Joe Muscara Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I see the spaghetti you're talking about on the left, but what are those crazy loopy wire things on the right, next to the pen (I think)? Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I see the spaghetti you're talking about on the left, but what are those crazy loopy wire things on the right, next to the pen (I think)? They came with my enrollment package in the "guys who had perfect vision till they hit their mid-40s" club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Ugh. Im a member of that club too. Came out of nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I'm not there yet but had to get glasses at 9 or so. Near vision is great though (out two feet or so), after that too blurry to even make out road signs until they're next to the windshield. Hence I must have glasses. Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76| Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT, Kurzweil PC4 (88) Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I'm just giving you crap, Josh. Why? Because I had LASIK in the early 2000s after wearing glasses since I was a kid and I had great vision with it until a few years ago. I finally bit the bullet and got *distance* glasses done last year, and realized I was doing myself and the world around me an injustice by driving without glasses, especially at night. Oops. They're telling me I can use reading glasses as well but I'm doing okay without those for now. I only wear the glasses for TV and driving right now anyway. I get tired of them, and I like life without them when I can. Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherry Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I'm just giving you crap, Josh. Why? Because I had LASIK in the early 2000s after wearing glasses since I was a kid and I had great vision with it until a few years ago. I finally bit the bullet and got *distance* glasses done last year, and realized I was doing myself and the world around me an injustice by driving without glasses, especially at night. Oops. They're telling me I can use reading glasses as well but I'm doing okay without those for now. I only wear the glasses for TV and driving right now anyway. I get tired of them, and I like life without them when I can. OMG !!!! I thought it was just me. I'm in the exact same condition. Had Lasik early 2000, absolutely loved not having to wear glasses, except for reading. Last couple years had to return to glasses and hate it. I inquired about having a touchup, but doctor said I was too old for Lasik and had to opt for glasses. Bitch getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluMunk Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 This is a fun setup I've got for a production of the musical Mamma Mia! http://www.natevenet.com/misc/mammamia_pitrig.jpg Casio PX5S and Alesis Vortex as controllers for MainStage, with a few Integra sounds routed through MainStage as well, out through a MOTU Ultralite. The mic is for a few vocoder patches. We're doing wireless in-ear for the show, but I've got a feed of myself from the Ultralite to the Rolls PM351 if I need to practice before the sound guys show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardware Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 No biggie, but really sounds great and takes up very little space. Tripods suck, but sub cabs are stronger, smaller, etc. Quote Magnus C350 + FMR RNP + Realistic Unisphere Mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoMan51 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Ah, finally a studio selfie that actually looks like its being used! And a Unisphere? The joy of high impedance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I know my keyboard rig at my studio was fairly ridiculous already, but today it went over into complete madness: with the addition of this: A friend is loaning me his Buchla 220e for a month or so. This little synth (it's actually very tiny) is kinda blowing my mind with how much it can do with relatively few modules. Spent a few yours today patching, and recorded about 20 minutes of classic Buchla LPG Bongoes. It's a very deep machine, but it's actually pretty easy to get amazing sounds from it. Quote Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I know my keyboard rig at my studio was fairly ridiculous already, but today it went over into complete madness: A friend is loaning me his Buchla 220e for a month or so. Nice friend, Dave. Yes, ridiculous describes your keyboard situation perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 A friend is loaning me his Buchla 220e for a month or so. This little synth (it's actually very tiny) is kinda blowing my mind with how much it can do with relatively few modules. Spent a few yours today patching, and recorded about 20 minutes of classic Buchla LPG Bongoes. It's a very deep machine, but it's actually pretty easy to get amazing sounds from it. Nice - that looks like fun. Just last night I was reading here about that bongo sound. I wonder if these guys ever used a Buchla: [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn-zYTzlJmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardware Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Summer-iced and local rig, less the shockrack ATA leaving just the open frame. Quote Magnus C350 + FMR RNP + Realistic Unisphere Mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Latest rig. This is the largest rig I've ever brought anywhere that was 100% my own stuff. This was for a solo gig that was advertised and is part of the tourist attraction "Tuesday Night Live". Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76| Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT, Kurzweil PC4 (88) Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piktor Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 MMM, I know that this comment will out me as a nerd, but I dig your accordion straps. There, I said it.... Who makes them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosendorphen Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 This my studio setup - I have what I call "legacy gear" that I've been using to take old sequences (some as far back as 1987) and audio (on my Yamaha MT-44 and Tascam 34 4-tracks) and porting them to Sonar to rework for music library material and my band. Still have my Commodore 64 and sequences (on 5 1/4" floppies that it can still read!), Kawai Q-80 sequencer (you can see it lower left hand corner), and a recently acquired Ensoniq SQ-1 Plus that can play back stuff I originally recorded on my KS-32 (sitting above my Fantom X7). Then the CME UF7 controller which I still love; a Mellotron Micro (which I use all the time); Polysix above a Kawai K4, both which are two of my favorite ever synths. An Alesis QSR, Emu Mo Phatt and Roland MKS-100 are the rack stuff. I scored a Simmons controller (beneath the K4) for $40 two years ago and our drummer at the time was quite good at playing it, recording an entire drum track for a song on it for our latest Aethellis album. http://flyboyfilms.tv/Ellsounds/Ellstudio%202019.jpg Live I