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1 hour ago, Stokely said:
Don't Stop Believin' in a bar is hilarious (played by a band or on the jukebox). You will invariably hear multiple out-of-tune very loud female voices singing along. Auditory pheromones or something.
Truth. The sound of summer 2023.
Cheers, Mike
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12 hours ago, eric said:
Next up...Don't Stop Believing, also a song in the new band. I've got that one down pretty well and still can't believe I bought the album on vinyl new when it first came out and I'm just now getting around to playing it in a band!
It's one of those songs, like Don't Stop Me Now or Africa, that has a second life with today's youngsters. I didn't gig it for 30 years, and now it's everywhere.
Cheers, Mike.
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48 minutes ago, The Piano Man said:
When I owned a Nord, people loved the sound but I, the player, was never happy.
This.
IEMs made the difference for me.
Cheers, Mike.
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My sound engineer has (I think) a PreSonus StudioLive that can record multitrack to SD card. That might be "too professional" for what you need?
Cheers, Mike.
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9 hours ago, K K said:
I am number 6 and I want to meet number 1.
The tuning on this track is insnane. The first phrase - my ears were screaming "that's pitch-corrected!". Of course it's not.
The Manhattan Transfer recording is also sublime, but I knew about their awesome talent already.
Cheers, Mike.
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8 hours ago, Delaware Dave said:
this one has leg extenders that go to 40":
I was going to similarly suggest going the third-party route, rather than try and lengthen the Nord legs.
Cheers, Mike.
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On 12/27/2023 at 4:40 AM, El Lobo said:
I remember his voice talking to us about "What is jazz?" and explaining and singing the 12-bar "Macbeth blues" - take any Shakespeare couplet, repeat the first line, then the second line:
Findings from the rabbit hole for those who are interested: https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2011/01/when-shakespeare-had-blues.html
Cheers, Mike.
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Hammond C3+Leslie in a studio when my school band recorded our demo. You never forget your first time.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, Joe Muscara said:
And my ear says they're playing mostly to tracks anyway.
That's one solution to cramped stages, I guess 👍
Cheers, Mike.
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5 hours ago, Reezekeys said:
With transformers it's about how hard you hit them and the frequencies, and yes, bass can saturate and create distortion... but wait, we like that right? It's that "phat", "analog" sound, why, it will "warm up" your cold sterile digital gear! 🙂 IMO many people overthink this stuff... your DI is not going to make any major difference in how your gig goes. Of course the Radials are great – but one reason they have that rep is because they're built like tanks – that's why you see them used by sound companies that do 100+ gigs a year and throw them around like candy pieces. The average Joe Schmoe bringing their own personal gear to a few gigs a month may not need that degree of ruggedness.
Agree with both the points here.
I think the Samson you're looking at will be fine for this use case. They are not not like a no-name brand with too many vowels selling suspiciously cheap on Amazon.
Cheers, Mike.
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So what's going on here? This isn't microtonal, it's still "12 divisions of the octave" isn't it?
My guess is that all the "alternative" keys are tuned to different temperaments (or intonations, based on a few key centres) to allow playing in just intonation, rather than equal temperament.
Cheers, Mike.
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5 hours ago, Kawai James said:
I'm a big fan of 73-key instruments, however I don't know if the market demand would be sufficient to justify the additional retooling cost for a 73-key MP.
While not really a stage piano per se, it's perhaps worth noting that Yamaha hasn't (yet) announced a 73-key version of the P225 to replace the P-121.
Very true. Yamaha tried 73 with the last-gen, and didn't maintain it, which suggests it sold in insufficiently high numbers to justify.
Interestingly, at the more "pro"/"live" end of the market, 7x is more popular than 10 years ago. Roland's Fantom/FA/-0/DS/VR all have 7x variants (many launching later than the 61/88, perhaps as a realisation that the demand was there), similarly Yamaha Montage/MOXF/YC/CP (although not the ageing MX). Kurzweil has been flying the 7x flag for a while, as has Korg. And there's red, of course.
That leaves Kawai and Casio (and the boutiques). I'd love to see an update to the PX5, and perhaps a ES519 or similar, with 73 keys and proper 5-pin MIDI for on-stage use in a multi-keys rig.
Cheers, Mike.
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8 hours ago, Polkahero said:
I only spent around $350 for my second gen iPad Pro 12.9" 256 GB as a refurb.
4 hours ago, ElmerJFudd said:Yes, a previous generation 12.9” at $350 is an excellent option.
Agreed. My kids have s/h iPhones (good value vs Android, because of the support life), and I have a s/h iPad mini (the previous gen, with a headphone jack). I'm just about to order my daughter a refurb iPhone SE (2020) to replace her iPhone 7. All still get updates.
Cheers, Mike.
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3 hours ago, Docbop said:
To me Nord needs to do a whole revamp of their sounds library with focus on sounds for live use, so sound more open AP sound, most sound like very close mic'd.
Indeed. And a consistent volume/projection across the entire spectrum would make all the difference. I sometimes wonder whether they use a spaced (or wide-angled) mic pair that gets plenty of bass and treble, and not much in the upper-mid.
