Bobby Simons
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I likewise did a Clapton tribute a dozen or so years ago. Clapton Chronicles . The band was solid, but seemed to appeal more to musicians than your average club goer. And we though Clapton would be a sure thing, lol. I think if you're doing tribute thing it still has to be Fleetwood Mac or the Eagles. I'm glad those days are far in my rear view.
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I liked Walter (and Dick Hyman, Hambro & Kingsley etc.) but I loved Isao. The former(s) spoke to my brain, Tomita to my heart, soul and imagination.
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I see my old store - Huntington, Long Island, is on the list. Not surprised, it's been ages since they had anything resembling a keyboard department. I'm left with fond memories of being a keyboard salesman there in the mid-late 70's when everything that was anything was put out on the floor.
Also I'm happy to now live within easy driving distance of Chuck Levin's, who (for the time being, anyway) is bucking the trend and filling every square inch with quality keyboards and other equipment.
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It's a Hammond Solovox.
I had one on my very first Rhodes that an old club dater gave me when I was 15. I consider it my first synth.
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18 hours ago, Montunoman 2 said:
I’m surprised they haven’t re issued the Invisible Stand. I’ve heard keyboardist ravings about them for years!
Mine was lost/stolen during a loadout probably 25 years ago. I agree - can't believe these aren't back in production. I used to load it up with a KX88 on the lower level and a clavinet above. Rock solid.
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In the 80's I gigged extensively with my Emax HD which was well over 3K back then. I don't know what that would be in today's dollars.
OK, I just looked it up, apparently equivalent to 9-10K now. Funny thing is that buying it wiped me out to the point that I couldn't afford a case so I padded the box it came in and used that. What the hell was I thinking?
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Lost in the glare from the shiny new Korg stuff, Pteq 8.2 arrives. I didn't know I needed it, but they are to be commended once again for the constant improvements. Of course, it will never be good enough for the ardent naysayers, but that club is slowly shrinking.
Revoicing of all 11 modern grand pianos.
Fret buzz sound added to the Classical Guitar instrument.
Two new tunings for the guitar: EADF#BE and DADGAD.
MIDI sequence transposition added in the sequence context menu.
New midimapping for changing the tuning root key.
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LOL, I thought it was just me who couldn't always tell. I did pretty well here, got Dancin' in the Moonlight wrong. (In my defense, I'm listening on my Mac mini speaker.)
Funny how Rhodes and Wurlie patches on most digital boards are miles apart from each other, no mistaking those.
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Born in '52 and just love where that placed me in the scheme of things and the musical life I lived. Of course, that makes me older than dirt now, but what the hey. . . .
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Jeez, his dad Jerry just passed away a few months earlier. I was a keyboard salesman at the Huntington, Long Island store in the late 70's and Sammy was in often. I remember him being obsessed with drum machines, which were progressing rapidly around that time. Jerry was a stern, unsmiling guy that we tended to steer clear of when he came in, Sammy was a bit more personable.
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While I never had the opportunity to lay my hands on one, I was always impressed at how all those guys played their asses off on the previous model (A88 MK1?) in all those Keyscape demos some years back. Crisp, clean and nuanced playing, it had me as interested in the controller as I was in the software. If it had the knobs and buttons the new one has I would have chased one down.
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9 hours ago, confidence said:
Wow, is that all it takes? That's some bad GAS you got there. 😀
Hold on for a minute while I do a quick photoshop mock-up of my latest invention, and get your credit card ready . . .
Just illustrating the knee-jerk level of GAS I live with.
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Well. . . don't know about you, but I've seen enough - take my money! 💰💰💰
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I apologize if this has already been reported. Sale ends tomorrow (8/21)
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/B3XPlug--ik-multimedia-hammond-b-3x
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When we moved a year and a half ago, my computers, TV's and my P-515 (wrapped in a moving blanket, some foam and some clothes) went in my car. I went down a couple of days before my wife and the movers, so this was pretty much all I had in an empty house. The piano sounded great! 😛
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11 hours ago, Charleston said:
Thanks!
But.... $99? 😬
I know, f*cking outrageous for a piece of plastic, isn't it? I actually got mine from Kraft Music for $76.99 - I see they still have it at that price. Slightly less outrageous.
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3 hours ago, Charleston said:
I wonder when/if a music rest (for the 88) will become available?
Or does the YMR-03 fit?
Yes, that's the one.
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For me, the killing stroke is that the overdrive distortion is always on, doesn't ramp up as you work the expression pedal. That's a shame, otherwise sometimes the organ sounds nice.
Still, I'm enjoying having it around and it didn't break the bank. And you never know. . . maybe they can fix some of this stuff with an update - without encroaching on YC territory.
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I used to buy two copies of Contemporary Keyboard every month starting with the very first Corea issue. One to pour over and one that stayed in the Sam Ash brown paper store bag that they were brought home in.
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Personally, I'd prefer the YC to the Montage anyway, especially on stage. Fewer distractions.
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I'll say this - that Montage action felt great, they better not screw with that. Back when I was considering a ModX88, my Guitar Center had one set up with the Montage directly above it. That ruined the ModX for me, lol, and I wasn't willing to spring for the better board at that time.
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Arturia: A new chapter awaits…
in The Keyboard Corner
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Same here. I had hoped that for the MKII, but no - same old same old.