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This Impromptu was one of the first pieces I learned when I switched from pop/prog/etc to advanced classical music and study the great piano masters. But with the years, I ended up disliking it more and more. So many people play the allegro parts completely wrong (often presto and beyond - hey everything has to be extreme to be noticeable) while disregarding the actual music. Even Rubinstein above sucks big time with his coda a complete Alzheimer's train wreck - it is beyond me that this was retained as some official recording. The two others also got the coda dual rhythm wrong but at least they don't erase several bars off the score. So strangely here, only the Synthesia video is respectful of the coda. The best performance is actually from the girl as she is the only one out of four examples to correctly play the accents after the initial diminuendo. For the second occurrence it is clearly specified to emphasize the high notes and not once again the thumbs banging the low notes, another mistake that Rubinstein does remarkably well here. In any case, Chopin didn't want to publish the piece because he borrowed/photocopied Beethoven passages from his opus 27-2. The two pieces are even in the same key, so kind of too obvious. Don't misunderstand me, as an exercise I think this piece can be very fun to learn : a nice challenge and also good to practice different rhythms on both hands at the same time. And it is actually quite easy to be unable to hear one's mistakes given the amount of notes played very rapidly in poly-rhythms, so kind of fun to warm up. But more importantly, do Chopin a favour and let this piece being what it is - a fun exercise. Anyone using it to try to show off might be shooting oneself in the foot.

It's actually the 5th object in about a week, which is weird. 1) The big balloon shot over NC, 2) a similar balloon gone to Central America (no follow-up on this one), 3) a much smaller one of apparently cylindrical shape shot over Alaska, 4) another unmanned one shot over Yukon yesterday and 5) this last one of apparently octagonal or hexagonal shape (!) over Huron Lake. In all cases, they were flying very slow as if all simply balloon type. We are of course talking about human technology here. Actual "alien" objects have been seen and in some cases even confirmed by authorities before (if in doubt, google Nimitz incident, Ariel school, etc.) but don't worry as their technology is so advanced there is no way they could have been intercepted by F22s or whatever.

Much better than Steely Dan in a similar style with 1,3 billion views...

It's basically simple, your backup app created a long subdirectory list for the stuff you decided to save. If for a moment you forget everything from PETER-HP to 20160724_133939_Peter on your your attached pic, you end up with C:\Users\Peter. C:\Users is on all W10 systems, and Peter is what you decided to name your previous computer from the backup comes from. So regardless if you reinstalled an entirely new W10 on the new computer or your backup is actually a cloned drive, you can copy/paste anything needed from your backup in the correct places on your new computer simply by disregarding the long PETER-HP to 20160724_133939_Peter series of subdirectories. So if you are missing files on your new computer in the C:\Users\Peter\Documents, simply copy/paste what you need and is in your backup at (disregarding the prefix series PETER-HP to 20160724_133939_Peter) at C:\Users\Peter\Documents.

On the other hand, not many DPs feature the cowbell or have at least one 5-octave cowbell program. Maybe worth another discussion.

"The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all." - Victor Borge "Do it." - Vangelis

