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Yay, I found it - made by Korg: https://www.korg.com/us/products/accessories/pa_as/

There is one that has been discussed here.... ...and apparently I logged on to say I can't remember what it was

I was about to ask if anyone else found it ironic that a thread about Gospel/sacred music was becoming acrimonious... Thus, glad to see it come to reconciliation/resolution ......... the spirit of Gospel would approve

I obviously defer to Reezekeys on this, but whatever you guys do Bobby, make sure the single-note funk line is there - to me, it is the unique, old-school key signature part of that tune that brings the funk, and moves it into James Brown territory (it plays kind of a call-response thing with the key horn hooks, and I really noticed its absence in the Candy version cited above, which may be why it falls a little short). That funky single-note groove sets the tone for the whole tune - without it, it is just another funk song with horns (maybe just my bias as a former bass player). Side note - I wasted some time trying the keyboard-only approach - for me, the funkiest combo was leslie-organ for the guitar chord stabs, while playing the single note funk pattern on a slightly distorted electronic piano (rhodes) patch (as was previously suggested by TommyRude). Clav was ok, but sounded like it was trying to hard, and organ was too mushy in the lower register. Anyway, having said that, I'm just a hack. Probably why I found it hard to play the single note part funky and loose, 'cause of the asymmetric chromatic run up and down through white and black keys - tricky to finger with the kind of confidence to set the funk of the tune.

Quick Comment to the Deskew Tech: Due to the positive comments here, and online videos, I decided to buy Gig Performer during the sale. However, I was unable to complete the purchase (i.e., pay the moneys). Why not? I could not get past the final "enter the Paypal/Visa info here". I think the problem was due to a Facebook Container app on my Firefox Web Browser, which is designed to "contain" any tracking links to the Facebook Borg. (Side note - I don't use Facebook, and thus use things like this to block their evil Tracking - why should Facebook be allowed to track me if I don't use them or even have an account?). Anyway, I do understand Facebook has become somewhat indispensable for smaller businesses. Just wanted to suggest that Web site developers should consider including alternate paths for payment, for those people that don't use Facebook. Other disclaimers: 1. This might be a Plugin Alliance issue, and not Gig Performer at all. 2. It is my fault this was done at the last minute, not Plugin Alliance/Gig Performer. In typical me style, I didn't decide to pull the trigger until there was only about 15 min left in the sale window (in my defenses, I was out of town and only flew back that evening. 3. Irony - I only figured out that Facebook container was probably the culprit (I have many such blocking apps for Google, etc), because had to disable it in order to send in a problem/support ticket pointing out I was unable to complete the transaction.

Was just about to post that! Lowest price I"ve ever seen it (I think $75 was the previous lowest). Just bought it - it lives up to the hype! Very happy so far- the distortion is very tubey, and the leslie sounds great!

Thanks for posting this Miden - Ironically, to 'save money' I"ve invested a lot over thins in iOS instruments and effects. However, I"ve always found that AUM, as great as it is, seemed to introduce a bit of latency, especially in Korg Module. Q: does the Camelot host introduce any noticeable latency?

I've had nothing but good experiences selling equipment to Guitar Center for store credit. Often get as good or better off than I do from other, independent local stores that emphasize buying and selling used equipment. I'm surprised the author of that article seems so shocked by the concept that you don't get 100% valuation when you sell your equipment to any store - is he/she unaware that store has to pay its lease, utilities and store employees? When buying used equipment, they are are taking the risk that no one may want to buy what they just put their money into. Sometimes they guess wrong, and the thing will sit there for months and months (seen that happen many times-musicians can be finicky), taking up space that could be used to exhibit something more sell-able. As noted above, a Pawn shop would give you way less. Even back when I worked at an independent music store in the early 80s, we used to only give ~ 60%, for the exact same reasons noted above. We often didn't make any offer at all, for the same reasons.

