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Glad to hear you're pulling through MoI. Keep your contribution up here on KC.
You too Theo!
Cheers, Mike.
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Get some backing tracks and play along to get your chops back.
Do you have a DAW? Maybe try putting together your own backing tracks, that's fun and satisfying.
Also, see if there are any open jam sessions near you (I don't know the scene in Greece I'm afraid).
Cheers, Mike.
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+1. For the dev team, it's a grudge match. "This is what you missed out on".
Cheers, Mike.
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This should be good.
I've known Spreadbury since Sibelius v1 (or earlier - Acorn days?) and he's a really good guy. He ran the Sibelius forums and was spot-on with every response. Imagine Weiser or Martin but with ossias and stemless notes.
His blog is worth reading, too. The account of the Steinberg product reeks of obsessive attention to detail.
Thanks for posting EJF
Cheers, Mike.
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the degree of difficulty of putting down some nice playing with latin feel and a bit of soloing
High degree of difficulty. I could never get to grips with that groove/time-displacement that's inherent in many latin styles.
I think in most of those pieces there are essential production elements to get that sound going.I wouldn't worry about that at this stage!
Cheers, Mike.
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Man walks into a doctor's office and says "Doctor, I think I'm a moth"
The doctor says "You need to see a psychiatrist"
The man replies "I know, but your light was on..."
Cheers, Mike.
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Welcome to the forum BSF,
If I understand your core requirements, they're: transistor organ with effects, some (virtual) analogue and EP. Bonus AP.
I quite liked the VR09 when I tried it. The AP is adequate, there are some decent EPs in there, and as you say the drawbars control analogue parameters (just filter and envelope iirc).
I can't comment on the transistor organs, as I didn't really explore that area.
Another idea for you is Casio: PX5 or XWP1 (if you can find one used), or even the new MZ300. Weaker Hammond, and again pass on the transistor organs, but strong synth, some nice third-party EPs.
You really need to try these things out in person - you'll know if the connection is there. Good luck!
Cheers, Mike.
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Also Nord HPs, Numa something, Studiologic Acuna.
Cheers, Mike.
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I also don´t think it´s unacceptable to use a small subwoofer or small bass amp together w/ such a compact cab like the SSv3 is.
I personally prefer schlepping 2 smaller pieces over one larger/heavier one.
And,- not everyone here in the forum needs a sub, it seems.
I think the times of large backline are over in regards of amps/cabs on stage.
A.C.
I wonder if Aspen would consider developing a suitable sub for the SS3? There is a nice little fanbase developing for his product, who might be proud to own the "matching set"
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It's only recently I worked out what Sledgehammer was really about. I just thought it was a bunch of frivolous lyrics about fruit and transport.
Cheers, Mike.
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I'm too slow on the draw, but +88 to everything FKS says.
I actually bookmarked the original thread when this came up previously, and saved down those score excerpts.
Cheers, Mike.
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Interesting that you preferred the NS2 organ/EPs to the (newer) NE4D. I have an NS2, and I'm "satisfied" with its clonewheel, but I'm not an organ stickler. (I'm fussy about my APs, as it goes).
And the VR09 held its own quite well against such illustrious company. I liked it when I tried one a few months ago.
Cheers, Mike.
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I have also contemplated a second VR09: a dual manual organ setup with separate drawbars
Yeah, I'll accept the two sets of drawbars.
I finally tried a VR09 in a shop yesterday, and liked what I heard. The action is a bit light, but less "fragile" than I had feared. And nice AP and Leslie (not together)
Cheers, Mike.
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I'm thinking of buying a second VR-09 and just gigging with the 2 of them.
Why? (Serious question)
Surely two different boards will give you much more versatility. Especially as the VR09 is (quite) good at offering up the lower half of a split to a controller board. I'd be thinking Casio PX5, or something with sampling capability.
And as xKnuckles said, weighted action to complement the VR09's.
Cheers, Mike
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My modest contribution to this thread.
My mini-mixer with a velcro-ed (and blu-tack-ed) PSU. The mixer came with a wall-wart PSU, so this one is a third-party PSU that I bought from Farnell. The lump of wood on the end protects the 12v cable where it enters the mixer.
More velcro to attach it on to the end of my lower board. This leaves the headphone sockets conveniently near the front edge.
