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    MIDIBoard headed my way

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    Depends on the MIDIboard version. It is easy to figure out simply looking at the front control panel, namely the logo and the parameter list. The later the version, the better.

     

    On the v1, the MIDIBOARD logo letters are not filled in white, as opposed to the later models, and its parameter list has only two columns. On the v2, you see the logo with fully white letters and a parameter list on three columns (last column is incomplete). Finally, on the v3 the logo is like on the v2 but the parameter list has four full columns.

     

    For the price to ask, it depends on the condition. IMHO the v3 in particular is still worth big money because of the design of elastomeric hammers striking a capacitance area, which offers incredible longevity. There is nothing comparable nowadays. Fatar actions fall apart after a couple of years. My v3 is 30+ years old and doing just fine.

    Pin number and Password Crazyness

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    At my stupid paranoid job (and it's not even in a "sensitive" or security domain) you are forced to change password every 3 months and use weird characters in them in several different systems and software, etc. :freak: Then for each you receive a robot call on your cell to confirm it is you and complete the login typing a randomly chosen 6-digit code. :wacko: The most fun is that when inevitably you forgot a password and type 3 times something wrong in any system, you get locked and have to call the IT service to unlock it. I would agree with such nonsense if I worked for the FBI or at a nuke silo or something.

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    All Frasier intros transcribed

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    2 hours ago, SamuelBLupowitz said:

    This episode is the source of one of the most quotable lines in the entire show: "if less is more, imagine how much more more would be!"

     

    I think about that in the recording studio ... all the time. :roll: 

     

    Yes there are quite a few fun musical moments throughout the episodes. As you probably remember, this complicated orchestral version of the radio song ends up in a very efficient short one at the end of the episode. Also, it is worth mentioning that the actor playing Niles plays piano very well. When you see him play piano in several episodes either at Frasier's or in his own fancy apartment in the show, it is actually real playing.   :keys2:

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    Gb or F# ??

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    1 - To determine such things, modulation is the key (I mean... Modulation is when you move away from the key).  :roll:

     

    2 - Unless impossible, accidentals should respect the key you're in. So if you are in E major, modulate with sharps or naturals. Use flat accidentals only if no choice.

     

    3 - Study the great composers. You will see there is indeed stuff with more than 7 sharps or flats. Not fun, but that's why they invented tylenol.

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    Holy hell — Korg reissue PS-3300!

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    3 hours ago, sunspot said:

    Lol, hell of a deal...what is the effing point.  Reissue an old classic and make it sheer unobtainium but for only the wealthy...

     

    13 K$ for that Korg monster is peanuts compared to the recently reissued Moog 55 at 35 K$ and "Emerson" Moog Modular System at 150 K$.

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