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1 hour ago, mauriziodececco said:
missing the essential NW2 use-case
What is the essential NW2 use-case?
Cheers, Mike.
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It's a tough market. Key competitors are "Hammond MSolo", "Hammond M-Solo" and "Surprise from Hammond! New M-Solo". This one's shorter, which will annoy purists who want long arguments about drawbar settings. On the other hand, I guess it's easier to read on a smartphone on public transport outside the US, like the NY subway.
And I think they've missed a trick. Yes there's a hyphen, but who needs two exclamation marks in a Hammond thread these days? Plus, this is clearly intended to pair with an amplification thread (that almost always includes a mono/stereo discussion). So how about some keyboard stand topics? Hammond thread + keyboard stand thread would be a winner imho.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, Radagast said:
I would rather spend $100 less and buy the Roland VR09.
Hammond's clonewheel sound is far superior to the VR09 imho. The big competition at that price point is Crumar.
VR09 is much more versatile though - it competes much more with multifunction boards.
Cheers, Mike.
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On a more serious note -- the idea of adding a synth to an organ board is a *really* good one. I just feel Hammond hasn't really gone far enough. Adding the monosynth from the SK pro (use the drawbars to control), together with pitch/mod wheels and a mono/portamento mode, would make much more sense for me than a string machine patch.
Cheers, Mike.
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26 minutes ago, Reezekeys said:
2200 miles (3500 km) in THIS? The blurb I read said the cabin is unpressurised. I assume you made a few stops along the way! Did you bring any keyboards? 🙂
My memory must be playing tricks - it was 20 years ago, I was unmarried but with the girl who would become my wife. I definitely flew that plane, and it was definitely into San Jose, but the distance couldn't have been 2000 miles. ("It's very far": C. Hynde, 1983). It was an hour or so flight, 150 miles or so. Maybe it was an intra-Costa Rica flight - we were touring the country.
No keyboards. Cool plane though.
Cheers, Mike.
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26 minutes ago, MathOfInsects said:
something like 253,000,000 possible combinations of drawbar settings
Sometimes I wish there were 888,888,888 possible combinations.
Cheers, Mike.
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On 10/19/2023 at 5:34 PM, Rod S said:
My suggestion is don't consider overhead space. A lot of these short routes in Central America are done in those tiny planes (1 seat on one side / 2 seats on the other) that have no overhead bins (IIRC). Be prepared to check in at the gate even if you were able to put in overhead bin on the flight from the US.
I flew JFK->San Jose, Costa Rica in a Twin Otter. Great fun. Throttles in the roof of the flight deck!
Cheers, Mike.
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Parenthetical comment: I have a Nord Stage 2 - not EX - Compact upstairs, and a Stage Classic - not EX - 76HA downstairs. I bought the Classic after the 2 - at the time it was virtually the only choice for a moderate-weight 76 hammer that wasn't TP100.
Cheers, Mike.
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About $300 excess. Fail. Interestingly Bonners has it at £999 in the UK (that includes tax), which is borderline-acceptable. Normally it's $1=£1.
Cheers, Mike.
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13 hours ago, ksoper said:
I've seen this before. Absolutely wonderful. Ever since seeing 2001:A Space Odyessy as a kid I've been fascinated by machines that make vocal sounds. The Teenage Engineering Vocal Doll collection is likewise creepy. A fantasy of mine is to find 4 Teddy Ruxpins in working order, sample the control tracks and make them sing the Ode To Joy. It would be far cheaper than the TE critters and make a great video. All that eye rollin and lip smackin...
https://teenage.engineering/products/choir
Would a single Teddy and some multitracking software work? Creepy Jacob Collier tribute...
Cheers, Mike.
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Hello again Dan, welcome back. Your judgement and assessment of people is as sound as ever!
Cheers, Mike.
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We have a third contender! "Surprise from Hammond" is a late entry to this race, but already performing strongly in its distinctive burgundy kit. Of course, this plucky underdog has a long way to go to catch the two front-runners, but these threads are notorious for their tricky twists and turns. Stay tuned...
