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I imagine Don Felder could tell us all a thing or two about that. :wink:In some ways being that big would save you a lot of headaches but the other side of it is you really wouldn't want to be onstage with someone that you have an adversarial relationship with. -
There's the answer. Wasn't sure if that was possible, but of course it is. Simple, elegant, powerful.You could connect the laptop to the Kronos via USB and use that as the audio interface. -
Probably because Spike Edney is playing it offstage.
Freddy is singing " Bicycle " in that photo. I see no keyboard, however.
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I couldn't stop them, Robert!
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KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"Into Darkness" was just terrible. -
I'm sure Rick Wakeman could tell us if there's life on Mars.
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Kevin, I assume you're running your Kronos L/R into the audio inputs of the Steinberg right now? I have the Steinberg UR22mkII, and that has an "Input/DAW Mix" knob that allows audio to pass through the interface to the audio outputs without running through the computer first. I don't see that knob on pictures of the UR44, which makes me think that you'd have to pass the Kronos audio through channel strips in Mainstage for the interface to output it. Since that could mean latency and audio degradation, that doesn't seem ideal, especially for a high-end digital board like the Kronos.
So, using a mixer to combine the outputs of your Steinberg and the Kronos into a single stereo mix to output to your monitors may be the simplest option, if you can't rely on going direct through the PA (I'm assuming this is for a gigging-with-a-band setup, rather than solo performance).
If you want to try running the Kronos audio through Mainstage, I'd suggest creating a stereo audio track at the concert level, so your patch changes for the MIDI controller don't affect your Kronos audio.
But maybe someone on the forum who actually owns a Kronos knows some trick about how it can route audio that will be simpler still! Keep us posted.
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What happens in the privacy of rehearsal between consenting adults is nobody's business. :wink:
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I"d never be accused of being in touch with pop culture, but I think the trends in music production across a lot of genres over the past ten or fifteen years have been very heavily synth-driven, vintage or not. So Behringer"s focus on vintage synth clones probably appeals to a much wider audience than, say, a Hammond clone.But I don't understand how many of these synths anybody can build. I've never been into synths, so I speak from ignorance, but the music market is relatively small. I've been amazed at how many different boutique synths I hear about, and now B comes out with an endless stream of re-creations at a cheap price. I guess I profoundly underestimated the market for synths. -
I love this kind of thing, and have since we did harmonic analyses of pop songs in my high school theory class. Thanks for sharing!
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A bold move with so many great workstation and software options out there, but I can see the appeal, even if it's narrow. I'd like to hear the other three samples too, but the Rhodes does sound great. Not sure if it's really as good a deal as getting a Pianoteq sound pack or other VST, but if you really didn't want to have to deal with a laptop or tablet, and you wanted to run the sounds through an amp, it makes sense. I'm more likely to run my Wurli and clav through a modeled amp and leave the tube amp at home than the other way around, but if I had a nice controller and didn't want to haul the vintage stuff but wanted a little more tonal mojo, it's pretty cool for being about the size of my Big Muff Pi.
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I was getting more of a Dalek vibe. "X-terminate, x-terminate!"A doomsday scenario for sure. Kind of like Stormtroopers or Terminators lined up to kill us all
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I should add that the reason I often still enjoy TNG even at its worst is because Patrick Stewart is Acting SO HARD, and seeing him give the same level of depth, subtlety, and nuance to his performance even in the most lackluster episodes is a testament to his craftsmanship. It's like hearing a truly great musician play a terrible piece of music -- occasionally a performance can be of higher quality than the work being performed.A Trek latecomer, I never finished watching all the way through TNG (got bogged down when Worf's son started making more regular appearances, and dear god, that episode that focuses on him and Troi's mother)Yeah, TNG has its ups and downs for sure. I liked season 6 the best.
So on that note, I'm sure I'll enjoy the Picard (mini?)series very much, even if it's not breathtaking.
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I need to tell my bands about this, and start making more mistakes onstage. :wink:I screwed it up so badly one night that I had to stop. The guitar player joked, on mike, that I needed a shot to be able to play that properly. As if by magic several shots of my drink of choice showed up. I drank one of them with great flourish, then proceeded to play it perfectly.Next night, the same thing happened.
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Watched this with my wife this weekend, and we both jumped up from the couch when Riker showed up. A pleasant surprise.
A Trek latecomer, I never finished watching all the way through TNG (got bogged down when Worf's son started making more regular appearances, and dear god, that episode that focuses on him and Troi's mother), but I feel like I need to at least hop skip and jump through the last couple of seasons before I dive into this.
That will have to be after we finish re-viewing Breaking Bad in preparation for the El Camino movie's release this weekend. The world's a crazy place right now, but boy, is there some good television.
