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http://onestringisenough.com/img/fender.jpg Did a little research. There's so many ways to make something cheaper and more portable. I bet you can get a one-string guitar pretty cheap. Solves a lot of problems; no intonation issues, no crazy chords to fret, cheaper to replace strings, can learn to play it 6 times faster and easier. Downside though is it will be tough to play jazz voicings. YMMV.

Christmas came early for some.

Probably a dozen threads on this topic. It's like :deadhorse: :deadhorse:

On a more serious note, since sound is subjective, most people would be hard-pressed to justify that difference alone for $2K. The difference in features and build quality would be a more reasonable justification (if that matters). For many players, the MODX feature set gets it done. Most people are making the buying decision on a value proposition. Using 'made up' math to illustrate my point, if the MODX is 75% of a Montage, but at 50% of the price, the MODX would be a better value. That doesn't mean the MODX will take all of the Montage sales. Some will want the top of the line for a variety of reasons. If I were you, I'd make my own comparison and decision. $2K would buy you another very nice board.......something to consider.

If you were using Monster cables you'd be able to hear the difference.

Bravo ElmerJFudd! :clap:

I breezed through his videos, a bit too much "cute" sound effects for me to intently watch. Interesting to see how creative this guy is but I'm not sure how some of his part choices equate to the reality of the finished parts and certainly the sound. His low frequency speaker spins in the same direction as the horn, so not authentic there......not sure authenticity matters. Some of his home-made parts may not stand the test of time. One funny thing I noticed was when he said someone was throwing out two speakers because one was bad, and he had the idea to use one of them in his project. I laughed at that......"Wow, I got this nice speaker for free, now I can make a cool mini-Leslie." So, if I got that right, he saved $30 on a speaker then spent $800 and a lot of time. Probably the worst $30 anyone ever saved. LOL.

Here's your chance to be the judge of that. Breezin' Through

Started this song in 2008. Got it out and decided to finish it. Constructive criticism accepted. Breezin' Through

I recently did exactly this process, working out the song on the Motif then recording on my Tascam digital recorder. This enabled tweaking the sequenced parts then adding some live tracks from my Forte and Receptor. First time I tried it and that's how I'll record my next song. Great process and result. While I have no direct experience with the Kronos sequencer I've seen enough to know that it's a good tool. If you want to spend some infuriating time learning something, the Motif sequencer will do the trick. While it's very powerful, it is not intuitive. Fairly steep learning curve. When I first got it, I marveled that it lacked some features of the sequencer I had on my Ensoniq VFX (far older tech). One example of the 'logic' used is that some editing functions appear in 'song' mode, but not 'pattern' mode, and vice versa. Badmister's (Yamaha Guru Phil Clendeninn on the Motifator site) explanation was that you could easily transfer data from song mode to pattern mode to accomplish the needed task. While that was true, it required extra steps and isn't intuitive and is even a bit cumbersome. Yamaha's slogan should be 'Designed by Engineers, For Engineers'.

I've said for many years that sitting down and playing the Kurzweil has always provided the most gratifying playing experience. I can pull up many of their orchestral sounds and just sit and play.....so responsive, it just draws you in. Same for many of their layered synth sounds. So much going on, so carefully crafted. If I wanted to sequence a full blown song, I'd go to the Motif. Those sounds gel well together and they sound real if played and mixed judiciously. The real power of each brands strengths shines when you mix them together, cherry picking the best if each brand. Like you said, different tools, different strengths. I can't wait to hear your perspective after you play the PC4.

YOLO ("you only live once") has been around for a while. I heard locally, from a young person dying from terminal illness, "you only die once". Man, I love that. What perspective!

Farfisa Mini Compact through a Sunn bass amp for me. Don't know why we thought an organ would sound good through a 15, other than it could tolerate the bass. Funny, I was playing left hand bass when I was 14 and still do today on occasion. I remember the drummer in that first band saying to me, "Wow, it sounds like you're firing up a huge Leslie" every time I'd ramp up the vibrato from slow to fast. At the time that's what it felt like. Today that feels like

Ah, you're wrong. Those are the transport levers used when beaming somebody up.

