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    Has Roland ever replaced the XP30?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    I still have my XP-50 purchased from a dude on craigslist too long ago to figure out.  It's standing in a hard case in my studio storage closet, blown electrolytic caps and batteries probably happily eating away at the circuit boards while they party like it's 1999.  The last time I powered it up several years ago and the display still actually worked, I was pretty amazed at how good I thought some of the patches sounded, in an inspiring way.  However...a truly, truly craptastic keybed...abysmal IMO, and to this day I have no idea why I actually bought the thing when I could have got a JV-1080 instead.  Dumb dumb DUMB AND DUMBERER.

     

    I need a "reasonable" keyboard amp. Help needed

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    On 2/29/2024 at 9:25 AM, Reezekeys said:

    I said I wasn't gonna hawk my TX308s anymore, but here's a PSA: it seems they've gone down in price. When I got them a year & a half ago I thought they were a bargain at $139 - looks like they're down to $119 at the USA online stores I've seen.

    Reeze, may I ask what kind of stands you (and others?) are using for the TX308s?  I have some heavy duty tripods for my now-vintage Made In USA EV 12's but they are huge and heavy and bulky.  I'd like something light and compact.

    Arturia KeyLab 61 MK II - Yellowed Keys

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    12 hours ago, UnderGroundGr said:

    Wait for all keys to have yellow color and then you will have a modern "vintage" piece of gear. Like my Kawai K5000W, all keys are yellow!

    Yep same here with my Kawai K5000S.  My personal favorite keybed, but I don't get the yellowing.  I'd love to pick the brain of a keyboard industry insider to know why this happens.  Did Fatar buy the cut-rate government cheese vats of liquid plastic that year?

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    If You Could Only Buy One Analogue Synth, What Would it Be?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Growing up in the 80’s, so many of the radio hits of that time prominently featured a poly Oberheim.  Many years later after I took up keyboard, I always lusted after one (any one of em) but was put off by the high price tag and the fear of obsolete chips and maintenance upkeep required.

     

    Fast forward to a couple of years ago, and the OB-X8 was announced, and it was dream come true.  Yes it was $$$, but it’s the one analog poly I had always wanted.  It is by far the most expensive instrument I own (number #2 isn’t even close), but for me was totally worth it.  It sounds so good and brings a smile to my face every time I sit in front of it and play it.  And doesn’t even need FX (IMO) to sound amazing.

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    Prince Synths

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Ah ProfD but doesn't it really depend on the particular synthesizer?  Exhibit A for me is Roland D-50.  So many famous presets used on everything from pop/rock music to Star Trek TNG episodes, and they ain't exactly samples or saw waves.  Maybe it is a special case because it's a special synthesizer...

    OT - Macbook USB-C power port broken

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Sorry to hear about your misfortune, Tommy.  I am curious how it got broken?

     

    I am a huge fan of USB-C.  For me it's the first revision they finally got right.  The bi-directional plugin is just SO nice.  How many times in your life have you tried plugging in the OG USB-A rectangle end the wrong way around?  Since the engineers decided not to design it in a keyed orientation.  And the fact that I can plug my Macbook Pro into a large monitor with one single USB-C cord and have it display in huge resolution AND charge/power at the same time?  Magical.

    Just watched Greatest Night in Pop doco..

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    On 2/2/2024 at 6:48 PM, sunspot said:

    "And what will become of our heroes, WILLIE and WAYLON????  Tune in NEXT WEEK!  SAME Bat Time, SAME Bat Channel!!!"

    So I was really trying to pique the interest of folks when I made this comment.  My wife and I are of two different generations and two different ethnicities, and we both laughed the hardest at the part about Waylon (I did not know the story before watching this show.). And I'm a big Waylon fan.

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