I wonder how this move will effect the scientific software universe - Macs have been resurgent in some scientific arenas (for example, structural biology, computer science and physics and biology). The underlying 'Unixeness' of OSX meant that old Unix-based software could be tweaked and improved upon to run on the Mac and Linux. Now with a different CPU, the compatibility may not be there, and may force a shift to more programs focusing on Linux. For that reason, I would also presume there will be increaseD interest and support for ARM-based Linux.

Quick comment on Module - I seem to remember (non-scientifically) discovering that the latency problem with Module was not so much Module itself, but when using it with AUM (AUM is a super-cool virtual mixer that lets you run several iOS music apps in their own channels). In fact, if I recall, several of my apps showed more latency using AUM. Not knocking AUM, as it is super-cool (see above) - just that for reducing latency, try running your app directly. Kinda sucks, but makes sense, as AUM has to obviously do some translating as it is sitting between your keyboard trigger and the sound-producing app (AUM also routes the MIDI, so maybe that is where the latency is coming from?) Anyway, nowadays I just use Module alone, and find the latency acceptable. While Module is not perfect, it does offer a lot of different sound options, and the set-list feature is super cool, and you can even map the different sounds in the set-list to buttons on your controller. Having said all of that, this "solo" approach does suck in the sense that you are not leveraging all of the other super-cool apps out there by not using the super-cool AUM.

Actually, higher concentrations of alcohol can be less effective. I read a lot on this a few months ago when I was researching making my own hand sanitizer. Some good info here: https://www.quora.com/Is-70-or-90-isopropyl-alcohol-better-for-disinfecting This too ^ - In my lab, we dilute our 100% alcohol down to 70% for exactly this reason.

This ^ Not to say you shouldn't be careful and wash your hands, but the main transmission appears to be through breathing the same air as an infected person. But definitely wash your hands, frequently and often. Viruses typically cannot get into you through "regular" (non-mucosal) skin, so DON"T TOUCH YOUR FACE OR MOUTH (I yell at my 15 year old daughter about this all the time). Or pick your nose. Or stick your finger in your ear. Or into other orifices (no judgement), at least until AFTER you have washed your hands.

This is definitely my problem on keyboards! I can make my guitar "sing", even when mostly playing blues scales, because I've played it for so long. Guitar is also a very "tactile" instrument - you hit the wrong note, you just bend it up to the right one and pretend you did it on purpose . Thus, I can solo pretty much whatever I hear in my head on guitar (mind you, I'm no guitar wizard, just good enough to fool enough people to think I can solo). However, I have not been able to get that same sort of fluidity on keyboards, so I totally feel your pain. In fact, I have almost started a thread on this very same topic, with the topic being focus on "how do you go from being a successful guitar soloist to keyboard soloist?" i.e., how do you get your keyboard to "sing"? So thanks for bringing this topic up nadroj! I appreciate the answers you've gotten already, and look forward to more insight into this. PS - another great thing about guitar soloing is the ability to choke notes, vibrato, etc. - "guitar tricks" that can really add expressiveness, similar to the saxophone. I've never figured how to do that on keyboards, even using the vibrato weel and pitch bend, without sounding like a bad Jan Hammer impersonator. At best, I just end up playing guitar licks on my bad synth sound. That's why I love hearing the good organ soloists, somehow they are as expressive as a guitarist, but without sounding cheezy - they do their own thing. PSS - on further reflection, I think another advantage of the guitar is that your fingers can "feel" the spacing on the fretboard, thus you can instinctively know where to go pitch wise to match what you hear in your head. This doesn't seem to work for me on keys, 'because each key has a different spacing (at least it feels that way to your fingers) - anyone have any tips on how to deal with that? (I realize the answer is probably going to be the same way you get to broadway, practice, practice, practice...)