Cheers, Mike.
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11 hours ago, nadroj said:
OP’s gonna realise none of this matters anyways when he’s thrown on a tiny stage with a band so loud that anything not 888888888 doesn’t cut through.
To take this thread on a little tangent... Jordan's comment is my experience as well. But I find that (admittedly, on my Nord) 888888888 isn't necessarily the loudest. In fact, whatever drawbar registration I use, I'm still too quiet. The best cure I've found is to crank the distortion (which introduces higher-order harmonics, of course), not necessarily desirable in all styles.
So any shared experience on how to help organ cut on a loud stage would be of interest.
Cheers, Mike.
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12 hours ago, zeronyne said:
You don't need a lookalike. I do deepfakes with AI for work. Just send me a script.
You could even create an AI soundtrack trained on TF's catalog(ue) - just to keep things on topic...
Cheers, Mike.
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I'm not really in the market, but would be interested to hear reports on this. Alto seem to be doing a solid job in delivering competent products at a sensible price.
Cheers, Mike.
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On 10/18/2023 at 4:46 PM, SMcD said:
jumping-off point
My opinion on this subject summed up in three words.
Cheers, Mike.
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15 hours ago, Baldwin Funster said:
Younger people today are taught to ask for help instead of learning things the hard way
This statement allowed my thinking/opinion to crystallise: "Asking for help" is not an alternative to "learning things the hard way". It can be a way to "learn better".
Cheers, Mike.
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5 hours ago, Adan said:
Can't talk about the history of vocalist / organ players without bringing Lee Michaels into it, though in my opinion Lee is more like a singer who also plays whereas Lachy is a player who also sings. And of course Greg Allman takes it even further in the direction of singing talent overshadowing all else.
Steve Winwood's great at both.
He started it all of course by writing that song.
Cheers, Mike.
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19 hours ago, bill5 said:
Taylor Swift isn't exactly hurting the cold shower business either.
For me that's kind of half the problem. It's sometimes difficult to see the songs because all you can hear is her looks.
Cheers, Mike.
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On 10/4/2023 at 1:22 AM, Dave Bryce said:
The new Fleetwood Mac Rumours Live record, made from vault tapes.
dB
Superlative album. Every track is great.
Cheers, Mike.
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If you're using MainStage, I would just bring a cheap 61-key controller. Even a Casio CTS1 would do the job. (73s are harder to get in an overhead compartment than a 61).
A quick google revealed this place in Honduras: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8wQBvMCTE5LkW7x5A Might be worth a call if they would rent you something?
Cheers, Mike.
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I know guitarists who would love this. "Listen to this - it's in a mode called E locrian. And it's in 7 beats: one, two, three, four, five, six, se-ven"
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, timwat said:
2) What, of what I'm hearing, couldn't have been done on the original Montage...or ever a MODX?
This. Phillinganes would sound amazing on a beat-up upright, or a Bontempi.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, MathOfInsects said:
It seems to me the market for a dedicated clonewheel would be smaller than one for a clonewheel plus {anything else}. All you'd be doing by adding the additional sounds is expanding the use-model (in my mind).
I wonder if multitimbral types would prefer to have a weighted action board to accompany a waterfall-clonewheel.
Only Viscount, Crumar, Hammond, MAG and UHL make two-manual clonewheels (Korg, Roland and Nord have at some point in history - and that's not counting Electones). That must say something about target market.
Cheers, Mike.
I want to replace my MOTIF with a lightweight, pro-sounding 61 or 76 key Piano, funky EP, B3, etc for LIVE-touring
in The Keyboard Corner
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Yamaha YC61 should be on your shortlist.
Korg Vox Continental doesn't have a "full UI" for Organ, but might be sufficient. EPs are very strong. I believe it's now discontinued but worth considering second-hand.
But you should be warned that anyone who requires both "Awesome, expressive bright rock piano" and "EXPRESSIVE piano" is traversing a highly subjective path.
Cheers, Mike.