Mr -G-

At least in the NS2 there is no independent setting for Sustain (and hence it is ADR envelope). The max Decay acts like a max Sustain (as mentioned earlier). I am almost sure this works the same in the NS4. True ADRS envelopes are available in the Wave2. Since we can download the manuals from the Nord site, it might be worth doing some reading before deciding if this it the right gear to avoid a late surprise. For example, if controlling external MIDI devices via the Extern section, you lose the output of a synth section. There are some other design decisions that some people have questioned and requested fixes (e.g. the order of the volume with regards to the effects). For bugs, fixes and requests see https://www.norduserforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23739

Oh, but it does! it is that the connection as to what it represents is not immediately obvious. One interesting paper is this: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234487484_1fnoise'_in_music_and_speech and this one: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24955701 which seems to be available here: https://labs.la.utexas.edu/gilden/files/2016/04/Gardner-WhiteBrownFractalMusic.pdf

Sorry, I do not know if that was the mysterious piano patch I was referring to. I was always curious about how realistic it was. I wonder it that Super Piano is in the numerous DX7 patch collections in the net. Time to do some investigation!

And the JX8P too, if I recall correctly there is a "Thanks Eric Persing" message when setting the keyboard in test mode. The "Soundtrack", "Voices" and "Brass" patches in the JX8P are excellent.

Indeed! This is what you want (Fig 1 or 2): https://www.prosoundweb.com/why-not-wye/

Let's not forget that the study is about music in the charts... There is a major financial interest in trying to make such 'music' memorable and fit the allocated times that broadcasters allow.

Do you use two inputs to mix the audio tracks to mono? If so, make a passive stereo to mono mixer cable (it takes one cable and 3 resistors) and that would take 1 input less. Then you only need 10 channels and perhaps some more mixer options? The additional input for whoever wants to use the PA, is it likely to be used at the same time as your singing mic? if not, you could have a A/B switcher box and save another input.

Not an expression pedal, but I was given a footswitch (for some industrial machine, I guess) which I thought was perfect to use as a spare sustain pedal. The connector was not the standard plug, so I changed that for a 90 degree 'pancake' plug that turned out to be a tiny bit shorter than it should and when plugged into a MODX it would go in and work fine, but pop out on its own at the most inconvenient time! It took me a few times to realise what was going on. It did not click fully in position no matter how much I would push. So much for manufacturing standards!

Hi, thanks for your comment. I did not know the Rapco brand. Out of curiosity, if you have the chance to open your box and take a photo of the inside, I could do the same so we can see how different they are. I think the only thing which should make a difference is the quality (whatever that means) of the transformers, but that would be difficult to tell apart from a photo.

The box that Mighty Motif Max suggested looks physically the same as the Stagg two-channel DI box with mono/stereo switch. I suspect that it is the same manufacturer that supplies to different brands. The difference in price is quite surprising too. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stagg-Channel-Passive-Stereo-SDI-ST/dp/B0039OVVC0

There is no summing of L+R in the Nords when you connect only one of them, so you could send both lines or make a passive summing cable. The circuit is just 3 resistors. https://www.prosoundweb.com/rane-note-why-not-wye-or-y-for-that-matter/

Regardless of whether it was live or not, it is curious that video claiming pitch correction does not take into account the potential effect of the voice isolation algorithm on the pitch in the result. He could have tested for that using a real voice track only, mix it with the music, then isolate the voice from the mix and compare that result to the original voice track and repeat if lots of times for reproducibility. Along the video we can see a few notes that are not "on the line" (the video seems to ignore those... I know, the claim would then be that they chose not to correct some ). This kind of approach seems technically unfalsifiable. He can claim "suspicion of pitch correction" after showing that the voice isolation algorithm has no effects on the result, but I hardly would call it it a proof.

Hm... I think cassettes took over from vinyl because they were way more portable (walkman anybody??) and they could be recorded easily (radio-cassette devices), car cassette players. I cannot see any advantage in going back to cassettes.

Play at x2 speed?

Sorry if I am also contributing to go off topic... In the KM there used to appear (if memory is not playing tricks) one puzzling (to me) ad for a single (!) DX7 acoustic piano patch which claimed to be very realistic. It wasn't a collection of patches, but a single one. Does anybody remember that? And has anybody ever heard that sound? That should have been around the late eighties.