Cheers, Mike.
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35 minutes ago, ElmerJFudd said:
I’m curious to see what’s available in USB-C/TB monitors in 2732x2048 @ 264 (which is the iPad Pro 12.9”). They do have forScore for macOS.
The iPad is 4x3 (do I have to call that "16x12" these days?) aspect ratio, and I don't think you'll find any portable monitors with that aspect ratio.
If you're simply looking for a similar resolution, I found this one at 2880x1620, so similar resolution on the long axis: https://magedok.com/collections/3k-portable-monitors/products/15-6-inch-ips-3k-touch-portable-monitor-mg156-qt02
If you want a comparable short-axis resolution, 4k monitors are 3840x2160 so about 40% "longer" than your iPad, pixel-for-pixel
Cheers, Mike
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1 hour ago, Floyd Tatum said:
Not sure about the wiring inside the DIN plug.
But the FC35 does support half-pedaling.
Thanks. Half-pedalling implies more than "three on/off switches", and leads us into specific manufacturer/proprietary solutions. I'll have to stop dreaming about this thing.
Cheers, Mike.
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I don't know of any "2-in-1" (i.e. tablettable/screen-detachable, like your Surface) laptops with large screens, but you can get 16in-17in portable USB monitors, which you can use as an external screen for a laptop.
Cheers, Mike.
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Would love to put this kind of thing on my pedalboard. Does anyone know:
1. What the wiring is inside that DIN plug?
2. Whether there's any half-pedalling or similar going on, or whether they are three straight on/off switches?
Cheers, Mike.
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On 12/22/2023 at 7:27 PM, Stokely said:
I'm not getting paid by the split sleeve industry but I feel like I should be--I'm an evangelist
Preach, brother! This stuff has transformed my (admittedly mundane) setup/tear-down process.
On 12/22/2023 at 10:12 PM, zxcvbnm098 said:Where does one buy it?
Look for "TechFlex F6" and go from there.
19 hours ago, Reezekeys said:I thought it was called "wire loom."
That's kind of thicker. Stokely's (and my) loom of choice has a woven feel to it.
22 hours ago, Delaware Dave said:roll it out and connect. at the end of the night i disconnect and rollup. cuts setup/ breakdown time. also provides a neater appearance.
This. Put colo(u)red tape/stickers on each plug at either end, and matching ones on the equipment sockets (keys, mixer, pedals, whatever) for super-easy and super-reliable setup.
Cheers, Mike.
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+1 on Tchaikovsky.
I've always proposed Weather Report as a counter to "but I don't like Jazz". Hooky and accessible, while of course brilliant.
Cheers, Mike.
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16 hours ago, GRollins said:
Anything with samples is a non-starter. I don't want to hear you steal from your betters, I want to hear what you can do. If you can't do, then sit down and shut up. Case in point, a concert I was dragged to by my stepdaughters where the lead-in band had a tune that sampled the main riff from Sugarloaf's Green-Eyed Lady. It was a blatant ripoff. Pissed me off. Incidentally, the headliners were NSYNC, as I recall. Although their music isn't to my taste, at least they didn't steal anything beyond dropping out of the rafters on ropes to the strains of the Mission Impossible theme. I'll go that far.
I'm also okay with Yes opening to Stravinsky's Firebird. They didn't incorporate it into their music, pretending that it was their own.
How do you feel about the opening of Queen's "It's A Hard Life" (using the overture to Pagliacci)? Or Billy Joel appropriating Beethoven on "This Night"?
Cheers, Mike
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My take: the verse of HOIC is a basic I-IV (Ab-Db) progression. The Ab minor blues scale includes a Gb, which is the 7th of Ab, but the fourth of Db, and the fourth is typically a note to avoid in these knds of solos. (I am aware that the word "typically" is doing a lot of work in that sentence).
By changing the Gb to an F, you swap out the problematic fourth for the major third - which is a critical note in defining the Db tonality.
Using your ear in this way is a big part of playing interesting solos. (Pat Metheny's "show me the chord" is exactly what this is about). I've posted here about how boring I find solos that only use the "blues scale of I", throughout the solo.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, GRollins said:
There. Did I manage to do that without raising too many hackles? I tip-toed past politics and didn't mention religion at all.
Nicely done, I reckon.
1 hour ago, GRollins said:There will never be a Steely Dan.
Steely Joe?
Cheers, Mike.
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39 minutes ago, DroptopBroham said:
Looks like the octatonic to me.
Except that the octotonic (half-whole diminished) scale would have a Gnat, not a G#. I relate the octotonic and the altered scale in essentially this way (octotonic has nat5 and nat6 degrees, the altered scale has a #5 taking the place of both of them)
EDIT: What @CyberGene said.
Cheers, Mike.
Lightweight weighted keyboard controller
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What controller functions do you need? My "go-to" answer for this kind of question is Casio PX5S - you can mitigate the lack of expression input by using a USB expression pedal, or adapter box. (No aftertouch though - that might be lacking on many of the lightweight hammer-action boards).
Cheers, Mike.