If you are using a PC, you can route your audio to your DAW of choice by using a "virtual jack" (essentially, a little program that will capture the audio data and send it wherever you want. I imagine there are similar options for Macs. I've done this quite a bit using VB Audio's "virtual jack", specifically, their "VB-CABLE Virtual Audio Device". Your DAW will just treat the data like any other incoming audio source. Once captured, you can save as WAVE, MP3, etc. Personally, I use Reaper (have been since like 2007), but I'm sure other DAWs should work as well. https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm You have to do some fooling around with patching through their program, then patching back out if you want to hear on speakers, but it will definitely give you a completely clear capture of the audio data. I imagine this type of option may not exist for iOS because in its early days, Steve Jobs was trying to convince the big media companies that his iPad/iPhone was not going to be another avenue for pirating their IP. Part of the reason iOS is still so locked down, comparatively.

sorry for the partial thread-jack, but do anyone of you know how to find an archive list for Electronic Musician in the mid-80s? As a mid-20s Grad Student, I wrote and article that they actually published. But, 35 years later, I don't have a copy, or even remember when exactly it was published (85 or 86?). I've done some light googling, but so far have had no luck finding a list of EM issues/articles from that era. If anyone has any tips, I would really appreciate it (obviously, I have too much time on my hands these days!)

Great advice above, was going to type much of the same. Just wanted to throw in a couple of other ideas (my small research lab has LOTS of old instruments that still run on Windows 95, so I'm always scrounging up old computers). - even if you are stuck with a small amount of RAM, an SSD will dramatically improve your boot up and read/write times. - as noted above, look into buying used business machines on ebay or Craigslist. You can get amazing deals on old, ugly but still reasonably powerful computers. Example: - some of the older Lenovo ThinkPad laptops were massively overbuilt, and thus while now "obsolete", they are pretty robust, powerful and a good deal. There is one on ebay right now for $440 (a Lenovo W510 15" Workstation i7 QUAD Turbo 2.8GHz 16GB RAM 2TB SSHD NVIDIA VRAM39. Those are still respectable specs!). What is great about the old Thinkpads is nothing is welded down, you can swap out batteries, memory, hardrives, wireless cards, etc. They come with firewire, ethernet, USB, USB3 etc. all built in, and because they made so many (and are now "obsolete"), docking stations, extra power supplies, etc. can be had for ~ $30. A W510 with lower specs can be had for ~ $200. They incredibly tough, I once dropped one ~ 20 feet (by accident, different story), where it landed on a couple of flattened cardboard boxes. Opened it up, worked fine - still using it! I'm currently playing around with a different Thinkpad. Scrounged it up for free, added $50 for 16 Gig of memory, $90 for a 500 Gig SSD hardrive, and this thing is good to go. Last comment: given your technical nature, you might want to consider loading up an older laptop with Linux. Linux is WAY less resource hungry than Windows. The ease-of-use for Linux distros has also increased dramatically since last time I tried using it for Desktop work (~15-20 years ago). Due to extra time during this lockdown, I downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 and put it on the above-mentioned Thinkpad. Very fast, and the overall experience is amazingly better than Linux of old (of course you can still dig into the command line, but you really don't have to for the most part). You never know, some Linux skills may come in handy (I'm trying to re-learn because a lot of scientific software is written for Linux).

I wonder if any of these settings can be imitated in VB3-2 software, and/or the GSI Burn?

Great find! I'm in. dB Hey Guys While I too think that a magnetic power strip is a great idea, not sure it is going to work on the aluminium K&M stand.... (at least mine is alumineeum)

That is a great idea attaching a power strip to the side of the keyboard stand - one less thing to forget. But aren't those heavy-duty units like doubling the weight of that KLM stand? Lol, (just kidding - I have the same stand, and if anything, it could actually use some more weight. Dang thing only weighs about 5 pounds or something crazy. Often freaks me out when I pick it up, like picking up a mug of beer you think is full but is actually empty...)

I agree, me too! And that interest completely impacted the rest of my life. Because of Kraftwerk: 1. I bought an Arp Axxe with all of my paper route money in ~1979. 2. Because of that Arp, I knew something about synths, and thus got a job at a great local music store in the 80's as the "keyboard guy". 3. Because I had that job, I was exposed me to more cool equipment, the best local musicians, and local bands. 4. Because of that knowledge gained, instrumental analysis topics in upper level chemistry classes were relatively easy for me (compared to classmates). Why? Because I already had a practical understanding of basic electronic design, high pass filters, oscillators, frequency modulation, Fourier transforms, etc. Thus, my current job is directly due to Kraftwerk. Still listen to them almost daily for inspiration. Thank you Florian for being such a pioneer, both musically and artistically.

