cp-the-nerd

Whatcha buying? I agree! I tend toward playing a lot of vintage EP stuff anyway, so using the Minilogue XD and Mojo 61 would be a super portable and fun rig for me. Thing is, I stepped away from band stuff over a year ago and I've been more happy than ever composing with my looper in my home studio. I have more need for ensemble and miscellaneous sounds than ever, and it was hard to admit the Mojo's shortcomings grew into dealbreakers because I just think it's so damn cool in black with reverse keys. The week after I get the electro, watch Crumar announce an all new Mojo with broader appeal.

I live in a highly desirable area, and the value of my home has skyrocketed. But in cases like this, if you sell where are you going to go? Unless you own more than one property, in which case a $1600 purchase might not necessarily be a hardship. And even if you bought a $1600 keyboard on impulse and subsequently had buyer"s remorse, don"t most of the major retailers have a 30-day return policy? My wife and I built our dream house in a different state where things cost what they're actually worth. Very happy to leave Maryland behind and are thrilled that the market took a turn in our favor after covid restrictions threw a wrench in our plans a year prior. Had I received the keyboard, I would have been inclined to rationalize the decision and push forward. If I unboxed it and played it, I would've kept it unless I somehow hated the sounds it made. The mojo 61 black is one of the best looking keyboards out there (IMO) and I still want one. It's like there's a 10/10 knockout with a questionable personality asking if you want "coffee" after a party. Even if there's a sensible and compatible 8/10 out there texting your phone, you're going to make that mistake almost every time. It just so happens I got snapped out of it.

Thanks for all the input, folks. Good to know I'm not the only mental patient at the musician asylum! The reason I'm leaning Nord is because along with their strong organ sim, I really like their auxiliary sounds. Their bread and butter piano section is solid, IMO, (especially the APs) and besides I still have my SV-1. Which means I have a great weighted keybed to play via midi if I want like a few have mentioned. I think the YC series is very strong competition for $2,000, but I like the Nord's 73 key waterfall setup while the YC only offers a mediocre weighted keybed when you step up to that size. I also think the Nord wins the organ sim comparison handily. The YC might have the edge in the auxiliary sound quality, but the Nord library seems more flexible. The Electro's lack of pitch/mod controls is silly, but not a deal breaker for me. I have checked out the Vox Continental and Hammond SK-Pro and they both fell flat for me when I looked beyond the organ section. David Emm was the first to notice this leaves my budget wide open, and that's a huge benefit of the current plan. I may be looking at some of my favorite offerings from Moog, Sequential, and Arturia in the next 6 months.

Thank you for that charitable take on my actions, haha. After my more sane research, I really think the Electro will knock my socks off, even if it doesn't have the visual impact of the other two keyboards I lusted after. I didn't mention it in my first post (I was trying not to write a whole novel), but the mojo was supposed to fit the idea of a portable and versatile jam keyboard while overlooking that I NEED to replace my old yamaha YPG for its miscellaneous instruments, too. I considered a YC-61 for a long time, but I couldn't get past a few hang-ups I have with it.

I have been lusting over the Mojo 61 black edition for the past year. Besides the fact that I desperately need a good organ, it's not a practical purchase for me at all. After watching it stay perpetually on back order, a few days ago I found one left in stock on Kraft Music! I initially fought off the impulse and it literally haunted my sleep that night. The following morning I checked back and it was STILL in stock!! I couldn't shake the feeling and bought it. Let me back up for a second. My wife and I just moved and we are currently selling our old house. Thanks to the covid economy, our house value exploded upward and we stand to make significant money. Please don't take that as making light of the pandemic, it's just a lucky reality for us after struggling against restrictions to move for the past year. Anyway, the bottom line is that even after allotting a bunch of money back into savings, I currently have a massive budget for new equipment after many years of living frugally to save. In my money-drunk haze finding the Mojo 61 black in stock, I came up with a preposterous idea to buy that now and follow it with the Nord Grand (for everything the mojo lacks) after our closing deal clears. Over $5,000 combined and pretty much my whole free cash reserve. The idea was insane and wasteful based on pure emotion. I mean just look at those two keyboards and tell me you don't want them before listening to a single note. Well thank god a day later Kraft sent me an email stating that someone bought the Mojo out from under me and I snapped back into reality. After further consideration, I'm going to get a Nord Electro 6D 73 key that fits my needs 10 times better for practically half the cost. TL;DR: I bought a Mojo 61 black off Kraft Music on an insane cash fever and someone saved my ass by buying it first. Any Nord Electro owners want to chime in with their pros and cons (besides a lack of pitch/mod controls)?

