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Still VanDerGraaf

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  1. I heard this last night with my friend/bass player/felllow Yeshead. This is the first thing I have heard from the musicians that now call themselves Yes that is worthy of the name. Good music and well-constructed.
  2. A lot of talk about the AZ-1 here. I still have mine which I got used in 1992. I couldn't stand the white casing and enormous logo so I took it apart and sprayed it matt black. I had no idea about painting and didn't use any primer etc. This resulted in an unexpectedly-pleasing distressed look which it wears to this day. Last used live in about 2016. More recently in another band as lead vox I used an Alesis Vortex 2- such a good board for the money, although it has some stupid programming quirks. This time some black duct tape over the logo sufficed. I used to love the hardware octave switch on the AZ-1- allowed the dropping octave effect on single notes like Tony Banks used. The Lync looks good, but I am happy with what I have for now.
  3. Just to echo the other guys, I bought a used SL61 ii and frankly, I think I will buy some more of them. Cheap to buy, plenty of control features, and importantly, that action is excellent and walks all over plenty of new boards beneath the £1000 mark.
  4. Check out many of the tracks on Going For The One. His harmony vocals on "Parallels" are incredible. This is the one album where he his vocal harmony and counterpoint never fails to amaze and move me. I might not be a bass player, but I feel more influenced by Squire as a musician than Wakeman.
  5. Didn't Jane Child grace the Keyboard magazine cover once? I am sure I remember both that and reading the interview (although I can't recall much about it).
  6. Incredible band. Christian Vander is a force of nature. Been looking forward to that one!
  7. Great feel-good song. I had to do this with my old band. I got the Dolly part 😂 and the key wasn't changed (not my choice)! I had the pipes for it (just) but not the bust. 1 out of 2 ain't bad. 😊
  8. Going slightly OT from the "do we love playing horn parts or not subject, this is a point that escapes people. On my live horn patches I would always add mic simulation as an insert effect. For me it always got me closer to a more workable result. Remimds me of one time out of hundreds that my old band did "The Final Countdown"- and I didn't have to play (admittedly synth) brass. Kazoos for all on stage, and the legendary lick took on a highly amusing direction.
  9. I find when I load up an AUM preset for a song that uses Ravenscroft, it will often stop working after a certain time. Other synth apps in the preset are fine. Not exactly what you want in a live performance situation.
  10. I think I am going to get this for my iPad Pro. Have been looking for something to replace Ravenscroft 275 with as it just doesn't seem to be reliable any more inside AUM.
  11. One of the most underrated pop bands ever- if you live in the US, it seems they still feature in those "One hit wonder" articles. In the rest of the world they went from strength to strength after "Take On Me". They have a fantastic body of work and many great songs. Of course, it's always nice to hear a band where the keys have parity with the guitar. Kudos to them for their bittersweet, world-weary, beautiful interpretation of Take On Me from 2017. Not a synth in sight.
  12. Have to agree with the guys, AUM is a wonder of an app and makes life so easy where routing and creating keys rigs are concerned.
  13. Touch wood this has never happened to me yet. I feel that they are as reliable as any other connection- of course they won't stand up to abuse but treated well I think you'd be safe.
  14. UK £1699. That's better than I was hoping for.
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