Dude - that was hilarious. Many thanks. I was falling asleep trying to learn a new synthesizer app, clicked on your link, and had several belly laughs. Excellent stuff. That guy is a very good comedian AND musician.

I know you are specifically asking for an online teacher, but for self-guided study, this guy's site is by far the best I've run across for self-study (at least for me): https://www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/ It goes all the way from the basics to much more advanced concepts, in very well thought-out, short snippets. (comment - I'm a university science professor in my day job, and have had to put together some online lecture material in the past - it is not a trivial task, and very time consuming to do). Thus, I was blown away by the depth of material and clarity of presentation on this site - and it is all free! (although you should consider donating - I did, and I'm a tightwad) Seriously, the site is incredibly well organized, and great for people, like myself, who are: mostly self-taught, know a reasonable amount of music theory, play by ear as they can barely site-read, have played in bands for decades, yet never tried to play jazz, as the initial learning hurdle seemed insurmountable (for the preceding reasons). Anyway, the author has a LOT of his material on YouTube, under the moniker "Walk That Bass". Curious if any of you actual jazz players have run across his material, and what you think of it. PS - what I find great about this site is not only clarity of the instruction and the organization, but the fact that each section has written out AND an accompanying video demonstrating the concepts. Really well done - I can't believe this guy has not received more attention/credit, frankly. Hence my post in an attempt to change that! PSS - be warned, his acoustic piano in some of the videos is a bit out of tune. You've been warned! LoL. PSS - to be clear, not saying this is the best instructions out there, but very invaluable if you are self-studying, and run across concepts/discussions in material on other sites (books, YouTube, discussions on this site , and end getting lost and thinking WTF are they talking about?). You can go to this guys site and quickly get up to speed on the concepts. PSSS - (sorry to be such a fan boy, but here is an example pulled at random for one of the more advanced sections - his explanation of Gospel-Jazz Piano Techniques & Reharmonization. The site: https://www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/jazz-reharmonization/gospel-jazz-piano-techniques-reharmonization/ The accompanying video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/mJ0Q7PGxmRQ

Well, you say potato, and I say ......your wrong. (Just kidding). By magic, I mean they pulled off a relevant new tune long after many of us (including myself) had written them off. Reminds me of back in high school back when Some Girls came out - at that time, young whipersnappers like myself (back then) had written them off, and then they dropped that album, which at least to me is a near masterpiece of Stones-style music. PS - I saw your comment about the bass - totally agree! I was thinking on the third listen that "wow, their bass player replacement guy is doing a pretty good job of imitating the classic Stones bass line". But, then I though - I shouldn't be thinking that it was a good imitation, it should be so good that I don't even think about it. It is too perfect, like a studio bass player would do it. But still, this kinda caught me by surprise, didn't think they had anything relevant in them anymore.

I suppose many of you have heard the news, but if not, the Rolling Stones have worked their magic yet again with an excellent new song that is actually number one now on iTunes! Classic Stones beat, they sound great (hard to believe they are now so old that they've been together for almost 60 years!). Anyway, thought you guys might enjoy this (there's some organ in it, so I think it qualifies for keyboard corner. The Rolling Stones Hit Number 1 on iTunes (First Time Ever) with Spectacular Quarantine Anthem 'Living in a Ghost Town': https://www.showbiz411.com/2020/04/24/the-rolling-stones-hit-number-1-on-itunes-first-time-ever-with-living-in-a-ghost-town The song alone is enough to bring tears to your eyes (in a good way), but if that doesn't get ya, check out the video: [video:youtube] If that doesn't work, this might: Enjoy!

Solo piano music, for most of the general public, denotes "serious", and signifies dreadful experiences that they have to suffer through in silence, like 1) children's piano recitals, and 2) weddings. Least that's my theory.