Griswold
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Can the Mayor of your city do this? Pretty cool.
Griswold replied to 16251's topic in The Keyboard Corner
Years ago, growing up in Illinois the mayor would open the Christmas season with a town sing-along/ tree lighting. People got really excited and had signs that said “I Sang with Mayor xxx”. He was horrible but after living outside Manhattan part of me misses those innocent, friendly Midwest get-togethers. -
I liked his approach in dealing with his wife! Great video thanks
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I didn't see anyone mention this yet. I was just wondering the other day if there would be any new Hydrasynth developments and 'Poof' here it is! We are happy to announce the new 2.0 firmware for the full Hydrasynth line of products. New features include: Expanded memory to 8 banks (49, Desktop, Explorer only); NEW modulation source, VOICE MODULATOR; OSC Bit reducer; LFO quantizer; ENV quantizer; LFO Step Advance; Global FX bypass; Increased Vibrato resolution; New Sustain pedal options including Sostenuto; more LED options; Glissando in glide options; Arp Range goes to 6 octaves; Arp Step Offset parameter; more Rand/Init shortcuts (all STEP LFO steps, Wavescan waves, Voice mod offsets), Local On/Off saved, and more. This is a free update for all Hydrasynth owners.
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I love to hear about great experiences like this! Who is in the picture on the wall?
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Billy Powell - Live Sweet Home Alabama piano track
Griswold replied to nursers's topic in The Keyboard Corner
That drummer is named Tito and the guitarist is Hank. I’m very good friends with both of them and we’ve played together many times. Hank is in my current Steely Dan cover band. AnotherScott we might be neighbors. -
Man can i relate to that! I grew up taking lessons on the famliy Lowrey organ and my mother would come in to the living room and dance whenever I played either one of those tunes! Fond memories, simpler days...
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Is there any downside to waterfall key shape?
Griswold replied to EricBarker's topic in The Keyboard Corner
"Humidity would often cause keys to stick, trapped against the key slip (the part of the case in front of the keys). The lip made it easier to lift free the stuck key." I loved this rationale! I do recall some sub-par uprights I have encountered through the years:) -
Thank you for responding and the video! I appreciate his sound tagging/ database approach to aid in organizing Kontakt libraries. I learned some tricks there. I currently have my Kontakt libraries organized in quick load but that method too has it’s shortcomings. In general the ability to tag & search sounds is something I’ve been trying to get a handle on. This is in fact why I became interested in the Komplete program. That software scanned all of my plugins and organized the NKS compatible ones in a hierarchy that made sense and allows for searching and auditioning. I was surprised that the scan even found some programs I had forgotten about. However this Komplete scan only worked for plugins that are NKS compatible. I am still trying to figure out how to include my non-NKS plugins in Komplete. I found some helpful tutorials on this so maybe I’ll get it figured out. As always, if anyone here has any guidance on this, I’d appreciate learning from your experience.
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Hey all I just wanted to get some info/ advice relating to the implementation of NKS compatible VSTs. Full disclosure I didn’t even know about NKS until recently but it looks fascinating. Anyway, I am grateful to have a plethora of software plugins (synths, effects & processors) but honestly I run out of time and lose focus on what I’m trying to accomplish musically when I start down the path of finding & editing the right sound. I loaded up Komplete Kontrol in my NI 13 and was impressed with the architecture to search & audition sounds. After further research (mainly on this forum) I ordered the Komplete S61 keyboard. My DAW is Studio One 6 and I see how the S61 may be a big time saver in that area as well. I see that a bunch of my soft synths (Arturia, NI etc) are NKS compatible so I’m excited about the immediacy of sound design & selection. I was bummed that my Cherry Audio, Gforce and a bunch of other plugins are not NKS compatible but I was turned onto a software developer that transforms these into NKS plugins. I haven’t tried any of these third-party conversions yet but the thought of gaining more immediate control over these excellent synths makes me all kinds of happy. So, I figured I’d ask for any experience you guys have with NKS plugins. Good/ bad/ is it reliable? Do you use the pre-mapping of controls? Any other related bits of wisdom you care to pass along? I hope this S61 keyboard turns out to be a keeper! BTW, playing live with my various bands I mainly play organ, AP, EP, horns and strings. I am happy with my PC4 sounds/ setups and I use an older Novation controller primarily to play B3 apps on my iPad. I only mention this because my newest foray into this S61/ Komplete control, and my hopeful integration of it, will be just for studio use. We’ll see what happens. Thanks all, Larry
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O.T. Canada's newest coin pays tribute to Oscar Peterson
Griswold replied to Michael Wright's topic in The Keyboard Corner
Thank you for posting this. I ordered the collector set plus I alerted my friends in CA to try and get some new ones for me. I’ll be up North there connecting with my peeps in a few weeks and really looking forward to the beautiful site we have on the water. Anyway thanks again. Larry -
Thanks for sharing the sale info. I picked up a few items at a great price!
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You don't see these come up too often...
Griswold replied to SteinwayB's topic in The Keyboard Corner
So cool. For someone with the time, knowledge and funds that restoration project could be a labor of love. -
Interesting! Do you think the Monitor control is for separate outputs or a level adjust for an audio input?
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You’re welcome Josh. If I can help even one fellow musician out it’s been a good day😊
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Hey guys, I just came across this half price sale for Ravenscroft 275 piano VST if anyone is interested. https://vstbuzz.com/deals/50-off-ravenscroft-275-by-vi-labs/ Cheers, Larry