Melving

NI 61 MK3... Makes VSTs fun Ducks and runs...

There aren't many transcriptions of her work are there?

I'm going to echo this one. The MKIII, NKS2 does a pretty nice job of addressing the immediacy issues of VSTs. No programming necessary for common parameters to be mapped to labeled knobs. Custom graphics per synth. Immersive. Cons - no set lists or combos AFAIK.

OP has left the building...

Wanted to say that I've bought a roll. That's expensive tape! Now I gotta wait a year to see if it's better than my last solution More feedback in 2025...

Soo... I got tired of waiting at Sweetwater and got a ?gray market UB-Xa at Alto. Large number of annoyingly clicky keys (loud, hard bottoming) with admittedly enthusiastic playing, but who doesn't want to be able to play the keys? Lots of clicky sounds - the "pop" issue I think it's called. Poor volume levelling. My ownership lasted 24 hours. I hope others have had a better experience with the keybed? Hope springs eternal. Maybe I'll get a NI S61 MKIII with a pro 800

There are a lot of fraudsters on Facebook. Does the profile check out? Not made last year? Lotsa friends, reasonable bio? I would meet the seller in person and look at the instrument. This one sounds like it might check out, though. I've waded through a bunch on facebook and reported as fraud a whole bunch with profiles made in the last 12 months. At least this person spoke to you and presumably sounded like the gender they claimed to be... There are some pretty good deals on facebook. I picked up a set of speakers for just a couple bucks from someone who was genuinely downsizing...

Sigh. If nobody's going to speak up for this one, I guess I will. Full disclosure: I paid full price, so I'm obligated to like it... 😊 For me what matters is not the details but the overall tone, and to me on most days, it's my preferred. Largely I bought it because I was tired of Garritan and wanted a Steinway-esque sound. My only Steinway reference is a B that I've had the privilege of playing at an in-law's house. Other VSTs - more than enough... To me at least the tone of the German D is consistent. The bottom end rumbles. The top tinkles. On the B mic, it feels close but not too close (ie Grandeur). It's not too sharp (Production voices) or dull (Noire) or weird (VSL which I still can't get to sound right), and I prefer it over ACD. I find it adequate for practicing on without jarring distraction or fussing about the tone. So, now when I boot the system, this is it. YMMV.

Ivory products are now on sale https://synthogy.com/ Looking at ACD...

The simplest would be headphones that won't play a damaging volume. We've got multi thousand dollar headphones on the market but the only ones that limit volume are for my kids at $20. I guess earpods will also give that information if you look hard enough...

IMO concerts are far too loud these days. When we go as a family we bring earplugs or over the ears for all. Both my daughter and I experimented by taking them off for a few seconds, and promptly put them back on again to avoid pain... I've also asked an audio guy when the highest decibel level was that he had ever mixed at, and he told me he couldn't tell me because it was a felony. I've known young people here in the US with hearing loss from concerts... I am also somewhat distressed that there is no professional level audio gear with decibel limits (ie headphones). The only ones with this privilege are my kids...

Soo.. Chiming in from the largely organ naive camp, I think this is a thread that I didn't know I needed. Thanks to all...

On a very small keyboard...

Midi 2.0. Would this allow a knob to be labeled with the parameter label of choice? If so it would be about time...

Latest purchase - Playing Solo Jazz Piano by Jeremy Siskind. Read it cover to cover on an airplane. Short, sweet, practical. Gotta lotta practicing to do. Thumbs up!