I have a somewhat similar approach myself too. Since music for me is first of all live performance, I much prefer a keyboard instrument to record ideas. To me, writing using a computer kills inspiration. If I need to play complex sequences, I don't rely on a cold sequencer, I play/record them live using my fingers/hands. So when I have interesting ideas, I simply push the record button on my Korg Kronos and play to save them in both audio and MIDI. In case you are not sure what is MIDI exactly, you can imagine it as a piano roll for old mechanical piano players. It's just data of which notes you played, how soft/hard you played them and other things you do (pedal, etc.), but there is no sound. So by recording both MIDI and audio at the same time, you can later edit the events you did and/or just keep the audio file if all is OK. I can also prefer to write down using a score. It can be on a DAW I like (here you really need to test several to find one you find not too time consuming) or using a score writing software like Finale or Sibelius. Note that you can also transform live played ideas in scores later using Finale and similar software. I personally often end up creating multitrack compositions just like I used to do decades ago on tape, which is recording everything live and in audio, using musical instruments, but now it is transferred on a DAW instead of tape. This way, everything remains more spontaneous and I can always edit a few things on the DAW later. To me, it sounds more realistic and musical than if near everything is done on a computer at perfect tempo, unless you want to write electronic music stuff or need a robotic feel in a piece, which I also seldom do. So in short, it all depends what type of musician you are (mostly writing on paper, performing live, both, something else, etc.) and what type of compositions and musical goals you have. Don't worry if it feels overwhelming, as it actually is. My simple advice is test as many DAWs and music software as you need during their trial mode. At some point, you will discover that some of them will please you a lot more than others. Same with workstation keyboards. Go test them at your local musical stores to see which ones offer what you feel are the best sounds and that you will use most often. In my case, the choice was easy as the Kronos also has a complete sampler so I can create and add my own sound libraries for near limitless possibilities.

A huge loss for the world of contemporary film music. To me, the music world of Mr Badalamenti is dark, deep, often depicting difficult emotions, always reaching the soul of the listener in his own unique way. About Twin Peaks, Julee Cruise and also Kenneth Welsh also died earlier this year. With this sad news I can now hear this very touching piece from him. My sincere sympathies to his family and friends.

Nope, KK just means Korg Kronos (but shhh... don't tell anyone). The other K is not mine, but generated by the site.

Not sure about the circuitry common to the GX-1 and CS-80, but certain preset sounds are indeed quite close. I remember also my late favorite uncle who bought an Electone Yamaha organ decades ago. It had exactly the same type of colored buttons as on the GX-1 or CS-80 and some of them were strings and brass sounds, which back then was quite unusual compared to most home organs you could buy. I can't remember clearly as it's been such a long time, but even those particular Yamaha organs might have shared some of the electronics with the GX-1, which after all was more a gigantic home organ than a synth. Oh and interesting idea about the CS-80 played as a accordion, except you would need Arnold Schwarzenegger or Dwayne Johnson muscles and even then they might get tired pretty quickly. 😃

Hello, Hopefully, this is OK to post in Craig's forum since it's about synth sounds. Otherwise you can delete it if it's not OK with you. Do you have suggestions for an inexpensive site where I could create a simple web page and offer/sell digital files, mostly sample sets, synth programs and such. With as little monthly fees as possible, since I doubt I will sell so many, especially in the beginning. I don't want to use PayPal for payments, so a site which provides a safe e-commerce service where the buyer enters his credit card, etc. I've been trying to find such a service for more than a year, it's always either too complicated or too fancy/expensive for what I would offer. I have good talent at programming synth sounds and creating sample sets, but my problem is I don't know much about how to program HTML or integrate e-commerce payment thingie in a web site. So I hope there are reliable sites where they offer all of that together without being too complicated. Do you know of any reliable ones where people you know had a good experience (or a bad experience so I don't choose them) ? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Indeed, it is common to see online sources apparently unable to distinguish between CS-80 and GX-1. ABBA's Benny Anderson also had a GX-1. There is just a little 400+ lbs difference between a GX-1 console and a CS-80. Hence why Yamaha used CS for Compact Synthesizer. After all, a CS-80 is only 220 lbs, about half the weight of a Hammond C3.

Many things can make an acoustic piano action "feeling heavy". For example, people not used to play acoustic pianos can think they feel stiff/heavy, until they develop a technique not just playing from the fingers but also using arm/forearm weight, etc. I am not a tech but I know how to regulate and tune acoustic pianos so I would know what to verify. Also, never buy a piano which is out of tune. In most cases, it's a proof that it was poorly maintained, so the action is probably quite out of regulation as well and techs will charge you a little fortune for that. Instead, look for pianos in good condition and well-tuned. If you buy from a piano store, ask to include a free regulation in your purchase price, it's a very common practice.

Most well-known ? Probably. I would also add Eddie Jobson in the top ten CS-80 users list.

