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Just saw a You tube post and checked this too.
https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/sam-ash-rumoured-closing-all-stores/
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There's not any Yamaha products (other than HS monitors that don't need it) that don't voltage switch in 2024.
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Well geez, I certainly don't expect the general public to have any of my or our skills here and wouldn't criticize them for it. I can't do what they do either. Dumb video!
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8 hours ago, Alphe said:
Hi: Be advised that I’m having trouble getting an update for my Modx7 plus ( 2.5 versions
and what is the best way to do that?
Bookmark this page. Click on it everyday. Load the firmware the day you see it. There's no "trouble" here. You are trying to get
something that doesn't exist. There's no firmware to load. https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/synthesizers/modxplus/downloads.html
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On 3/24/2024 at 3:20 AM, DeltaJockey said:
Good question! Gave it some thought myself
So to sell the whole kaboodle, you would de-register the Montage serial on your Yamaha account, and de-register the ESP on your Cubase activation app.
The new owner would purchase the Montage hardware, and you'd give them the card with ESP download code,
Because this copy of ESP, and Yamaha serial has been de-registered, the new owner would then register both to their respective accounts.
(From what I can tell though, there appears to be no connection between the hardware serial and ESP code, so they could theoretically part ways on different accounts.)
That is really the only way. If the former owner doesn't do this, then there's no ESP software. It is not available for used owners.
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The Queen isolated piano tracks I found were immensely helpful. There are parts that are completely buried in the mix and impossible to hear. Such as the middle uptempo part of Bohemian ("so you think you can- can you listen to me baby section". There is a rhythm piano there that you cannot hear on the full version. And piano arpeggios on We are the Champions during "No time for losing" that are completely buried. Huge help and wish I had these when I started subbing in a tribute in 2021. This gig was very hard to get down, mainly due to so many parts and the tempos are so laid back and slow and behind the beat. Worked with a metronome and started pulling it back while practicing. And I also moved to the back, so the drummer is just at my left.
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Yeah Roseanna doesn't sound quite right to me. Doesn't it go up to B C and down again? (Off the top of my head).
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Yes you do. I've been using this one for a long time. On my second one. The ground lift is really helpful, but I don't need it often.
https://www.artproaudio.com/product/dpdb-dual-passive-direct-box/
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On 3/1/2024 at 6:52 PM, Anderton said:
When I lived in CA, the state required emission controls that killed my mileage. What bugged me was the law wasn't that you had to meet certain pollution specs (I kept my car tuned within a gnat's eyelash, but you had to have a certain emissions control device. I begged my mechanic to take off the device. He did, which was against the law, but I believe ended up producing less pollution.
Yup. I didn't take VW's word on my mileage, I checked the mileage since the last time I filled up, and divided it by the gallons I put in.
I used to gig in Venice a lot, where the TDI was the car to have. I remembered before the scandal broke, the one time a TDI wagon went through an intersection and I smelled the exhaust. That sure was no clean diesel and after the scandal, I realized why I was smelling more exhaust than I should have. The cars were designed to cheat!
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They could have easily had Greg, JR, Steve P and Paich giving a few words about the recording and added on to the doc 3-5 mins. It was a shame they weren't interviewed. It was a very bad omission, and I noticed that right away. Ridiculous. The guys I mentioned are great story tellers, so they would have been great to hear from them.
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Yes and Kiss didn't sue Bruce, it would just be one half billionaire suing another. Gene said they wouldn't sue. I remember at the time Bob Lefsetz's column saying "how could the producer (or anyone else) not tell Bruce how blatant a rip off that part is?
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Not even close, and I always notice when something rips something else. Now if you want to talk about Outlaw Pete - Bruce Springsteen and Kiss I was Made For Lovin You, then we have a total rip off, that is impossible not to notice how similar they are.
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On 1/26/2024 at 6:19 PM, Dave Bryce said:
Yes. Better booths too.
I have a feeling more than a few attendees may come away from the show with it. Both days so far have been quite busy. I was in several booths today that were packed, and very few people were wearing masks.