I popped on Youtube last night and watched the whole video. Not sure where your headache came from (other than Youtube's incessant ads), certainly not one minute in. If you're not seeing what you want to see, just scroll ahead in the video to get to the part you want to see. Easy solution. Regarding her video, she's obviously sponsored and therefore promoting products, but she's also telling what she uses and why she likes it. Not so much about the nuts and bolts details but there's some explanation of different things she's using. She covered so much in 20 minutes that if she'd gone deeper it would have been a 2 hour video. My hat's off to her for making money money doing what she loves. I'd love to see her process from start to finish on a song. I don't know how she loops and keeps up with all the button-pushing she does and is still making music. For those that dislike any or all of her musicality, I'd put her way ahead of some of the crap I saw watching only a few minutes of 5 or 6 "artists" on the AMA's Sunday night, but that's a whole other story.

Hmmm, I thought that was Guaraldi.

However, whenever I hear, see or read a musician making the statement quoted above, I have to counsel it. Being able to play music is a gift. Enjoy it. I appreciate what you've written and fully agree. My "I want to quit playing" was an overstatement as I have no desire to quit and enjoy continuing to learn (hence my comment about Youtube videos). I've played in many bands, some for $$, some for fun, some for ministry and have played with my church band for 30 years. I also teach one night a week and have had students as young as 8 and as old as 80+. All this aside from my day job. I 100% accept my talent and ability BUT continue to seek to learn more. I'm comfortable in my own skin, whether playing music or otherwise. Regarding my observations of guys like Cory and Jesus, they have a gift that amazes me, that because of what I know as a musician, allows me to appreciate them more fully than a non-muso. Back to Cory's Master Class, trying to condense any part of who he is musically into 10 chapters is like trying to put the ocean in a five gallon bucket.

Not saying you shouldn't get it, but I watched his 6 minute teaser. When he explained the "Lingus" solo, that it was in E minor, but to add another color, Ab, then proceeded to shred, left me impressed but not instructed. I know a teaser video is just that, but there are some people that are so talented as performers but not necessarily good teachers. I've seen some of Jesus Molina's stuff where he'll say "this is what you want to do", then start tearing up the keyboard without breaking anything down. I learn nothing except I'll never touch what he's doing. No disrespect intended to either of those guys. I want to quit playing when I see what they can do. I've found tons of solid instructional stuff on Youtube by people that fully and slowly explain so us mere mortals have a shot at absorbing it. Cory started as a child prodigy and worked it from there. I'm no prodigy and have had to work and work and work and I still plainly know my limitations.

I found it very interesting that much of that material was already being performed prior to that album. I enjoyed hearing how those songs changed from the prior live versions to the produced album concept. It also gave me a lot of respect for the creativity of each of the players as well as Alan Parsons. They did so much 'out-of-the-box' thinking. Tape loops, sound effects, pedal steel guitar, how they took a simple synth and made it so integral to the album. Another funny comment was made that they'd do many takes of guitar solos but that "usually the first one was the best". The female singer that did the ad lib on 'Great Gig in the Sky', when she finished recording it, went back and apologized to the band for how poorly it went!! Lots of things to learn.

Yes

Currently showing on Amazon Prime (included with Prime membership). Recommended. Educational 49 minutes. Synths, recording, song-writing.

I've used this approach with my Receptor 2. I cloned a drive a few years ago and picked up an SSD last year and cloned and installed that, so now I've actually got two backups. I know it's essentially frozen in time (I have no desire to add any software to it as it does more than I begin to use), but I rely mostly on it to run Ivory. The ironic part of owning the Receptor and something that others will certainly run into, is that I've got to keep an old laptop that hasn't been upgraded to Win10 as nothing new will interface with it.

User Voice data, Performances, Patterns, Songs, Utility mode (System) settings are all stored in flash memory in your Motif ES. It seems it's been working for 17 years. I had no idea that Flash memory was used in that manner on the Motif. Interesting.

So you can pop a new SSD in the Kronos and turn it on and it will know what to do? Guess I thought the O.S. was on the SSD.

I'm wondering what these two pieces of tech are going to do to the used keyboard market down the road. My Forte uses Flash RAM. I know the Kronos uses an SSD. These things fail after so many read/write cycles, correct? What happens on that fateful day? My trusty Motif ES has everything baked in. 17 years old and still a workhorse. Thoughts on the downside of SSD's and Flash RAM?