[Piano to Organ. What gear, what technique?]

Thanks all, doing some reading, watching, listening and playing now...

[Piano to Organ. What gear, what technique?]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I do have an expression pedal connected up to VB3 via a MIDI Expression, although I don't really know what to do with it and when, which comes back to my technique question! Feels like learning to drive (manual/stickshift) 25 years back, suddenly realise I should have done something with the clutch pedal 2 seconds ago!

 

I think you're all saying the GO:Piano is perfectly good enough, which means I have everything I need for now already. USB midi works fine. I can even stack it above the FP-30 using my current stand, or just use it instead of the FP-30 and see if I can make do with it for AP as well. I have tried top palm smears on it, which were much easier than on the FP-30.

 

I also have a cheap 9 slider MIDI control surface, so I can connect that up to the drawbars.

 

I have no excuses left! :-)

[Piano to Organ. What gear, what technique?]

I play piano in a rock n roll bar band, and we're starting to play songs that have a bit more organ in them. So far I've managed by faking something unsatisfactorily on my weighted keyboard (Roland FP-30 live, Roland FP-90 at home). I use the VB3 vst on a laptop for organ sounds. I also have a Roland GO-Piano - 61 unweighted keys.

 

I've never played a real Hammond (or even an SK series)

 

Questions :-

1. How close is the GO to an organ keybed? What would I notice?

2. What is the advantage of a proper waterfall keybed, over a normal semi weighted keyed which has a lip over the front edge of the key, and sometimes doesn't have even have fronts or sides to the keys?

3. Any recommended guides/videos for rock organ technique for pianists? In particular, what not to do!

4. I don't want to lug 2 boards around, but I could change out the FP-30 for an 88 (or 7x) key semi-weighted midi controller to get a better compromise between piano and organ. Something as light as possible. Don't need any buttons, sliders, as I use a Behringer X-Touch Mini on top for that. The Nektar LX88+ looked a possibility although too many buttons, or the Studiologic SL73/SL88 although still a hammer action. Possibly the Numa Compact 2? I think I'll try a rehearsal using just the GO and see how that feels.

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[IEMs - upgrade from SE215? Looking for more isolation & bass]

Thanks both. I get a good seal that doesn't break when I move my head or open my mouth, and it feels fairly comfortable.

 

If I focus my question to this: For anyone whose gone from the Shure olives to a custom mould, did you get more isolation with the customs?

[IEMs - upgrade from SE215? Looking for more isolation & bass]

I'm reasonably happy with the SE215. I can hear my piano, and vocals very well. The drums and guitar leak through without needing to be in the mix.

 

But, I'd ideally like to be able to hear the kick drum and also the bass guitar in my mix without increasing the volume levels into my ears too much.

 

The bass goes through a separate bass amp, and the ambient sound is very mushy from my location on stage.

 

I have tried adding the kick drum and bass into my IEM mix, but have to turn the levels up high to hear them over ambient, up to the point where the IEM distorts sometimes.

 

I'd like to get better isolation so that I can add the bass instruments back in without distortion. I generally sit less than 2 feet away from a cymbal, so isolation is good!

 

I have looked into custom ear moulds. I am using the Shure olives which say up to 37dB isolation. Would custom moulds improve on that? Some articles I've read say that customs give LESS isolation than the olives?

 

The next thing is to look at an iem with more than one driver, possibly SE535 or an Ultimate Ears. Not sure if I need to change it though, I am monitoring stage sounds, not critically listening.

 

Any opinions on whether I'd see much benefit from changing to custom moulds or a better universal IEM? Cheers.