Not in Tony's or Moe's league, but still useful. And I've got a little construction/configuration project on the go that I'll share when complete.
Cheers, Mike.
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I have no option but to have a 2-Tier. No one is coming out saying I can survive on an SK1 alone.
So given that scenario, the AP/EP sounds are not going to be needed. The bottom board will handle that (Nord Piano).
Thus, it becomes possible for the top board to be pure organ as long as it's light weight.
This.
Cheers, Mike.
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It's absolutely Roland's take on the MOXF, with the usual cost-cutting. No aftertouch and external PSU. There do seem to be a lot of sockets on the back panel, but the images don't zoom close enough for me to read the labels.
Did anyone spot the weight of either? EDIT just seen the other thread 16.5k for the 88 ain't bad.
Cheers, Mike.
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So, my idea is to use the VR09 alone as an organ/EP/Clav source for rehearsals and small gigs... and for bigger ones, to keep it as an organ clone purely and throw my nord along as an option, to give me EPs and Clavs. From what I heard, the organs on the VR09 are superior to the NOrd (I like the ones on the NOrd, tho).
Slightly off-topic, but if you like the Nord organs, wouldn't you prefer to keep the Nord and add a DP instead? Choose wisely and you could get stronger AP and EP voices than the VR09 (and - if you're interested - stronger AP voices than either the E2 or VR09). You also get a hammer action to complement the organ action in the Electro. Casio PX5 is the obvious choice, at the same price point as the VR09.
Cheers, Mike.
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My contribution to this thread is really "stand configuration" not "stand construction", but I thought it would be better not to start a new "customised stand" thread.
It starts with a no-name X stand (I know, I know). I added half a QuikLok QLX-1 second tier (just the uprights, not the supporting arms), turned upside down.
My lower-tier Oberheim MC1000 has pitch and mod wheels which I never use, so I unplugged the wheel "module" from the PCB and covered the gap with duct tape. I also removed the data wheel to lower the profile.
My upper tier sits over the Oberheim on the the front edge, and the QuikLok arms at the back.
I take it for its first flight on gigs Friday and Saturday.
Cheers, Mike.
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Here my stand. Not as cool as the other ones here, but neither am I.
Are you kidding - that's beautiful! Did you make it yourself?
Cheers, Mike.
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Here my stand. Not as cool as the other ones here, but neither am I.
Are you kidding? That's beautiful! Did you construct it yourself?
Cheers, Mike.
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you can pan voices on the Stage 2.
Scott's beating me to it now!
I would be curious to know, though, why the pitch bend range is limited to a whole step on the NS2.I'd like fully-assignable split points on the NS2 (even if it means a bit of menu diving).
Cheers, Mike.
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As far as I know midi still only uses 3 of the 5 pins on a normal din jack. Isn't that still correct?
Why did they never standardize 9V DC on the other 2 pins on the midi-in on synth modules to power any midi controller attached to it? Goodbye external power supplies.
Backward compatibility issues with older gear that (say) connected the other two pins to ground? (Hypothetical example - I don't know of any gear that does this). The point is that if you update the MIDI spec in this way you potentially make older gear non-standard.
I would vote for using class-compliant USB MIDI the standard. Many controllers USB device capability - why not add USB host capability to keyboards and controllers? (The Kronos can do this today).
Regards, Mike.
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Those organ sounds are just not that great. They have no body or girth to them.
They seem to fall right between the XW-P1 and the Electro in quality - which is right where the price point falls, too.
+1. "Adequate" organs imho (based purely on the video samples). Of course my organ standards are probably lower than many here (including Outkaster) - I'm more of a piano guy. Having said that, the XW-P1 organ wouldn't pass my standard.
And there is a niche for a clonewheel-capable "do-it-all" $1000 (£800?) board.
Regards, Mike.
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Nice carpentry TJ. How much does that dual-shelf weigh?
Would look even better with the A61 of course, but either way the nice thing about this all-Roland rig is both boards have matching crappy actions! (Joke)
Someone posted a pic of a RD64+VR09 a little while back - that looks like a nice restricted-space rig. I'm working on my own "cramped venue" rig (61 below a Nord 73) and will post in a more appropriate thread later...
Cheers, Mike.