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vortmaxx

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About vortmaxx

  • Birthday 07/09/1972

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    music, vintage keys, weather, dogs, and music.
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    Driftless WI
  1. I picked up an R3 about 10 years ago off Craigslist for around $300. I still use it regularly. At the time I was looking for some Moog-ish leads and some pads/strings to complement my venerable Electro 3. I'd say it's held up well over the years, although the main rotary encoder does act up sometimes. Programming or modifying presents is fairly intuitive but can be a bit cumbersome.
  2. I know Casio doesn't get as much love around here as some other brands, but I bought a PX-560 about 6 years ago and have been very happy with it. I felt that the action is pretty suitable for my playing, which I'd say is intermediate across the spectrum on a good day. My primary goal was to have a nice piano with speakers that I could connect with finger-to-ear-wise for practicing at home, but could also cover a small gig, like a small birthday or wedding ceremony with no PA in a pinch. The PX-360 is the same board minus the mod wheel and a few assignable knobs but would perhaps be right around the top of your budget.
  3. My apologies for resurrecting a zombie thread, although it is the season for such things. I've found myself revisiting some Addam's Family and stumbled onto an episode with a piece that I am hoping someone here can help me identify. Lurch playing the harpsichord, starting around the 10 minute mark:
  4. Timely. I just did the annual oiling on my M3 last week. Who doesn't love the smell of warm generator oil and a little Old English?
  5. The 3 octave keyboard looks like a Korg R3
  6. I bought my 560 about 4 years ago when I was getting back into piano and wanted something with 88 weighted keys. Having built in speakers was kind of a requirement. I wanted to be able to just push a button, sit down, and play without having to plug in headphones or run cables to my mixer. I looked at the offerings from Roland and Yamaha around that price range, and as you probably know, you just don't really get a lot of board beyond your basic pianos, maybe some strings, and limited to no editability. I got used to the action pretty quickly, which I would say is a bit lighter than the Rolands and Yamahas I tried. Not long after I bought it I got wrangled into a yacht-rock tribute, and I really began to appreciate how easy it is to edit tones. For example, there is a string patch I really like, but the attack is just a little too slow for some situations. No problem, just pull up the amp envelope and dial it up a bit, then save it as a user tone. I had to create a registration for "Summer Breeze" set up across 2 zones, with piano + strings on the bottom, and bandonion + toy piano on top. The expression pedal is assigned to fade the strings in/out as well as the toy piano. The whole process took maybe 10 minutes. Tunes like "Africa" "What a Fool Believes" and "Caribbean Queen" were a bit more involved, but I feel like I got close enough for my standards, which are arguably higher than most of the musos around me. I realized that there was just no way I was going to be able to cover even half of the keys effectively with my venerable Electro and Korg R3. 25lbs in a gig bag at the end of the night is a nice bonus. My only naggle, as bfields mentioned, is the lack of mono mode for synth. I'll keep quietly hoping that this will come around in a firmware update, but even if it doesn't I'll still feel pretty good about buying it.
  7. Steve Winwood (for my 100th post ) [video:youtube]
  8. QFT If you're considering something like the TC voice-solo, or Behringer 205, you might have a look at the Mackie SRM150. It's not the greatest, but it is plenty loud for home practice and if she gets to the point where she starts playing out, it's small, light and relatively straightforward to use, even without a D.I. if you're careful.
  9. I've been using one for about 10 years, off and on. When the first died after about 7 years of moderate abuse, I looked hard at the Behringer 205 and the TC Helicon voice-solo, but ended up getting another SRM150. I have to say that I don't think the newer one sounds as good. I can't exactly quantify how, but to my ears it just doesn't quite sound as good as the older one did. It's a handy little tool though. Great for my needs, which was light and just for keys, mostly at rehearsals and as a reference. The mixer is very handy along with the XLR out. In most situations, I would let the P.A. do the heavy lifting. On smaller gigs, or festivals when set-up/tear down time is limited, it was kind of my go to. But when I had time, and space, I would usually break out the K10.2 which is obviously a different horse altogether.
  10. If you have an open channel on your mixer, you could try an a/b box.
  11. Joe Muscara you rock! You all rock! This forum is the best! Gratitude
  12. Please do let us all know if you get in touch with him. He seems like a relatively cool guy, considering the stages he's played on over the years. I would think that regardless of whether or not he was actually involved in some kind of anti-gravity research before his DLR days, he might find the whole idea pretty amusing.
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