25 years (1990, 2015) between those two. 🙃

To try to categorize music is mostly useless. Is ELP's The Barbarian more "prog" than Bartok's Allegro Barbaro ? Are the five last Beethoven Sonatas just classical/romantic, even though they incorporate such advanced composition techniques (or even "jazz" elements) that it took 20 years before pianists dared to play them in public ? What about Beethoven's Grosse Fuge ? Is it classical, avant-garde or the very first heavy metal composition ? If ELP is a progressive band, therefore their Love Beach album is as well ? 🤪 In any case, interestingly the year 1973 +/- a couple of months saw the best composers/musicians/bands of the time create some of their most impressive masterworks. Yes - Close To The Edge ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory Genesis - Selling England By The Pound King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Vangelis - Earth Patrick Moraz - Refugee (with Lee Jackson and Brian Davison) etc.

An "upgrade" which brings more troubles than it solves isn't. The only plus of this (old) hack attempt is a bit more RAM available, at the expense of bringing unexpected crashes at any time, no to mention increased fan noise, etc. Proceed at your own risk. Also, gigging with any digital instrument without basic protection like an UPS is just looking for trouble. Wonder if Hammond B3 & C3 owners complained about boot time. 😀

One of the most original use of extremely low end bass (down to Bb0). The original studio version of this piece was actually played on the Stick by Emmett Chapman himself. https://youtu.be/ueCwOoKZ_DE?t=125

For me, Kurzweil went from top of my list to no way, never again. Around 1990, put a deposit to be the first to get their (back then) new K1200. Its production was delayed almost a year, so after lots of apologies by them I got a (just as great) 1000PX module and assorted MIDIboard, both brand new. Zero problem with the latter to this day. At this time, Kurzweil customer service people were true gentlemen, not to mention legendary guys like Robert Moog and Hal Chamberlin behind their concepts. I remember another nice Kurzweil fellow named David Fox who confirmed to me about two problems I experienced with the 1000PX, one software and one hardware. Mr Fox was always very nice, confirmed I was correct about the bugs and gave me instructions to fix them, and also later when I ordered sound blocks to add in the sound module. In my book, this is what I refer to as impeccable professional customer service. Unfortunately, the company was later bought by YC and changed quite a bit. Bought another brand new PC2X around 2005. Based on my previous personal experience with Kurzweil and since nobody had that model available around, I ordered it sight unseen. What a terrible mistake I did. Kurzweil keyboards now came with Fatar actions. Mine had this annoying problem that black and white keys velocities vs applied weight were off by 10% and more. The new Kurzweil service guys couldn't care less and actually refused to acknowledge the problem, even though other people had it as well. A particularly annoying and condescending guy, who shall remain nameless since he still works there, even told me that it was caused by my deficient (or lack of) playing technique. As if I had never owned any other digital keyboard before even though I played them for 30+ years already back then, including many concert pianos, etc. So I said OK, thanks. I fixed the Fatar action myself as it was a hardware problem and added Kurzweil on my black list. I then sold the PC2X, but still play the old 1000PX and MIDIboard. In my book, customer service employees should be nice people or at least have a good attitude. In short, it takes just one moron to kill a company's reputation. In my case, I prefer to keep fond memories of the older version of Kurzweil, with Ray, Bob, Hal and David. Those are true gentlemen and I thank them for their respective excellent work.

Very likely Korg is simply using existing samples to emulate M1 programs. Otherwise it would be useless loss of RAM. The Kronos ROM includes all samples from the Wavestation (which itself included all M1 samples + many more). So this soundset likely points to existing Nautilus WS samples or close equivalents to achieve its goal.

Joke of the day... What's Delirium favorite band? :grin: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0108/atlantic.records/10.abba.jpg Hi Delirium! I love Agnetha too.

Hahahahaha, really funny one, thanks BluesKeys. :grin: My favorites are : P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Something loose in cockpit S: Something tightened in cockpit