Got the replacement monitor in the mail today, so far so good. Like I said in my OP, I ruled out everything, there was nothing left to troubleshoot. Now I just need to shake the fear of them being too fragile to jam regularly.

I went ahead and started the return process. I turned them on today and the tweeter issues were too awful on the one monitor. If I'm not 100% satisfied after I plug in the replacement, I am getting rid of them both. I have had an insanely stressful month moving and this was supposed to be a splurge gift to myself. 112w monitors should practically be able to blow my head off in this smallish room without issues. For all its flaws, my KC550 amp will make my ears bleed before the sound deteriorates.

I'm trying to make sure I'm not being overly sensitive. The high register buzzy resonance and volume difference is on the subtle side, but for the money and reputation I expected better from JBL. Also, if it's a simple fix, I am pretty handy taking stuff apart.

I recently started a thread about putting together my new studio room and have since been able to set up my new JBL 306P monitors. At first I was thrilled with the sound and clarity, but started to notice one is a little off. The volume is a full number lower than the other monitor and the tweeter gets a buzzy resonance playing rhodes or piano in the higher register. I have done enough troubleshooting to rule out the cables, keyboards, and mixer so it has to be the one monitor. High pass adjustments didnt help. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there an easy fix or do I need to exchange it?

You guys are giving me a lot of good info about room acoustics and rig positioning that hadn't occurred to me. I did always intend to apply sound deadening panels, so there's that. The wall behind me is a pair of french doors, so that limits some of the room's flexibility. Dimensions are 11' x 13' with the picture showing the 11' wall. To the left is a 13' wall with two windows, the right wall is blank.

Hey guys, I just moved and splurged on a pair of JBL 306P monitors and I could use some advice on placement. I got swiveling wall mounts with a few degrees of tilt. A and B are the studs in the wall, 1, 2, and 3 are height options. What is the best combo and why? I am leaning toward B2, or somewhere between 1-2.

What are you hoping to get for the Grandstage 73?

It's funny, when I hear pop, I think of the current dumpster fire era we live in. Only after I read a few of the excellent responses in this thread did I remember that good music used to chart and be "popular." Chicago Earth Wind & Fire Steely Dan Queen Yes The Eagles MJ Fun thread.

Semisonic - Closing time Spacehog - In the meantime Fuel - Shimmer Tons of stuff from the 90s and 00s, really, because people just seemed to throw in some gimmicky one finger keyboard riff and go platinum. Two people said Sweet Home Alabama, are you kidding me? That song is only as boring as you let it be.

I see you have a Sub 37 as well, what made you want to get the Monologue? I think Korg's budget synths are fantastic, by the way, so I'm just curious how it fits in for you.

I second the Korg Monologue. Korg's budget synths never fail to impress and the expandability is endless. I have been enjoying the hell out of my Minilogue XD since Christmas and I feel like I'm just scratching the surface.

I thought of that as another possibility in the non-hammer category, but I kind of assumed a preference for more than 61 keys for a piano-focussed board. Given that the limit is 40 lbs, the other YC sizes also work.

A yamaha YC61 fits all those requirements, but it overlaps a lot of the Mojo 61. Doesn't the Mojo have pretty good rhodes and wurli patches? A korg SV-2 or Grandstage 73 key would also work.

Are there any big releases rumored to happen?

It does already have 2.6 million views in 3 days. I think it's going to get a lot of play from normies who like pleasant nonsense and millennial girls who were too young to hear 80s synth ballads before, so they think this is novel.

I like John, but if this is the "hit" off his new album, it's going to be a snore-fest. The production is excellent and the playing is tasteful, but the song is a boring take on the current 80s sound bandwagon. Even John himself is dressed like he wants to be the cool tough guy from Breakfast Club. Bland and safe.

I have to respectfully disagree that anyone owes a business kudos for achieving basic customer service. That's their job. If they have to go in the storage room and bench press a Hammond B3 to get to the last keyboard in stock that you asked for, then yes, commend that individual. I spent 7 years in customer service and I never acted like the cow salesman, and I never needed kudos after doing my job satisfactorily. Perhaps we are indeed only hearing one side of the story, but I'm 100% on LX88's side the moment the cow guy interrupted the sale that was already agreed upon. That's BS. It doesn't matter what else happened, that's worth filing a complaint. The second interaction does sound like the mentality of a road rage incident, like someone else said very astutely. The cow guy has perceived a slight and then pursued a confrontation until he had to create one. I have met people like this, and it is incredibly unpleasant.

See if there's a deck-saver product for your keyboard. There's one for my minilogue XD module and I'm probably gonna pick it up if I find myself transporting it frequently.

Lemme fondle them knobs all day everyday.

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