Jump to content

stoken6

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,237

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by stoken6

    Comfortably Numb

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Dave Bryce said:

    does anyone else grab the picked acoustic part in Long Train Runnin' on the keyboard?

    Of course. Clav for me. I add LH organ during the guitar solo - and (mirabile dictu) I get a solo as well!

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    • Like 2

    Comfortably Numb

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, TommyRude said:

    some mystical seagull echoes

    These are in Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" as well. (I suspect the same seagull did both sessions - once you get known, the work comes in...)

     

    How would you seagull? Medium attack, slow release, pitch-bend?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Getting my connections right

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    I'm not sure how well your camera's mic input would handle a line output from the mixer. (Impedance, level and even plug-in power might have an impact).

     

    I've seen Youtubers who record audio and video separately, and sync them up (with a brief sound from a clapperboard/handclap/whatever) in a video editor. That might give you better results.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    It’s time for a new keyboard amplifier

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    9 hours ago, JohnDoe said:

    What M-S encoder are you refeering to?

    A mid-sides encoder. Mid=L+R, Sides=L-R. This is the encoding performed inside the Space Station (perhaps with a bit of special sauce on top), and is a common studio technique. 

     

    9 hours ago, Reezekeys said:

    Won't work, because the side-firing speaker has to have an open-back design - you want sound coming out both sides that's 180 degrees out of phase, which happens by default in the SS since the speaker cone is pushing air out one side while it's pulling on the other!

    True - or at least it's not identical to the space station. (Three speakers, encoded L-R facing L, L+R facing forward, R-L facing right might do it). But I think even two speakers as I described would add some depth and motion to a point source. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Keyboard amp/speaker rec for rock and roll

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    That speaker is a pretty credible choice, competitive with QSC and perhaps better than Alto. If it's actually honky, then there's a fault.

     

    Your Yamaha should be fine, and as you say turn the volume down. (Are you plugging in to channel 1 set to "mic", by any chance?).

    You mention "mid-range honk" - how does it sound at moderate volume, playing prerecorded music, with EQ knobs flat? Have you tried adjusting the D-Contour switch?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    • Like 1

    stage presence, how do you deal with that as a keyboard player?

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Emiel Minnee said:

    well yeah can understand you're question,   to answer to it.

    This is organized by a baptist church, with theme evenings about Israel.    So in the same space, some of the things where still standing there from the morning service.

     

    But not my point, It is not if it is christian or whatever someone believes, It is about music and musicians :)

    Thank you. I was asking purely out of interest.

     

    Cheers, Mike

    One keyboard for most realistic sounds - which do you choose? (no plugins allowed)

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    19 hours ago, sleepwalk said:

    I really don't want 2. I want 1. But if I do 1 and I'm not satisfied, I could consider 2. But that's really not what I want.

    If you really want piano, and you really want organ, then one board is a compromise. A two board rig brings you a lot closer to "I am satisfied". 

     

    A few mentions of the Nord Electro above - the hammer-action models have (imho) a horrible action. Electro SW over a controller keyboard (Casio PX5 or an older model with 5-pin MIDI) is a nice rig. Good pianos, OK organs, mellotron. Not sure to what extent the strings would qualify as fat.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    Nord Stage 4 Announced

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    A lot of the gripes at this point in the thread are "the piano isn't X", "the organ doesn't Y" or "the synth can't Z".

     

    It is undeniable that you can get a better piano than Nord's (Yamaha would be my choice for AP and Crumar for EP), a better organ (Hammond, obvs) and a better synth (fill in your choice, I'm not a connoisseur). The Stage MO is that it puts them together in one place. I've posted many years ago that the Nord has a mighty fine piano for a clonewheel, and a decent organ for a stage piano - and that's before we start thinking about the synth section.

     

    There were also comments earlier about some of the new features leaned into more modern styles. I will say that (with my ageing NS2) I do use the arpeggiator a fair amount. I use it to create "sparkly" synth patch in this song (time 01:35), for example. 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    • Like 2

    The MIDI router is back?

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Every so often, a thread pops up in which people lament the loss of the big 16-way MIDI patchbays/router solutions. 

     

    This appeared on my radar recently, and reminded me of those threads: Conductive Labs Midi Router Control Center https://conductivelabs.com/. 5 DIN ins and 10 DIN outs, 2 TRS ins and 4 TRS outs plus 4 USB devices and a host. Programming on-board, no need to connect a computer. 

     

    At the other end of the MIDI router scale, this (https://www.mumidi.com/'s Hublink) allows two USB-only MIDI devices to interconnect. I would be interested to see how a Yamaha P121 driving a Casio CT-S500 would work out?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

     

    The MIDI router is back?

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Every so often, a thread pops up in which people lament the loss of the big 16-way MIDI patchbays/router solutions. 

     

    This appeared on my radar recently, and reminded me of those threads: Conductive Labs Midi Router Control Center https://conductivelabs.com/. 5 DIN ins and 10 DIN outs, 2 TRS ins and 4 TRS outs plus 4 USB devices and a host. Programming on-board, no need to connect a computer. 

     

    At the other end of the MIDI router scale, this (https://www.mumidi.com/'s Hublink) allows two USB-only MIDI devices to interconnect. I would be interested to see how a Yamaha P121 driving a Casio CT-S500 would work out?

     

    Cheers, Mike.

     

    Nord Stage 4 Announced

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Interesting thread. On the one hand I think this is a meaningful upgrade (the third synth section is literally a 50% increase on the one thing that my NS2 has ever restricted me). On the other, the competition is hotting up around Nord, with features like USB audio. 

     

    55 minutes ago, ProfD said:

    the competition lies in configuring a KB rig encompassing the same capabilities according to one's own needs from a musical and gig perspective

    And this ability to "configure" around a Stage is I think its unique differentiator. High-quality (if subjective) piano PLUS organ model with drawbars PLUS knobby synth PLUS extern and dual-kbd capabilities puts a lot of flexibility in front of you, whatever your gig. Nobody has quite managed to replicate this breadth of capability (Roland's VR730 is getting there, but with some irritating limitations - ditto Korg Vox Continental; Hammond's SK Pro is a strong contender). 

     

    Cheers, Mike.

    • Like 2

    Nord Stage 4 Announced

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    6 hours ago, cphollis said:

    That makes total sense to me.  I upgraded to the NP5 73 + NS3C combination a while back and couldn't be happier.  If I were doing it again, I'd do the NS4 73 HA and a synthy midi controller.  If it's the same keybed as the NP5, you may be in for a treat, as I find it quite nice.

    If you want:

    - Sprung action above hammer

    - and keyboards close together

    I would get the NS4 Compact and a hammer-action underneath. Like you're doing today.

     

    An HA Nord does allow you to take it to solo piano bookings, though.

     

    Cheers, Mike.

×
×
  • Create New...