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    Dig My Rig--Let's see your setup!

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    And that damn chorus,- ... variation II sounds like crap to my ears.

    They better skipped the FX for the raw tone and leave FX decisons for the user.

    A Minimoog D sound doesn´t need a chorus effect at all IMO.

     

    A.C.

     

    Behringer's chorus logic is most likely for users who will play chords - to fatten up fewer oscillators per note.

    I'm using this as a solo-synth, in mono mode, for which onboard chorus isn't needed. Different strokes.

    This is a killer solo-synth for the money. I'm loving it.

    Dig My Rig--Let's see your setup!

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Arrived yesterday. Only invested an hour with it.

     

    First impressions: Sounds great, the filters are punchy and the envelope controls are very active. Tuning is a breeze and the overall fit, form and function create a nice ambiance. The knobs feel sturdy and the panel layout is just spacious enough. Keyboard feels good. The unit is heavier than expected - solid build.

     

    This will be a mono synth for me - stacking 4 oscillators is attractive (my main reason for buying this).

     

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    How did you get started playing keyboards in a band?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    The bugle (marching band) was my first instrument followed by drums.

     

    Started piano lessons at 16 with high school teachers and a local classical piano teacher. My mom bought me a $1,200 Wurlitzer spinet from Sears. At 20, I began lessons with a retired jazz pianist (Marty Dale) in Forest Hills, Queens. I wasn't a good reader, but I could copy Marty's style and filigrees and that's how we did our Saturday lessons. I'd come home after Marty's lesson and play what I'd learned for my mom. She loved those jazz tunes.

     

    Not too long thereafter, I bought a Univox Multiman and auditioned for a Long Island lounge band called Misty Blue. The audition song was This Masquerade, by Leon Russell (I still have that lead sheet). I nailed the tune and joined the band - this was 1976.

     

    Subsequently joined a cover rock band and bought a Lowrey LSO organ. The next two keyboards were a KORG Delta and an ARP 4 Voice piano. The cover rock bands performed Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jethro Tull, Zepplin, Procol Harum, Beatles, Cheap Trick, etc. After cover bands, I joined an originals band and we didn't get too far. The originals band also performed a Beatles show called The Mystery Tour which covered our recording studio expenses.

     

    Back then, KORG was distributed by Unicord in Westbury, Long Island and I went there a few times for repairs. Eventually, Kim Holland hired me and this set a whole new career in motion. I started at Unicord during the Polysix and MONO/Poly era. The Polysix was being allocated as demand was so high.

     

    I was playing four nights a week during the Unicord years. At twenty something years old, it was a fun and hectic life. Then I moved to Pennsylvania for Ensoniq, met my wife, got married and settled down.

    Behringer Poly D is Shipping

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Another pet peeve (although not about the instrument): I pre-ordered mine from Guitar Center in early January. In April they auto-cancelled my order because it had been waiting too long so I lost my place in line. They were more than happy to put the order in again for me, but I said no thanks, I'd rather pre-order from someplace that will keep my place in line while I wait. Should have ordered from Sweetwater which will keep you spot in line and provide actual updates about shipping, or gone overseas to Thomann and Andertons which have both had them available off and on for a couple of months.

     

    I don't know about Guitar Center, but when I ordered my Model D via Musician's Friend (same company as Guitar Center), after a month or two had passed in backorder status they sent a note asking if I wanted to cancel my order or stay in line. I said I wanted to stay on the list. It worked. I got my D.

     

    Grey

     

    I ordered the Poly D April 24th and Sweetwater said their entire May allotment was pre-sold and that mine would ship in June. I figured I'd get my pre-order in before the fulfillment dates pushes out to July. Well, mine shipped yesterday. Then I wondered whether their original June fulfillment time frame was a sales tactic. The tactic is called scarcity whereby people want more of what is in diminishing supply.

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