Robert Smedberg
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I'm still waiting for the PRICE of this instrument. I will assume it will be less that the Sequential OB whose MAP is 3K. Anyone know?
Around 1000 USD....
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I'm not concerned though, as Korg have been good stewards of Vox and Blackstar
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This behavior is not good in my book.
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I spent a fair amount of time dedicated to read lawsuits, infringments etc.
Trying to look objectivly on this matter I came to a conclusion.
For me the worst action is where the end user is affected because we usually don"t have the funds fighting against large companies.
If there is a lawsuit between companies I let their own lawyers do the work.
Yamaha musical instruments have been fined 2006 for pricefixing. In 2020 they again lost a case but being a 'snitch' they did not get fined.
Roland and Korg was instead fined 6.9 million USD in 2020 for that matter.
In 2019 Casio and Fender were fined for same issue.
This year Inmusic (Akai pro etc) filed lawsuit against Roland for patent infringments.
Guitar makers like Gibson seem to find lawsuits yearly against various companies.
Cloning have always been in music and some seem to be more ok than others.
Some say ' yes, but this is still being sold by the company that developed it'
See Universal Audio and LA-2A for reference.
https://www.uaudio.com/hardware/la-2a.html
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The disconnect may be that, while you can backorder one from Thomann, I haven"t seen a single US dealer that has this listed yet.
Thomann seems to have a URL targeting the US.
But it looks like it will cost more this way.
Coincidentially..
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Didn't they show boxes of B2600's on pallets ready for shipment some time ago? Weird!
Yes, the first batch.
Have no idea how many there is per batch.
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If the Behringer 2600 is actually available anywhere here in the US, I am unaware of it. They were showing pictures a couple of months ago, apparently of the 2600 in full production, but where those units are going, I do not know. It ain't here.
Grey
Seems you are last in line and the reason for this I can only speculate.
But some sources say that the pre-orders is around 20.000 units. So currently every unit produced goes direct to a customer.
And with the leadtime it will probably be a long way into 2021 until we will see some in the stores. Anywhere in world.
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Been on my desk for 5 days now. Surprisingly well built and calibrated. Even the key tracking of the filter is spot on.
Regarding sound Rob Keeble said:
'Let me explain the design ideas I brought to the B2600. Rather than recreating a 1977 synth with 301 op amps and tired caps, why not try and recreate the 1970 version, as it was originally imagined with high speed and accurate op amps and with matched transistor pairs and the best caps.
ARP did this in the blue marvin but had to compromise component selection to achieve reliable mass production.
So thats what we made with the defects of the original design removed and the precision of the original thinking.
You cant adjust any trimmers to make the sound less tame. The sound is meant to be precise not wobbly not like a KARP, you need to detune the vcos and add some modulation and push the levels into the vcf. Its a world away from a 1977 version..its new. Its about replicating the original 1970 version, and the ideas at ARP when they started out. A blue marvin not a late model, no character has been lost its actually been regained.'
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Windows 32bit only....
Bummer...
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One, two, testing, one, two.
Is this mic on?
Ok, I'll start the introductions.
My name is Robert and I'm 35 years young guy from Sweden.
(this feels like AA-meeting) http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
I'm playing keyboards in a coverband.
The band started in -82 (with the same members as today) but back then it was our own songs in rock style.
In the beginning of -90 we converted to covers and by that started to earn some money.
I started with keyboards in the late -70ies and the first one was a organ called Phillinette (I think) and a Roland SH-5.
Through the years I have had something like 25 different keyboards but have settled now with Kurzweil K2500 and K2000.
I also (like everyone??) have my own home studio, and it's based around a Korg D16 and Cubase VST.
Usually there is a list of gears also, so here it comes:
Keyboards:
Kurzweil K2500
Kurzweil K2000
Yamaha DX7 ( actually I like it, but rarely use it)
Outboards:
Tc electronic Triple C
Dbx DDP
Behringer Autocom pro
Digitech Studio quad4
Behringer Ultragain pro
Behringer Virtualizer
Art Dual levelar
Alesis Qudraverb+
2 Patchbays
Samson 16 ch mixer (only for live use)
Sound Modules:
Alesis D4
Emu proformance
Mics:
Sennheiser MD441
Behringer B2
So, that's about it.
Any questions from the audience?
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--Smedis,--
Above is soon 14 years ago and things happen.
So a short update:
I'm not in this cover band anymore. I have started a duo called "Two Far Out" with a singer.
Have sold all hardware and do everything in the box. Only a Motif XS8 as a controller and Maschine mkII...
Now I will wait another 14 year before updating this again...
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Very Jump-ish.Originally posted by Pim:I a ride a Triumph Legend TT motorcycle and riding it inspired me to this song:
As usual from you it's a well recorded and mixed tune.
And I too love the sound of A6!
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Thanks for listening Stephen!Originally posted by Stephen LeBlanc:Hi Robert,
I listened to "Don't Close Your Eyes"
I like the song a lot...nice vocal. Personally I don't like the sounds you use much, more a matter of taste than anything but considering the tools you have they aren't too bad.
One other thing I could criticize is that I think the arrangement builds too soon...the track doesn't sound much bigger/intense at 3:00 than it does at 1:45. This is mostly because you don't have the energy of different musicians playing...the energy of sequenced synths stays the same throughout...a solution might be to make the first half of the song much more sparse...start big but at the first verse break it down to nothing but one instrument and a bit of percussion........or something like that. Just maybe experiment with making the arrangement more interesting.
I'm being hypercritical though...overall I really like the song, thanks for sharing it.
The "building up" is something that I try to do and maybe I should do it even more.
The things we did was to add a acoustic guitar to the second verse, added electric guitar to the chorus and added background vocal to the second chorus.
The song is in the top50 on the pop/rock chart now!
See here. Look at number 50!
Strobe Sweden
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Here a two songs I'd like to have your opinion on.--> Page with songs
You can find info about the studio and gear at my Homepage
Thanks to Phait.
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Originally posted by steadyb:
Dave,
Is it my imagination, or do those last two guys have the exact same gear setup???
You mean the Jakarta twins?
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--Smedis,--
Behringer OB-Xa
in The Keyboard Corner
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From Behringer rep.
And it is on my instabuy list.