Tonysounds Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 So....what has everyone tried and what have you kept? Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hey Tony, Since they're free, I have all 10 downloaded. For my current gig, I have #2 keys collection, and #9 Complete Piano loaded into the two slots. I then have a bunch of tones loaded from the other libraries available on the Axial site. I mostly have sounds from Super Saw, D50, and Jupiter loaded into my FA-08. So far this gives me a great palette to choose from and tweak since most things I do are 80's based. David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 How is the complete piano collection? Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Interesting that the older SRX piano has that much appeal, since piano is one of the FA's relatively few Supernatural sounds (I.e. newer tech than what was in the SRX cards). Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I like to layer various pianos to get my very subjectively perfect piano sound for any particular song David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aellison62 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Tried and downloaded them all. Mostly keep keys and studio collection loaded but I also really like orchestra and complete piano. Kurzweil Forte 7, Mojo 61, Yamaha P-125, Kronos X61, Nautilus 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Okay, so youre probably wondering why is he all fired up now about expansions? Well, heres the deal. When I first got the FA, RedKey was generous with his time and energy, and helped me sift through all the expansions and soup up the FA (actually, he did the lifting, I just auditioned sounds). There werent as many expansions then (back in May?), and with the move to New Mexico and all that entailed, I really hadnt been spending much time on gear, or the forum. Ive been super frustrated with the inability to find a correctly sized case for the FA, and I dont feel like carrying a Motif8 sized case for something not much bigger than a Nord Stage. So.in a fit of ambivalent curiosity, I put my FA and case up on Reverb. And to my surprise, it moved fast.so fast Id forgotten Id listed it. So, faced with the opportunity to rethink my rig, I queried FA or Integra, and Integra owners (both of them) said Integra! and FA owners cried FA! None of which was much help since for the most part, each side was Ignorant of the other piece of gear, so there werent many comparisons. But, I kept reworking the equation, and while I dont love the action of the FA (I dont hate it, its just a little sluggish when you want to play real piano type stuff, but on the other hand, compared to most synth actions these days, the FA08 feels like a killer beast) or the hard-to-fit size of it, its still a badass machine, and uber easy to use. So of course, I replaced it. I had backed up everything on my previous unit before shipping it, so when I got my new FA, and loaded it up, some things werent right as the raw data (ExPansions from Axial) was no longer there. I took the night last nite and downloaded ALL of the expansions and auditioned almost every sound. I ended up back where I started, with the Ultimate Keys and World Collection. The Concert Piano exp seemed more useful (and musical) than the other piano expansion. But the factory FA pianos really do sound better than just about every piano sound I tried on both expansions. Same for the EP card. The orchestral stuff is nice, but not useful for me. The World Collection made the cut as I anticipate more interesting results using those as rhythm tracks. Well see. I had already downloaded/backedup/loaded into the new FA all the groovy SuperSaws and Junos and Jupiters. For the most part, THOSE are where the real fun is. As for the case/gig bag, Im waiting on delivery of a Gator XL/Slim padded bag. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 So.in a fit of ambivalent curiosity, I put my FA and case up on Reverb. And to my surprise, it moved fast.so fast Id forgotten Id listed it. I dont love the action of the FA...its still a badass machine, and uber easy to use. So of course, I replaced it. As for the case/gig bag, Im waiting on delivery of a Gator XL/Slim padded bag. Brotha Tony, hopefully you won't go through as many Roland FA08s as Nord Stages. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 hehe....no chance of that. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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