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dsetto

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  1. My vantage point is the XF. I'm aware it's all Performances and Parts, and no more Voices.
  2. I am enjoying the conversation. It helps sort things out, and reminds me of things I've forgotten. Waveform nomenclature was confusing when I was putting together a lot of new info. Particularly, the highlighting of Performance as not what it is, but where it is used. This is my current take: (I'll be redundant not for those participating, but for the chance of someone learning.) An Element is a single oscillator synth. It is the playback and modulation vehicle for one thing. An oscillator. In an analog synth, one chooses the waveform the oscillator projects. Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square, Noise. Imagine, in a digital synth, adding "Sample" to the list of available waveform types. - Let's Monday-morning armchair reverse-engineer the thinking. It's the dawn of AWM. Whenever that was. I've got this element, driving an oscillator. One oscillator. What do i call the entity that is the container for what the oscillator projects? On the analog synthesizer the choices for the thing the oscillator projects are called waveforms. That's a good name. A good name for the selection choices that the AWM oscillator can project. An AWM2 Waveform is not a one-to-one, waveform in the way the word is used outside AWM2. But, their usage is the same. The usage of the AWM2 term, Waveform, is similar to the usage of a general-usage term, waveform. The selection choices the oscillator can project.
  3. roc n soc nitro gas drum throne with original saddle and backrest A (pricey) alternative to a pillow, good for elbows and wrists, but not good for far ends of an 88.
  4. Mirroring, flowing with all…. Grey, maybe This song, is this. These 2, and again. Maybe your mindfolded explorations of a different resting spot, is this song. Or the next. Compositionally speaking, what do you want the next harmony step to be? Is it a new view, a new path? Reached by foot, or by looking right? Or lying down? Or by Jeep. I.e.: Close or distant relation. New resting point or not. —— When I go back and forth between A Ionian & G Lydian, regardless of trail head, A is bottom of hill. (I’m still too basic to be able to rest truly on G, even if I don’t return to A.) That C# in the G is a magic lift up, off ground. Changes the rules found on ground. A lot. In space of instant teleportations, what are common location change sequences? Riffing off the pulls to 4, and trying to add gravity boots to G…. Short answer C F —- D If light out. ——- Thanks for a musical morning, distracting me from my fixation. Ish. Good thread. This forum is here.
  5. I agree with the concept of the continuous spectrum of changing tone colour; and I would continue the application of this analogy of the colour world to support the tone colour perceptions of our culture-based, parsed-out pitch name “stops” along that continuous spectrum. As visual colors evoke a feeling, I would think so do pitch “colours”, or pitch frequencies. (I believe they do with me, but I am limited by my bias.) If I were raised by wolves, and had no interactions with any aspect of humanity, I would see a wide variety of colors. Blood, and sky, and water, and cloud, leaf and bark, and soil and wolf, and tooth, and tongue. These would shape my perception of other colors I encounter. Comparisons, associations would stick around, my memory, for my safety, for my pleasure. These associations, these mental notes, would be a “thought name”. Stored in, and recalled from my memory. My ability to see the 10AM cloudless blue sky is absolute. My ability to associate its relationship to the drinkable water, in a treeless stream is relative. …. Returning to this forum, this thread, the original post. As voiced, when discussing this concept closely, I like the usage of Absolute and Relative I use the name perfect pitch, cause that’s what my world calls it. I instantly translate it to absolute pitch, by memory so instant, I forget it’s memory. … Regarding A, 440Hz, arbitrariness and nature, completeness and culture. The name of a note is human assigned, and as such, is arbitrary outside the human sphere. The pitch of a note is a result of oscillations of a particular frequency, and exists in and outside of the human sphere. The pitch sounding in nature is not arbitrary. It’s perception is not arbitrary. Calling the peri-440Hz region an A is from a culture. Recall of the name is memory. Experience of the sound in nature is not memory. It is en vivo, live, now. The perception of “now” is not a memory, even as it is informed by memory, and so quickly becomes memory. Seeing a color, hearing a sound in the shared physical world, is an experience, and is not, in isolation, an act of memory. The physical experience is informed by memory. The experience can be conjured up in the personal memory. Perception of a pitch, en vivo, is not a memory. As such, in my opinion, usage of “memory” is not appropriate. I don’t think I have a problem with the usage of “perfect pitch” as a name for the ability to: - hear an oscillation of a given frequency, aka a pitch. 440Hz in nature. - process the pitch (in ear-brain nature) - associate the results of the processing, via memory, to a culture-ascribed name (mind) Before this thread, I preferred absolute, for the concept of perfect pitch. As it is well distinguished from relative pitch. But, perhaps “absolute” fails, word-wise, in that there is some “relativeness”, some “continuous spectrum-ness” when summing up the experience of all the individuals. And here, maybe perfect is relatively less perfect, more ‘sliding-scale continuous’ than absolute. Absolute being pretty intense in its lines. And while, I personally am not in favor of adding a 3rd term, “memory”, which IMO errs grievously in masking the experiential, now aspect of sensing a physical world thing (a color, a sound) I can see how the various distinct employments of memory in the various distinct stages associated with the process of perfect pitch can inspire one to promote the role of memory to nomenclature status. I don’t know what positive in positive pitch is referring to, but if perfect and absolute are forever oscillating, and the oscillation wants a name, I prefer positive over memory.
  6. Thanks for the work, Dave & whomever else. The adjustable text size adapts well on mobile now. Miles better. Never knew there was dark mode before. Hopefully I catch how to get if it comes here.