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I try to remember first and foremost that this is supposed to be fun, and one of the reasons people enjoy live music is that unexpected things can and do happen. I"ve made mistakes like this plenty of times, and so have my band mates. We all have stories. It can be scary, frustrating, and embarrassing in the moment... except when it"s a funny bonding experience.
Part of that is unpredictable. It"s all about where you are in the moment, and your relationship with your band. Sometimes the mistakes make you lose sleep, other times they crack everyone up and you move forward immediately.
If there"s any advice I can offer, I"ll steal it from this podcast about the history of Phish as an influential live band I"ve been listening to (lord knows they"re a band that a lot of people love fervently, and they make PLENTY of mistakes onstage): take your art seriously, but don"t take yourself seriously.
Remember that it"s about the music and having fun, not about you auditioning for the respect of the audience and the band. That makes mistakes something to avoid and fix, but not something that reflects on your worth as a musician or as a person. Hopefully then it can make you laugh, sooner rather than later.
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Follow-up comment: by far my favorite takeaway from this is the existence of the Bottom 40 Band. I watched their video of Pharrell's "Happy" and I was grinning ear to ear. It's been awhile since I've been so thoroughly delighted by a performance.
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Feel free to disregard if the sampler is more what you're looking for, but I'm wondering if a phone or tablet-based DAW might be a low-profile way to accomplish what you need. If all you need to trigger are a few loops and the occasional sample, I imagine Cubasis or Garageband or something of that ilk might do what you need without having to deal with as much setup/teardown. That said, I know sometimes having a big pad or button to whack is a little less fiddly than a touchscreen.
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Yay, my favorite thread is back! I know I've previously said the "dig my rig" thread is my favorite. Just roll with it.
This past weekend my cover band played at the annual Brew Fest at a taproom out in rural New York State. Unseasonably hot and humid for September. There's a band before us and a band after us and not a lot of changeover time, so the guitarist and I are setting up our gear in the parking lot while the band before us finishes their set (there's a door there that goes right to the stage).
The band was covering "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon, and I was talking about it to our guitarist -- about how that song was on the radio nonstop when I was in college, but I hadn't heard the name Kings of Leon in several years at this point. As this is happening, a voice behind me says "Well I think you're full of baloney."
I turn and there is a woman in her 80s who I have never seen before standing next to me. "Oh yeah?" I said. "Yes," she said. I stared at her for a few seconds. Then she walked away.
Never figured out what that was about...
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I'm overdue to catch TTB again. I've seen them twice, once in 2012 when both Burbridge brothers were still in the band, and again after the second record came out (that was a weird show; lots of comped tickets and a fairly disinterested/unenthusiastic crowd -- Sharon Jones was on the bill and she was very frustrated that she couldn't get people up and dancing in the front). I really loved the last two records, so I hope they swing through my area again soon... gonna be a bummer without Kofi but I've been a big fan of Gabe Dixon's playing since I first heard him on Paul McCartney's Driving Rain record in 2001.Well, I'm going to see TTB on 02/15 and 02/22, both shows at the Warner Theatre. We will have to compare notes.I'm seeing them here next month!
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I'm lucky enough to not play with anyone like that these days, but every now and then I'll hear a band that sounds like nobody is playing the same arrangement, and it's sort of a marvel. It's like when you listen to a DIY record where everyone played to a click track but nobody listened to any of the other parts -- except that's how the arrangement (or lack thereof) actually sounds.
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The 80s influence is strong with this one! I hear Michael Jackson in addition to the aforementioned Toto (so it was funny to see Quincy Jones Management listed at the end of the credits). They also remind me a bit of The Main Squeeze -- a very different approach, but a similar concept of combining slick 80s R&B and chops-heavy rock/metal elements.
I'd heard the name The Dirty Loops before, but had never heard any of their music. Thanks for the share.
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This is a real treat. I guess we're all here because we love shop talk, right? Thanks for making this happen!
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Well, good to know whenever I need to upgrade my music laptop, I can upgrade the interface without having to switch models. Hopefully I won't need to do that for a few years, though.
OT: Do you ever get overwhelmed?!?!
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Yes, musical overwhelm is a real thing! Especially when it's side income or extracurricular to a day job (though I imagine using music to make ends meet is just as overwhelming in its own way). I try to just follow my interest and curiosity at any given moment, and try not to give myself too much grief about what I could be working on, because it's endless.
Most of my 20s were about "the more music, the better." Now that my life has settled a little bit, I've learned I need to give myself some space to recharge, and say no to things that I'm not truly excited or required to do, whenever possible. It's hard, because I don't like to turn down opportunities, but I've also learned the hard way that when I burn myself out I lose WAY more time because I lose the drive to do anything for a few weeks.