BernMeister

Tough, as there are many contexts to contend with...even in the same song. However, from what I hear, my picks are 5 (horrible fast Leslie) and 7...mostly for their clarity. The distortion in the others add too much mud. I'm not going to comment as to which has the better slow Leslie sound; I'm guessing the slow settings weren't properly matched between the test units in the first place. I will say the best fast Leslie I'm hearing is from 1 and 2.

I'd suggest you don't overthink it; I hear it as simple 8th and 16th notes throughout...paraphrased a la John Lennon, of course. I would eliminate the triplet markings altogether. However, the "Peace on earth" passage is indeed 8th note triplets. Looks like Sibelius and its Inpen2 font.

Steve, At the bottom left corner of the full editor screen, you'll find a button to attach files. I'm guessing this includes photos as well.

Tried this on my Mo8. Pretty simple, really. - Sawtooth waveform on two oscillators, an octave apart (you might want to set the lower octave at a lower volume) - Dial in a LPF24 filter (this seemed to play a major role) at about 50%, res barely up to about 3-5% if at all. - Filter attack env at about 10-15% - Same for filter decay env - Filter envelope depth at about 25% (depending...you may need a little more) You can get a much better idea of it's sound here: [video:youtube] YMMV

Excellently produced. Beyond polished. The vocals sound like they were indeed judiciously tuned, but tastefully...probably Melodyned as well. They're doubled or tripled via what sounds like a plugin or two. It doesn't sound like vocal multi-tracking...which gives this an interesting sound. Great video effects too.

Yep, definitely Toto bg vocals influence there. Get Lukather to jam with these guys and it'll probably be a perfect fit.

A real sound engineer understands the importance of a good mix for all instruments, especially in a live context. So if you're still wondering why your current engineer isn't mixing properly for you, keyboards or otherwise, it's time for a change. There are good mixers out there; find them.

I'm guessing it has the same sloppy keybed? I suppose you can't ask for too much, given its price range.

Very cool Jim

Looks like I misread the OP :-/ Indeed, as others said...it's a Gsus2/E

Given the notes you provided, and that the G chord is the previous context, then Gsus2_4/E is probably the easiest to read. YMMV

You mean Toto's Hold The Line piano intro didn't make the list...or even an honourable mention? I'm surprised... No, wait...I'm shocked. Oh well... Maybe it'll make the top twenty songs everyone plays when testing out a keyboard in their local music store.

As an owner of a MO8, I was curious about the above matter. The MO8 has global eq settings in Utility mode. So I checked the MODX manual; unless I missed it, I've not seen any global eq settings. Pity, you would think the newer board would retain such a crucial function.

Joe, You're asking for a long transcription... I take it the tremolo on the wurli may be throwing you off. Maybe it'd be better to let us know what part you're struggling with? If you can do without the exact intro, you might be best to improvise it on your own...lots of blues and gospel riffs going on.

I was first stung by pop music, so... Elton John Gino Vanelli Styx Deep Purple Supertramp Genesis Toto David Foster Jeff Beck (Jam Hammer) Yellow Jackets And many others in between...

A plagal cadence variation, as noted. I'd say it's a simple two chord progression with a one tone modulation going down in between. Plenty of exercises in this respect. As others have noted, plenty of songs with this progression as well, albeit with slight variations. Steve Porcaro's Human Nature is certainly one of them; substitute your Dmaj7 for A...common tones.

Jerry, What's written works. Everything is just doubled down an octave. Real strings played in octaves tend to produce an interesting sound that sometimes gives the impression that there's an octave jump here or there. Of course it works - it's all the right notes - I was not questioning your formidable ears/skills. Never! Just chatting a bit about the way I heard it... I knew it was a somewhat false phenomenon. It's all good! Jerry Sorry, Jerry, I didn't mean to come off as imposing and such. I just meant that strings tend to "fold" in and out of unison as an effect, or as a matter of playing range. We can also attribute the effect or impression of octave replacements, on a passage such as the above, to individual dynamics and fingering. These players weren't mixed like a synth, that's for sure. Gotta love real strings!

It must be the strings in octaves, but I hear the first three notes down an octave from what's written, so you jump up from the C-flat to the A-flat. Am I hearing things? Jerry Jerry, What's written works. Everything is just doubled down an octave. Real strings played in octaves tend to produce an interesting sound that sometimes gives the impression that there's an octave jump here or there.

This intro transcription seems to be making the run a few times a year (pun intended!). Glad it's still helping those who need it. As for the sticky, you guys are killing me! Much too kind! But you know I'm always glad to help when I can. Cheers!

If you really want to make the best use of your keyboard and know it'll be a long term possesion, then yes, you can certainly try to upgrade your keybed. I upgraded my Roland JV-90 keybed years ago with balanced weights, so that it feels like a semi-weighted keyboard (it is originally synth-weighted). To me, the upgrade was well worth the effort as the resulting keybed feels better than a supposed great semi-weighted XP80 by a mile. I've repaired the switches on my JV90 so many times, just so I can keep making use of the synth...because of its keybed. But yeah, you've gotta be crazy to upgrade your keybed

I couldn't agree more. Say what you want about the man, but his soloing at the time was a great inspiration to my playing. As was David Tyson's solo playing and keyboard work on We All Need Love (solo at the 2min mark, give or take, long and short play): [video:youtube] [video:youtube]

Please read the first line: http://www.synthark.org/Roland/JV-90.html

Respectfully, sir, I would encourage you to read your manual again on this matter. Although you're assumption is correct that you can't assign the volume or presence slider to transmit midi data, the JV90's C1 slider can indeed be assigned to transmit controller data internally, externally, or both. Furthermore, you can actually use the 8 parameter sliders to transmit data while in V-Exp mode; although (as far as I've learned) it would be limited to the 8 pre-assigned parameters (left of the sliders), and at that, at a very poor resolution speed, so I wouldn't recommend their use for quick/smooth filter-like fx. Apologies for derailing this thread.

Unfortunately, I can't edit my original post from that thread. But here's the transcription for anyone who needs it. Cheers P.S. Nevermind my calling it a pre-chorus. It's the chorus http://i68.tinypic.com/4s0go1.png

The player in the video plays the notes correctly, but I'm not a fan of the hands jumping around in the second part of the chorus. I used to play this with my hands overlapped, so to speak (there's less if any movement in the hands). Different strokes... Otherwise, as clpete suggested, setting up two zones can make it easier for you.