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    Looking for testers for my looper module of unrealBook

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    One thing I have wanted for a long time is to be able to loop drum loops and have a way to go from one loop to another and also have it wrap around so I could switch between a couple of loops or more. I also wanted a way to have a background track, then have it reach a loop for a solo section where the band could take a long solo by looping for a while, then move on.

    Anyway, I implemented a little looper that should be able to do this and more.

     

    Just need some testers.

     

    Oh and if any of you have a BeatBuddy, I implemented a BeatBuddy interface so you can integrate your BeatBuddy into unrealBook. That needs testing as well.

     

    Contact me if interested.

     

    Thanks!

     

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    Have you gone from hardware stage keyboard to an iPad and controller setup for bread and butter piano/keyboard sounds? How did it go?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    To me the biggest problem with using a computer or iPad is that you lose all of the huge selection of sounds that a hardware synth gives you. Even if you could access all of your presets on the computer or iPad, it's way slower to load those sounds.

     

    If you know you only use x amount of sounds and that's it, the computer or iPad is great.

     

    And latency. It's real. Even with an M1 computer with memory, the latency is there compared to a finely tuned hardware synth. Not on all patches, but some.... Usually the ones you need.

     

    And as someone else said, on stage, through monitors, I guess it's at the point where hardware keyboards sound very close to software. But if anyone is recording from the board, the software will sound better. 

     

    If the gig is really important and indoors, I will try my computer. If not and it's outdoors or we have very little setup time, I'm going hardware.

    old junk

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Just wondering if anyone had ideas on where to offload my old NON WORKING synths.

    I have an Arp Odyssey and two OB-1s. I wanted to fix them, but with Korg releasing new Odysseys, it doesn't make sense for me to replace 40+ tantalums etc...

    My OB-1's turn on, but no sound and I doubt I will debug them.

    Finally, with the way music is going, when would I ever use these anyway?

     

    Just wondering where you guys got rid of them - or any ideas where I could get rid of them. I don't want to just throw them away.

    Looking for maybe a synth dealer or something.

    Thanks

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    On 7/23/2023 at 6:33 AM, Ibarch said:

     

    I've never used them when playing as I have IEMs. In simple testing at home, they cut a lot of outside noise out. The keys comes through nicely when blending in ambient sound. I think they would do a pretty good job. 

     

    In terms of quality, most reviews put them above the Airpod Pros for both audio and noise cancelling. 

    Would it be too hard to try them in a rehearsal setting - maybe plug into the PA?

    That way the rest of us would know.

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    >Please forgive my asking but could you be confusing this with the new "Adaptive Audio" setting (which appear to be simply labeled "Adaptive" on the screenshot you posted here)? 

     

    Yes absolutely. I tried every mode and even turned UP the volume slider in your custom transparency window.  It is definitely targeting frequencies, I think it's just a dynamic EQ honestly with limiting going on. 

     

    I can hear it plain as day. Without the band - clear sound. As soon as the band starts, the guitar just disappears into the mix - and the louder you play, the more it seems to fade out. 

     

    BTW everyone, send a feedback to apple. I did. 

    Reference FEEDBACK: FB12693007

     

    I asked for a passthrough with volume control - no dynamic EQ and limiter only. I asked if the volume control could have a range to near zero.

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    3 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:


    One thing I am going to try--tonight, in fact--is to see if "Conversation Boost" will give me help with the closest sound (my amp) and slightly duck the others, as it does for real conversation. I think that could be a workaround for what I agree can be a disorienting notch-out of our own signal when the whole band is playing.

    Please let me know. I thought about it, but now that I think about it, I think it was on. Well, in any case let me know.


    Thanks!

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    OK finally got to try this. There's good and bad.

    First off, 85dB is pretty darn soft. It sounds great when talking before playing etc... but as soon as the band starts playing, you can really hear the air pods clamp down. It totally works except for one problem, it is incredibly smart and sensitive to location/frequency as a result.

    When the band wasn't playing, everything sounded natural, my guitar sounded great!

    When the band started playing, it's so smart that it started notching out my guitar signal. It worked so well that my guitar basically started disappearing. I could play, but I couldn't tell how loud I was. It was like I was playing at the softest possible volume - barely louder than the band.

     

    Does it work? YES! When I took the pods out, WOW the band was incredibly loud compared to the Pods. I tried all sorts of custom transparency, regular transparency and adaptive etc... but each time the guitar was notched out since I was close to the amp.

     

    I am completely convinced these are much better than any ear plugs I have used. For listening, it's incredible! It will save your ears for sure.

    As for using them on stage, I am not so sure since I can barely hear what I am playing. I was left with the stark realization that if 85dB was the benchmark, all us older musicians are going to be deaf unfortunately!

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    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

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    Thanks for that clarification, OK then I guess the "adaptive" transparency is the real feature for me. When I was using Etymotics, I only went with the 15dB reduction as the 20 was too much and muffled the tone too much as well. I think the Air Pods Pro will do a great job - if my early tests are an indication.

    Also, music in Hawaii is WAY SOFTER than the levels I used to play in the Bay Area.  I used to blow up speakers in San Jose!

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    I got the Air Pods Pro 2, and maybe there's no advantage to the Pro 2 as the first generation seems to do the custom transparency as well. 

    In any case, yes, it keeps my loud guitar down to 85dB with peaks of 87db.

    Will try it with the band and see. Despite trying to get the beta of the Air Pods, my software has not updated so I'm using the shipping software.

    So far it's working well.

    Apple Airpod Pros as active & "intelligent" earplugs

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    Two things though. One is that when I pulled one out to hear something better, I did not hear it better--it was crashy and WAY TOO LOUD and I hadn't realized how well the Airpods were doing. And the other is that they seemed to get a little buggy as the battery wore down (relying on "pre-charge" is definitely a downside), so at the end of one of the shows I swapped them for the earplugs I'd been using (the Earasers) and HOLY SHIT WERE THEY LOUD. Again, I hadn't realized how good a job the Airpods were doing, until I had them stop doing it--which is praise in itself, since it means I'm not really noticing them as they do their thing.

     

    Just this part is so promising! I think I was using Etymotics with a 15dB filter. I thought it was 18dB but now I think it was 15dB and it still killed the music. The "triangle" newer cheaper ones were a little better at not destroying my guitar sound. I can't wait to try this.

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