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Yeah I just don't take any chances at places like NAMM. I had one on for airline trips, had a fly out gig this weekend and at NAMM Thursday. One guy was giving me a look in the airport and I noticed almost nobody at NAMM had one. I don't have any health risks, I just don't feel like getting sick if I don't have to. Went to Oppenheimer in December and got a cold because I didn't wear one. One of my guitar players got the flu on his flight back from NYC last week, of course was maskless on the flight. Since the day after NAMM I was doing a fly out gig, why risk waking up Friday sick or getting sick just before the show Friday night? Not worth it.
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Keybass and bass guitar and left hand key bass for 35 years. Did synth bass recording before that in 87/88. When I started, my timing was terrible, rusher, overplaying, etc. As I got more experience I have gotten better at all of that with metronomes and I just learned to not overplay and play for the song. The over playing was really only my first year or so on bass guitar because of being immature. I learned not to. Like that drum break on Born to Be Wild, I would play over it. Not good.-
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Yes I use as much as I can in my practice area, and my shop GPS has told me to use them. All my stuff is downstairs in a garage, away from my cat, so thankfully that is not an issue.
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On 1/7/2024 at 9:06 AM, Tusker said:
Well deserved indeed. 👍 👍 Yet they were also channeling this weird Spinal Tap sensibility that transistors made the rock-n-roll honest.
Scholz has this bizarre obsession with thinking people think his guitars sound like violins. Only he thinks that. He put that notice on several albums. Tom Scholz guitars sound like layered guitars. I've never listened to his music or any other that made me think " Gee who is the violinist? " Same as Kansas, you would have to be on your first day in music to think that the violin parts of Robby Steinhardt or David Ragsdale were playing guitars on the Kansas
albums. NO.
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Gigging every weekend, i had Music pro for awhile and going to re add it in 2024. It is also a tax write off.
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Yes played a casino gig , flights and rental gear covered Motif XF and ES7. Glad for the work and great pay. Variety of dance hits , 80's and classic rock .
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I would get a metronome. Although I was doing cover band gigs for four years and playing a long time before that, when I got in a cover band gig on ships my timing was not good! It did get better later as I got into making my own sequences, but has really only gotten a lot better in past 10-12 years as I use metronome apps alot. I still rush sometimes, but, at least I can now count. I started doing drumming stuff in the gym in the late 90's until 2023 , that was a huge help for counting.
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Loved this! This was great!
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Piano ballady stuff like Chicago and Bohemian Rhapsody are rough for me. Just got a last min Queen gig for Saturday. I could never pull off Love of My Life before, but I saw a video of their previous keyboard player simplifying the crazy piano stuff. So I will copy that. I am going to see if I can get it done this time. I found a piano only version on You tube and I use those and slow it down. I did get way better last time out with this band and I nailed it. So I felt a lot more comfortable going over some of the stuff last night. Making clips and slowing them down in audacity has been a big help the past couple of years. Freddie Mercury was a monster piano player and seems very overlooked on that part. I am getting way better and over the mental blocks. I can do this.
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Rip to WAV and onto either an ipod classic or the ipod touch I have. Then listen in room on small computer speakers. Before this it was all in the car, now that is mostly podcasts in car. On long trips I've been breaking it up half pod cast half music in car. And if I find I am not paying attention, then I switch to music in car. The listening at home started in the pandemic. Before that it was just about all car and the gym too. Although these are cheap PC speakers with an SW, they actually sound really good. May be time to upgrade at some point.
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4 hours ago, mrk7421 said:
What is the difference in the sound sample between the 515 and 525? It's interesting that they action has been changed. I also have the benefit of playing a 515 and cannot find a 525 to try at this point.As far as Roland FP 10 goes...they do offer a lot for the money. The action in the same as most of their models exception being FP 90 x. And the FP10 sample not all that different than FP30 x or RD88 from what I can tell. Anyway.....looking for home instrument would not gig this
There isn't a sound sample difference, there are four more voices added from the 515- which had 40. . Here are the differences:
GrandTouch-S wooden keys (white only), synthetic ebony and ivory key tops, escapement
44 Voices + 18 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices vs. 40 Voices + 18 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices
Insertion Effects
16 Track Recorder
FC3A Pedal included
USB-C
Bluetooth MIDI
Sam Ash now closing all stores?
in The Keyboard Corner
Posted
it's official. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/sam_ash_to_begin_store-closing_sales_today_thank_you_for_allowing_us_to_serve_musicians_like_you_for_100_years.html