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Nice list of items done. I enjoy regulating and tuning my grand piano myself since 2012. Bought tools and a good tuning hammer and I also tune a few other grands every now and then. It takes a lot of patience and attention to detail but I find it super fun. The first thing to do is to correctly sit the action/keyframe on the keybed so both touch at every adjustable point, otherwise if not done correctly all kinds of problems happen including weird noises and premature wear. I don't do voicing though, since this takes experience, but it's fun to quickly correct any annoyance or imperfection on keys and dampers should they happen, etc.
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A machine like the Kronos has indeed near limitless possibilities because it is also a sampler. But if we talk about the usual substractive synthesis with let's say 6 or 7 waveforms, you can indeed only go so far.
But I believe that the key is inspiration, both in creating sounds and the music that uses them. Guys like Florian Schneider achieved incredible sounds with conventional synths (many Kraftwerk albums). Even in the 60s, people like Pierre Henry could make a synth scream like an angry T-Rex (Psyché Rock) and nobody does that anymore. I think it is simply that nowadays, people just select preset sounds and don't experiment to create their own so much. In my case, I enjoy creating new sounds lots when I have some free time.
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1 hour ago, MathOfInsects said:
Beethoven didn't orchestrate first and then pick a key that matched his orchestration second.
And I have never said that either - as I wrote in italics above "...had to be in that key." I've studied and play Beethoven since forever. I have little time to argue but will say that rather than opinions, I prefer to rely on what the maestro wrote himself : his notebooks, manuscripts, conversations, letters and such.
Going back to the point, because they used UTs Beethoven and others of his time knew, consciously or unconsciously, in which key their music had to be written because each represented something unique. So Cm has for sure a special significance/importance for him, since it represented destiny's fatality and he wanted to express that in some of his famous works. But other keys were just as important when it was time to express other emotions : Bb (opus 106), E (opus 101, 109), F (6th), D (Missa Solemnis, 9th), A (opus 47), Dm (opus 31-2), etc. So I'll leave at that, see you in another discussion such as why ET (equal temperament) sucks.
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To make a very long story short, Beethoven and other great masters of the time used UTs (unequal temperaments) and choose certain keys for each of their compositions because they believed they all had different meanings. So Beethoven didn't think Cm was more beautiful than others, he happened to choose it more often partly because of his particular ways of orchestrating (opus 18-4, 30-2, 67, etc.) and mostly because the opus he composed in Cm simply had to be in that key. Just like he wrote the very tender movement of the Emperor Concerto in B, etc. So if Beethoven had a modern digital keyboard, he would never have used the transpose button.
Sorry for the off topic passage and back to perfect pitch programming.
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Sorry but what was written above about Beethoven is totally wrong. A better starting point is that Beethoven and other great masters of that era didn't use equal temperament.
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28 minutes ago, Dr Nursers said:
when a keyboard is transposed the player does not like it at all, not because they 'remember' the pitch ascribed to that key on the keyboard, but because when they perceive both the visual (the key being pressed) and the auditory (the sound heard), there's a perceptual dissonance.
A fun thing is to create a keyboard program with negative pitch slope and to try to play it for more than one minute. So with 88 keys, A0 = C8 and vice-versa, etc.
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Anyone who thinks has perfect pitch or not should read about the Tritone Paradox and/or try the exercise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8FjZ5NHzeM).
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Digital piano and synth actions with velocity discrepancies between white and black keys are not new. So there is no link between such problems and poly AT, rather it is a sign that the manufacturer has a faulty design or QC problems. Around 2000, I bought a brand new Kurzweil PC2X sight unseen, as I was confident the company was still making great products since I owned Kurzweils made in the 1990. What a mistake that was. I ended up discovering that the cheap Fatar action in the PC2X had the exact problem some mention here in recent products : black and white keys responding differently.
After arguing with Kurzweil to replace the action or the whole unit, the then "top customer service guy" (which I believe is still working for them) concluded my playing technique was the problem. Yeah, sure, I suddenly can't play any simple thing nor advanced classical stuff normally after 30 years of near daily practice, but only on their cheap Fatar action. After that, I decided to design a hardware solution myself (I also shared it with other PC2X owners who had the same problem) and after a few years sold the PC2X. From that lovely experience, I never bought from Kurzweil again because of their nonsense policy of ignoring their customers when they find actual problems with their products. In my book, a company who acts like this is blacklisted for life. Never regretted it.
So I am just telling anyone here, don't accept BS if a company blames you for their cheap products or faulty designs and telling you things like you don't know how to play correctly.
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3 hours ago, Radagast said:
If you really want to see some people’s heads explode, watch what happens if Behringer ever clones a Hammond.
Good one ! DEFCON 2 will be declared and there will be a new forum for all outraged purists to complain as they wish for the next 25 years .
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Yes, happy USA Thanksgiving from the Great White North and as usual sorry we get to choose the best turkeys two months before you guys there.
And where the heck is ITGITC ? 
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Check VSL
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Several Korg machines respond to poly AT (Kronos, etc.) as well as most Kurzweils (even my old 1990 K1200).
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Here in the Great White North, we are lucky now to have this German Market at Christmas since some years and we find it lovely. The food is great and we can enjoy German and European music and traditions. Not as incredible as the examples below, but just wanted to say one can rediscover the beauty of Christmas at any age.
So happy holidays and as usual sorry we get to choose the best turkeys two months before you there.
And where the heck is ITGITC ?
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Never believe anything sales people say. In this case, he achieved his goal : you remember the name of his store.
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I think the recording is self-explanatory. Obvious slight rhythmic imperfections show it was done in real-time. Also, since playing at that speed on a mono synth can easily lead up to some erratic envelope triggering, it likely explains why Mr Wakeman later chose a more docile instrument like his Hammond organ for that part.
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On 11/7/2023 at 8:21 AM, Julius D Majestic Studios said:
The power switch automatically flips from on to off. Like a ghost does it😂😂.
Hi there, I'm late to the party but I can confirm this is also a feature on the Korg Kronos. So if the Auto-Power Off is set to a given time, the switch physically goes to the off position and rather loudly.
This works using a timed "kill switch" circuit which sends a signal for that purpose. The machine also needs a special type of on/off switch. On the Kronos though, you hear 30 beeps during the last 30 seconds to warn you, as a last chance to push on a key to cancel the kill switch signal.
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3 hours ago, Lou Gehrig Charles said:
Having two "C"s on there seems like an extravagance, like having two "E" strings on a guitar.
Yes, that's probably why this instrument was not popular. Too much C redundancy and way too many knobs and buttons.
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Anti GAS pic ?
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Good read, thanks for sharing. One of my favorite works from RW is his King Arthur album and it's interesting to know the details about when he composed it.
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Very good adaptation and playing of this masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
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And where the heck is ITGITC ? 
This works using a timed "kill switch" circuit which sends a signal for that purpose. The machine also needs a special type of on/off switch. On the Kronos though, you hear 30 beeps during the last 30 seconds to warn you, as a last chance to push on a key to cancel the kill switch signal. 
Introducing UB-Xa
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Please consult my new thread about how to pronounce Behringer correctly. Should the G be pronounced as in Ginger or as in gig ? I estimate it will last about 56 pages, with only 3 replies on topic.