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    I never knew…

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    8 hours ago, ksoper said:

    Rheem organ and other imports

    This is worth reading. There's this wonderful exchange:

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    Jerry: "The XXX has this control on it called Multi Tone Boost and we don't. Can we add it?"
    Doug: "What does it do?"
    Jerry: "I don't know, is it important?"
    Doug: "Well if it's a feature that's popular in the competition, yes, it's important."
    Jerry: "We just need to have the control, it doesn't have to do the same thing."
    Doug: "Well, what do you want it to do?"
    Jerry: "I don't care as long as it does something."
    Doug: "How much can I spend on it?"
    Jerry: "You mean there's more than just the switch?"
    Doug: "Probably."
    Jerry: "OK, in addition to the switch - fifty cents."

    Cheers, Mike.

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    Yamaha to launch new GENOS 2 today

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    12 hours ago, AnotherScott said:

    Right, Yamaha arrangers never have deep editing functions. You can't do it with the AWM2 sounds, so it's no surprise you can't do it with the FM sounds.  AFAIK, Organ Flutes has always used sampled waveforms, but via a dedicated engine that is implemented differently from standard AWM voices. I think the virtual tonewheels are phase-locked, and they don't use up polyphony the way the "all 9 bars" patch on the Montage does. I think it's the same as the Reface YC and the CK61/88 implementation.

    Does anyone know what the rotary sim is like (Same as CK?) Can you pan organ L/everything else R to add a Vent pedal?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    I'm getting too old for this crud.

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Tenor sax in my band has a "standing height" stand that she uses when the weight becomes too much.

     

    Anything that keeps you going is worthwhile. It's easy for us to become less active physically and mentally as we get older, and music is one of the best ways to keep our brains fit. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Roland V-Combo VR-09

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    12 hours ago, JoJoB3 said:

    Aside from the volume pedal issue I have to admit this terrible feeling VR-09 gets called upon to get the job done. It has the immediate control and 95% of the sounds at 12lbs.

    What is the volume pedal issue?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Bands using backing tracks (esp. keys) for live gigs on a laptop.........thoughts?

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    10 hours ago, Docbop said:

     

    Personally I'd rather see a band especially a bar band just play the tune with the instrumentation they have, no keyboard so rework the song so the key hooks are still being played or sung, be creative.   Bands don't need to sound like Xerox copy of a record, people want to hear the song, its beat, and lyrics.  The only person saying they were missing the keyboard part is another keyboard player.     Think like a arranger or MD, the instrumentation for this gig is X so how will I make it work, time to be creative.   

    Agreed. I saw a band doing 90s RnB covers with g/bs/dr lineup - no tracks. The first song was pretty cool: Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off", which worked really well as a sort of new wave/post-punk cover. The problem is that this lineup tends to suffer from limited sonic variation - so all the songs ended up sounding similar. 

     

    Would I have preferred that they add tracks? No probably not. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Bands using backing tracks (esp. keys) for live gigs on a laptop.........thoughts?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    1 hour ago, analogika said:

    BTW, I totally get the criticism that backing tracks railroad performances, and there is no flexibility for creative interpretation anymore. I agree. 

     

    But this is true the moment you have a large-ish production where lighting/pyro/video cues are dependent on click tracks, even if the performance is 100% live. 

    This a great argument for stripped-back shows without lighting/pyro/video cues, which let you focus on the music. I've enjoyed:

    - Mark Knopfler at the Albert Hall (the "production" consisted of turning on some bluish lights on the string quartet, when they were featured)

    - Steely Dan at Wembley Arena

    - Suzanne Vega at the Barbican

    - AWB at Ronnie Scott's

    None of which needed any click-dependent production, and are all the better for it.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

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    I'm getting too old for this crud.

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    18 hours ago, CyberGene said:

    This is why I bought a CK61. Thank me later 😀

     

    18 hours ago, ProfD said:

    Not so fast.  The key action on that thing is horrible.🤣😎

     

    18 hours ago, drawback said:

    Compared to the YC61, it’s premium. 😎

     

    How is it against other budget 61s like Roland DS, Yamaha MODX+, Korg Kross? How about Casio CT-S1 or similar?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Tribute Show Hijinx (or, when the all-guitar ensemble hires a keyboard player)

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    12 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:

    The flip-side can happen too, where there's some tiny moment buried deep in the mix, ghosted onto the tape from some previous or unused take, and for whatever reason the guitar player has latched onto that as The Most Important Part Ever Played, and looks over at you every time the moment approaches, and now you have to learn not only the real parts that were actually played, but also some parts that aren't really in there at all!

    I've experienced that and tbh I much prefer it to the alternative. It shows commitment and care, at least. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

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    Alesis Q Cards

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    9 hours ago, felis said:

    For the little they go for nowadays, it would be pretty impossible to get some other hardware keyboard with those features.

    While it's only got 4 sliders, it also has velocity, AT, RV, midi in/out/thru, and a couple pedal inputs.

    Yes it makes a great controller. I've still got mine - although I hardly use it I can't bring myself to give it away. There will be a gig one day which is only reachable with a 20 minute walk or something, and it will save the day.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

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    Weighted, semi-weighted, or synth action keyboard?

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    4 hours ago, Sundown said:

    I like that Yamaha still offers their flagship in three flavors (a trend I believe started with the Korg T-series in ~1989). You can get the 61, the 76, or weighted 88. That makes a lot of sense to me …

    'Twas not always thus. We're in a bit of a golden age of 7x boards. A few years ago, there was no budget (DS, MX) or midrange (FA, MOX) from Roland or Yamaha. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Tribute Show Hijinx (or, when the all-guitar ensemble hires a keyboard player)

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    4 hours ago, Josh Paxton said:

    I got tired of being the most prepared person in the room

    So true.

     

    I did a pickup gig with a 9-piece, and I was guy checking in with the guitar player ("what part are you picking up vs what I should play"), the trumpet player ("you know that line in the chorus is you?"), the drummer ("are you counting me in for song xyz?") and so on. Most of the other musos simply had the charts downloaded from the agency website and were planning on winging it on the night. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

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    Glenn Tilbrook on Live at Daryl's House

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    On 11/12/2023 at 10:53 PM, o0Ampy0o said:

    he made the song his because of his original vocal performance. However, Carrack has a voice that works well with many other vocalists and he can sing lead as well as harmony. Carrack's voice fit well with Glenn Tilbrook's. Tilbrook covers the lead well enough but his voice has a character relatively on the fragile side. He is not one to belt out vocals pushing his voice like Carrack has.

    Tilbrook wrote the song, and reportedly wasn't happy that Carrack sang it. But Carrack was the new guy (replacing Jools Holland) and the record company wanted him to have a "launch song" to introduce him to the public. 

    On 11/12/2023 at 10:53 PM, o0Ampy0o said:

    This is an example of a song that does not tolerate someone stepping in doing their own thing like what typically happens when Daryl comes in. Tempted is as much the vocal delivery as it is anything else.

    Yeah, Daryl's Philly-soul stylings don't suit this song at all. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Another Linux system with some software

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    How about an alternative real-time OS on x86 or ARM?

    45 minutes ago, Theo Verelst said:

    Even impossible to match in terms of actually usable real time streaming processing power with a heavy PC.

    I suspect that's the fault of the OS not the CPU. My first ARM-based device had a co-operative multitasking model - meaning that a process could refuse to relinquish control and simply claim 100% of the CPU to itself. That's not ideal for a multipurpose/multitasking device (hence Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS, Android...), but well suited to a keyboard with one job to do.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

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