in another thread. I might actually take your idea and move the crossbar to another location. Though as mentioned, stability hasn't been a big issue once everything is on there. Part of my problem when using the Stage (as opposed to Electro) is I can't get it low enough for hand comfort, without blocking the controls of the YC. Several others here have shortened the top arms or drilled additional holes for more height options, and I've considered that. Moving the YC a bit forward ended up being my current solution. Still a work in progress. This month using electro and organ rig - but back out in September with this rig, and may go back to my old on-stage stand for that. apoppos

Thanks for posting this. Though I guess I'm living on the "incorrect edge". I often don't use the crossbar. Part of my own hack is to actually have the 2nd tier resting on those (closed) knurled screws without locking them in- because with my particular seated setup (Nord Stage or Electro on top - YC bottom) I need that little bit of extra height to keep access to the YC. I know the crossbar provides more stability, I usually just make sure the stand if fully extended widthwise and it's still pretty stable. BTW- As someone who is shop-challenged, I appreciated learning a what Tri-square is. It's a tool I never knew about before, and now I want one. 😃

Also thinking now the choice of monitored outputs makes a difference? Just finished up bunch of shows on big theater sound systems. Before I hit the road, I had balanced my patches at home using my practice mixer's VU, and planned on just using the YC73's built in. For these shows used Nord Stage on top and YC bottom, with Nord's outs patched into the YC. Then sent YC's 1/4 or XLRs to FOH via DI. One mistake I (think?) made was I used the YC's phones out to my Rolls PM thingie (mixed with a send from FOH) for IEM's. Rolls limiter was engaged for protection. In retrospect, really wonder if I should be listening to the stereo feed from the DI, to better represent exactly how the signal is coming out? Anyone else notice a significant difference when using the phones out vs main outs? In my mix from YC's phones jack, Nord's horns, strings & bells were killing me. So usually dialed Nord master back a bit. Then they sounded balanced with YC's sounds...or so I thought. When recently hearing several board or video mixes from different venues, Nord was often buried, while YC patches were crisp and clean and up front- even with similar patches.. I never pre-tested the Rolls configuration with the IEMs, and use regular head phones for personal practice- and wonder how all that interacted too? I know most FOH people usually slap on a limiter, but that would of clamped down the whole keys mix. Got no complaints at soundchecks, but thinking I need to change the way I monitor?

Having started with legacy collection, never found Korg to be all that generous with their upgrade path. I'm holding at 3. Use Triton and Wavestation a bunch and those are pretty specific sounding, but plenty of other sources for the synth sounds. Full Bucket Music has a ton of free early Korg emulations, and also a great Arp Omni. I think if you want a nice collection of synths plus decent Ep and AP, Clavs, and transistor organs- Arturia Analog lab offers very good bang for the buck at $99.00. They've also had some great freebies. I have V9, but could be happy just tweaking Analog Lab presets and get on with my day. I don't look to either company for electromechanical stuff, though I admit that Korg EP sounds nice in the isolated demos.

Actively following this. Still trying to find a way to control the internal synth of Nord Electro 6; which ends up being a bit of a Frankenstein thing to pull off the way Nord crippled the midi implementation. Have an original MSC2 but that works more for controlling external synths/modules from the Nord, and my NE6 rig is pretty limited for space. Turned to Etsy for some solutions: there is this for pitch, and several other vendors do mini-joysticks. I've bought USB mini faders for Mainstage and those work great, this one looks promising , though seller has addressed the Nord issues. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1718293183/baby-bend-midi-pitch-bend-controller-usb?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=custom+midi+controller&ref=sr_gallery-1-7&frs=1&sts=1&content_source=02b35ce43c18dc1de0a699b19745026689663dce%3A1718293183&organic_search_click=1 Fellow Nord Electro users: I follow this guy's great Nord channel and he's done couple of videos on ways to pull it off.

Not sure if we have a "dig my gig" thought it might be fun to share. Just finished up a leg with the Forever Motown revue which features surviving members from the Temps, 4 tops and a ton of other vocalists plus dancers. This is from Saturday at the beautiful Alabama theater in Myrtle Beach SC. I was 2nd keys, MD does sax and piano. Pretty much my same old rig. But went out this time not using Mainstage. Instead: after wiping it clean, put together a ton of custom samples into my old Stage 2 and worked really well. No mixer, just YC's built -in and a Rolls Pm55 (mounted on little shelf below Ipad #1) for IEMs. Ipad 2 is dedicated to ear mix and chart backup. Was also the first time used Forscore to fully automate program changes on all boards. Simple hack of separating multi-page scores and treating them as individual songs - this way programs will automatically load on every page turn- which was crucial for medleys. YC did great, especially for additional non-piano sounds (vibes, harp etc.) Experimented with a small Boss dual footswitch to do simultaneous leslie and sustain switching for both boards. Still need to do some tweaking. For upcoming travel will have to put together a mostly Mainstage rig. PS- my $5 Led light plugged into the YC's Usb port is my new favorite "why didn't I do this sooner?" thing..... Great to be able to see the A/B control panel. Their LD was gracious enough to find me some old-school gel paper to cut the brightness down a bit. You can see the faint blue glow to the LH side of YC logo.

Sold my Rotp Mk2 to get the more compact Vent strictly for organ use. Good news is they are fairly sought after by guitar players, and sold really quick. Didn't miss the tube, and welcomed Mini Vent's smaller size and better sound. On topic: Had a play with Wurlybird in hotel room- Loved this. My usuals are Acoustic Samples , Scarbee 200, and occasionally Modart's Wurli or the Waves. The test is how well they sit in a track or work live. Bit purist , so prefer dry, no fx, natural with a tad of vibrato and a little top end bump. Was really impressed! . Instant buy. Great job and thanks Mike!!

Looking forward to demoing. As owner of real '58 120 and a '75 200a, happy to see something other than the 200 series. Adore older early tube Wurlis, but those actions are downright primitive and a chore to play.

So Yamaha basically said, "just try it, worst case it won't work.." I also reached out to the led vendor to see if they had any additional specs. As mentioned did this forever on my Kurzweil with a 1st gen LED- never had a problem. As Stoken mentioned, these new ones are much more efficient. So much that even on lowest setting, needed a piece of painters tape covering the lens to knock it down a bit to not PO any LDs. I'll have to ask for a scrap of old-school gel paper on the gig.

That's a good idea. I currently have a multi on the floor going to two ipads, plus a BT midi thru box which also needs usb power. If brought up to keyboard level might cut down on the fugly factor. Thanks all. Funny- Yamaha has "escalated" my inquiry to a senior tech. I'll keep ya posted if they go beyond the standard "don't charge your phone" response.