  7. Dave, do you think you didn't gel with the Nord Grand may a result of the supposed lack of the softest velocity levels in their Piano Library?
  8. I appreciate reading about your daughter and thoughts, Grey. I will try to heed your advice- often. ⦠My deepest sympathies.
  9. Yeah, they're all enjoyable. ... I just tuned in to the current state of Nords as I improved the pianos I could get from my Motif XF8. ⦠becoming a Julian Pollack fan when I came across that Beatrice session. In wrestling with emulating a natural piano, I developed the utmost respect for the keyboard designers that make playable pianos - for a wide audience. As I made good progress, I"ll kick the 'which Nord can" down the road a bit. While in concept I like the ability to fine-tune the touch-to-sound that the XF provides, I think I prefer it be done 'right', for me. â The way I see it, with regards to these 3 boards: 1. Grand: hammer sensor. This plus its triple sensor implementation. I expect it allows for that extra dynamic expressiveness. 2. Piano 5: It"s digital. Take advantage of the layering. 3. Stage 3: It"s digital. Put it all right in front of you. How fast is it to delete and install an XL piano set into one of these current Nords?
  10. Thank you. Your thoughts have been informative. On my CP4 to get a wide dynamic touch response that feels natural for me, I adjust the velocity offset, velocity curve, and filter. For me, the velocity offset adjustment is most important. Is there a way to adjust the velocity trigger thresholds of a Nord Piano Library piano in the Nord Sampler Editor? This would be longer and more difficult to achieve smooth, realistic results, though. (From what I read about Nord, I don't expect this level of customization.) The Nord Grand's action & flavorful sounds are an excellent pairing. I'll get more info when playing one. Which do you find are the most playable solo piano sounds? (I'll look for those in the store.) Thank you.
  11. With the Nord Grand, can one adjust velocity sensitivity in order to play the ppp samples like a real grand piano, and still play fff with the same velocity curve and patch? .
  12. Anybody read good ideas on what opening up economy is going to look like in places that had relatively successful social distancing? I presume effective social distancing translates to less % infected, greater % at risk. But having been a 'slow burn', a flattened curve, there"s less chance of overwhelming medical system and its ventilators. My presumption is social distancing slowly, selectively fades out and life resumes with chance of getting infected, but a more sound safety net in the form of an available medical system. And of course, the super hero vaccine. And medical treatments. Thoughts?
  13. uhoh7, I got some new good suggestions from your helpful post. Thank you.
  14. There's the possibility that CA numbers aren't exponential in part due to early and effectual implementation of social distance which deeply makes an impression on public awareness and individual behavior. (I.e., slowing down the increase of gain before bashing into distortion and feedback when the speakers are big, and your ear drums have had it.) It remains a tinderbox, influenced by its leadership and people. Also, the car dependency has likely attenuated its early spike. The CA Herd Immunity (NR) article ends its 2nd paragraph with an assertive, now-to-now comparison of NYC as part of its groundwork for its many questions. To me, this undermines the credibility of its author. And re: the virus having hit CA last fall. ... It's a novel virus. New. It spreads easily, and secretively. The susceptible can get hit very hard with it. Could it have reached the point of inculcating herd immunity, undetected? ... While the weather says rain, I will attempt to stay dry. This rain, we don't see. I do not want to drown on land. I do not want to cause anyone else to drown on land.
  15. Sweet man. His enthusiasm in teaching was special. Even if just a glimpse, a long time ago.
  16. Then there"s factoring in the quality of death for the severe cases. Slowly drowning on dry ground due to ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Adequate testing could bring the visibility needed for targeted isolation instead of current broadband closure in an attempt to reduce clipping the medical system.
  17. Shocked and sad. He was so generous with his time and knowledge. I"d ask a question, and he"d teach me for 30 minutes. Memorable lessons. Thanks to this forum, I was fortunate to purchase an SSv3 at his man-cave/warehouse of inventions, past & future, buffering a vibey studio, with a great sounding drum room from a lot with classic cars. Thank you, Aspen. I appreciate it. And thanks for the little stereo box and ugly brick of tubes.
  18. Sounds good. Solid forum.
  19. Its like traveling in a different country. Ive recently switched to Logic. Key commands to me are key. This keeps me from traveling.
  20. Its my understanding the Vel Sens Depth & Offset are not part of the CP4 SCM. Are these not on the new models? For me, theyre fundamental on CP4. BTW, SCM for CP4s APs are preamp sims.
  21. It fulfills the possibility raised by the 61-key XL chassis. And seems like a solid response to Moog polyphonic?. I hope it has a long run.
  22. 16 voice or 8 voice. Tri-timbral (each with sequencer/arp) 3 new VCO (waveshaping) 2 independent filters: state-variable and Moog ladder Dual analog variable noise 4 LFO, 3 EG (DAHDSR) Audio input 61 key, Fatar TP-8S Digital fx, true bypass Preset capacity: tens of thousands. Snapshot button. Buttons for 64 user-assignable presents. 217 knobs & buttons, touchpad. 45lbs $8k or $6k
  23. I wonder if the MO-class action wears quicker than FSX/BH, thereby contributing to a new MO board feeling better than a well used one.
  24. Reflecting on the previous posts and reviewing my direct exchange with a DSI support on this very subject of sample delivery, as well as Pym's use of "buffering" as referenced above, I'm crossing that incomplete & therefore erroneous bit out from my impassioned review. I shouldn't play the speculation game. Just very interested in this sample delivery subject.
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