currently just use a Studiologic Numa Compact 2 and the Mellotron Micro. I've retired my Alesis QS7 and occasionally use my Roland AX-1. Also have a Mini-Korg in the rehearsal area in the basement along with aformentioned live performance gear. Quote "The devil take the poets who dare to sing the pleasures of an artist's life." - Gottschalk Soundcloud Aethellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morizzle Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Nice! I like how you make the small table work with the rack to the left. I have a giant workstation table with all the rackage integrated, your setup is much more flexible. Tell me more about the Mellotron Micro, please, if you don't mind. I've been kinda GASsing for one. Quote It's not a clone, it's a Suzuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockeys Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 That's a lovely setup in the room. Nice and airy and looks very conducive to getting creative. Nice job. Quote Yamaha MODX8, Legend Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosendorphen Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Thanks Morizzle and Dockeys!!! It's a great space to create and play around to get ideas and work on soundtracks. Oddly, it's was my bedroom when I was a kid (I live in the house I grew up in). Plus of course there's the virtual synths and orchestra stuff (tend to use UVI Synth Anthology 2 and Miroslav Philharmonik 2 quite a lot). I have the virtual Polysix as well as the old girl which are nice together at times. As for the Mellotron Micro, that was a gift from my wife last year; a sort of belated 60th birthday present (6 months late). I'd played a real taped-based beast and even a Vako Orchestron back in the day and always wanted to own a Mellotron (or Chamberlin) but of course they were quite expensive and required maintenance back then. When Markus Resch came out with the digital versions (24-bit samples from the original tapes) I was excited but kept putting it off. My wife got tired of me whining and bought me the Micro. I love the action and it's got 100 sounds from the Chamberlin Music Master and M1, Mellotrons Mark I, Mark II, M300 and prog-road-tested M400. The fidelity is incredible and the action is great. Even has the 8-second limitation which I actually like. You can edit the attack and release time and even the quality of the "tape heads" for that well-used instrument sound. Funny, it was mainly to use live with my band (prog/jazz fusion) but I record with it all the time even though I've got virtual Mellotron software. I like having both. Quote "The devil take the poets who dare to sing the pleasures of an artist's life." - Gottschalk Soundcloud Aethellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 [They came with my enrollment package in the "guys who had perfect vision till they hit their mid-40s" club.Another club member here. Between the age of about 42 and 45 I went from 20/15 vision to presbyopia with a sweet spot of about 2 meters. If I understand my optometrist correctly, that's the norm. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morizzle Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 As for the Mellotron Micro, that was a gift from my wife last year; a sort of belated 60th birthday present (6 months late). I'd played a real taped-based beast and even a Vako Orchestron back in the day and always wanted to own a Mellotron (or Chamberlin) but of course they were quite expensive and required maintenance back then. When Markus Resch came out with the digital versions (24-bit samples from the original tapes) I was excited but kept putting it off. My wife got tired of me whining and bought me the Micro. I love the action and it's got 100 sounds from the Chamberlin Music Master and M1, Mellotrons Mark I, Mark II, M300 and prog-road-tested M400. The fidelity is incredible and the action is great. Even has the 8-second limitation which I actually like. You can edit the attack and release time and even the quality of the "tape heads" for that well-used instrument sound. Funny, it was mainly to use live with my band (prog/jazz fusion) but I record with it all the time even though I've got virtual Mellotron software. I like having both. Cool, that sounds tempting! Thanks for the review! Edit: also....... congrats on your wife Quote It's not a clone, it's a Suzuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 Current live rig with my cover band Quote Hardware Yamaha DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1/Roland VR-760/Hydrasynth Deluxe/ Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 5/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik_nie Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 My DMC-122 with wood cover and Hammond Logo.... In the back my rack with 2012 macbook and Motu Audio Express Quote Nord Piano 5-73, Nord Stage 3 Author of QSheets: The fastest lead sheet viewer in the world that also plays Audio Files and send Program Changes! https://qsheets.eriknie.synology.me/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I just want to say this is my favorite thread on this forum. It's not the most informative, and occasionally it's financially dangerous, but I just love it. Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I took my Crumar Seven out for a gig, putting my MODX7 on top. Still in love with the KL-8 mixer and the power conditioner has changed my life as far as buzz through my in-ears and the odd issue with FOH as well. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Clean and tasty rig, David Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Clean and tasty rig, David Thanks Eric! Starting to feel like it is coming together Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonnor Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I took my Crumar Seven out for a gig, putting my MODX7 on top. Still in love with the KL-8 mixer and the power conditioner has changed my life as far as buzz through my in-ears and the odd issue with FOH as well. Might I ask who makes that 3-space rack you're using? It looks like it'd be a lot lighter than the one I'm currently using. Quote Gear: Hardware: Nord Stage4, Korg Kronos 2, Novation Summit Software: Cantabile 3, Halion Sonic 3 and assorted VST plug-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I took my Crumar Seven out for a gig, putting my MODX7 on top. Still in love with the KL-8 mixer and the power conditioner has changed my life as far as buzz through my in-ears and the odd issue with FOH as well. Might I ask who makes that 3-space rack you're using? It looks like it'd be a lot lighter than the one I'm currently using. Hey Vonnor - it's a local business here in Australia that badges it under their name, but it's exactly same look, weight and feel as an SKB unit Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Late night songwriting. Quote Hardware Yamaha DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1/Roland VR-760/Hydrasynth Deluxe/ Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 5/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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