Yael770

I was cleaning some hihats I got today that were pretty scuffed up, nothing serious just stick marks and fingerprints etc.. I used a bit of gentle dish soap and water and a microfiber cloth. I poured some of the dish soap onto the cymbals and as I was cleaning the bottom one it seems that the soap stayed on too long on the top one.. and now it has marks where the soap was and they haven't come out no matter how much I scrubbed and applied water/more soap. Did I mess up the look of this cymbal for good? Is there anything I can do to get rid of these marks? I'd appreciate any help!!

I sincerely thank you all so much for your thoughtful responses. I read through each one of them and they've given me a lot of food for thought! After thinking it over, I've decided that it does make sense to go for learning a DAW and begin slowly with learning a simpler and less expensive keyboard. My plan is to get the Roland Juno-DS88, which has a feel that I really enjoy and enough variety of sounds to get me going, as well as a simple sequencer so I could at least get some ideas down. And then I'm planning to start the DAW learning with Garageband as I have a Mac and I've used it for simple things before, and then maybe try out Logic as I get more comfortable, as I like their MIDI-to-score feature. If anyone has any further suggestions or comments I would love to hear! Thanks again for your responses and friendly welcome

Hi all, I'm new here and was told this is the place to get advice about keyboards. I'm a percussionist/composer/pianist looking into buying a workstation to aid in composition and eventually make material for an album. I'm not into working with DAWs as I can't get the hang of working in a computer and I love the idea of being able to do all of my composition with an improvisation-like flow inside of a workstation keyboard that has all the sounds I need. I've been looking into the new Roland Fantom 8 but I read that it does not have a linear sequencer, which based on my research and the way I work it seems like I will need. What I imagine composing is something along the lines of modern classical music, long form, not necessarily looping patterns, and potentially shifting time signatures. Does anyone have recommendations for a keyboard that might be a good fit? I'm certainly overwhelmed with the amount of options out there and all the different specifications, which I don't know what they all mean. All I know is I need weighted keys and the ability to compose with a lot of sounds. If there's the option of rhythm/drums playback for a performance setting that would be the icing on the cake. Thanks in advance!!