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  1. It's been a while since I've gigged with a synth, but before COVID, after trying several synths, I went with the Minilogue XD. It was small, had built-in effects, and the interface was excellent for live tweaks. I've been tempted to use an iPad with Korg Gadget and small controller to take care of synth needs, but if I had the budget I'd probably use the upcoming KingKorg Neo.
  2. Actually that wheel can be used for modulation, but you have to hook up your GO to Roland Cloud and pay for the "GO: PRO" upgrade that includes CC1.
  3. As long they leave us out of their planes!
  4. We're not lonely, we're just really busy!!!! Eh hem. I mean, don't you think you're being far fetched? Last fall a very prominent YouTuber made a very popular and impactful video about plagiarism, after which a floodgate opened up for all kinds of plagiarism claims to come forth. Obviously it's pretty easy usually to ascertain if something is ultimately plagiarized, once you have the "source" to compare to, and when these claims were verified, there was a mass wave of sympathy and support, with some people even asking what they can do to financially support them since they enjoyed their work while unknowingly attributing to the thief. In the afterwave of this, a guy on Twitter tried to raise a huge stink over their AI generated art being plagiarized by someone using a similar AI prompt, obviously trying to create that same wave of support...let's say it completely backfired.
  5. Believe it or not, a great source of any kind of sheet music is the website Scribd. It costs a subscription fee, but you can find some of the most obscure stuff on there...I've found rare Hermeto Pascoal scores, some Chucho Valdes, and even a Japanese transcription book of some Herbie Hancock solos.
  6. I remember feeling some "looseness" in the keys, is that accurate?
  7. I don't get Roland's product lines, they all overlap in features and price in weird ways, and I have a hard time seeing what would entice me to buy one over the other. For example, their dedicated MIDI controller, the A88mk2, sells just a little bit under the RD88. With the 88, you get pitch and mod, some readily assignable knobs, a whole bunch of sounds, built in speakers, and like 6 lbs less than the A88 with the same key action. Who in the world would buy the A88mk2 instead, just for a few unique control surfaces?
  8. https://youtu.be/SGI1RJoYe3g?si=UO_cFe-d8YueHyBO
  9. That's fair. I used the Triton (non-"synth") for "stunt" sounds: sample libraries of course have become so sophisticated and feature all kinds of programming techniques that, in exchange for stronger realism, typically forbid certain kinds of performance. With the crummier and more simplistic samples of the Triton, I was able to do thing like pitch bends on tubular bells: something technically possible on the real thing, but most advanced libraries can't (yet) reasonably accommodate. In software, it's much easier of course to take a piecemeal approach like this with sounds...can't imagine I'd want to boot up a hardware Triton for the sole purpose of getting stupid with the ROMpler sets.
  10. That's weird, isn't Forte the flagship?
  11. My first pro board 10 years ago! I'd been tempted over the years with a Rack, but as nostalgic as I am for that blue/white screen interface and grey color scheme, I think I'll stick with the (excellent) VST version. I still find use for some of those sounds, I even used one prominently in a film score I did last year.
  12. I'm not familiar with the Forte, but I've played some keyboards that have a discrete "Output Volume" setting that jumps in intervals of 6dB, does the Kurz have this?
  13. The PHA50 feels very different to me depending on the instrument it's in...either that or it's that wear down talked about earlier. The 50 feels much better on the Fantom 8 than the RD2000, for example.
  14. The FP90X uses the next tier, the PHA50, which is considered the same tier as the ES920.
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