[New Updates from GSI/Crumar]

Marco, thank you for lending such a beautiful instrument for sampling purposes!

[New Updates from GSI/Crumar]

Good for Crumar for addressing users" main issues with the Seven. Would be amazing to hear someone to a comparison between the modeled acoustic piano, the new sampled Steinway, and the new sampled Petrof. Wondering if there"s still a 'feel' benefit to the modeled option. (It"s also my understanding that the modeled acoustic piano that now ships with the Seven is not the version that originally shipped with the board, as that one was a standout red flag of many early reviews.)

[Movie soundtracks - want to imitate?]

I have a friend who runs a movie scoring company. He does custom scores for indie features, and they also have a massive library of original stuff to be licensed for trailers, temp scores, etc. He does it all with MIDI and a controller. No live sessions, no orchestras, etc. He told me that the John Williams" of the world are now the exception.

[The inevitable SV2/Crumar Seven/Legend 70s comparison thread]

Would love to see the Fatar 110 get adopted in the Crumar. Would make a very intriguing value proposition.

[Vicount Legends '70 - Nord Grand killer ?]

If I"m getting an EP in this price range, for me it"s going to be the Seven. But I have to admit those synth sounds sound really, really good.

[Vicount Legends '70 - Nord Grand killer ?]

I believe the Nord Piano 4 only had the triple action in its 88 key version. The 73 key did not have the triple action.

 

The Piano 5 73-key apparently remedies this. You can see Jack demonstrate the triple sensor at about 2:30 here

[Thought I never would schlepp two boards again.]

Is that the same Rhodes sound that is in the Seven? It"s really nice.

[Roland Ax Edge question for owners]

I would be remiss if I didn"t post a link to this most excellent review:

 

[Sad news. No, make that inexcusable news!!]

For anyone who is thinking about scanning old magazines, there are a number of free phone apps that make scanning extremely simple these days. I use the dropbox one on my phone, though I think that defaults to black and white only.

[Jordan Rudess on Favorite Parts, iOS etc,]

13:20: EVH lives (and now plays a Korg)!

[Nord Piano 5 incoming]

So... let's figure 2GB of piano sample library storage instead of 1GB. (matches the spec of Nord Grand and Nord Stage 3).

 

I never understand why modern digital pianos have such relatively paltry storage space. Flash memory is ridiculously cheap. What would the cost difference between 1gb and 2gb be? $1?