Your Latest Purchase (music related)

[KuruPrionz]

On 9/8/2022 at 2:25 PM, bjosko said:

The guitar bug again, is there a cure ? 😜

Might try that little tube amp on some off my e-pianos 🤔

 

The only cure is to buy more guitars!!!! That's a pretty one!!!!

[obxa]

On 9/8/2022 at 5:25 PM, bjosko said:

The guitar bug again, is there a cure ? 😜

Might try that little tube amp on some off my e-pianos 🤔

 

Awesome guitar- but I have to ask,  is that thing in the back a:  Wood-burning stove, Rotisserie chicken holder, furnace????

[MAJUSCULE]

Pedaltrain Nano. The pedalboard project continues…

[bjosko]

2 hours ago, obxa said:

Awesome guitar- but I have to ask,  is that thing in the back a:  Wood-burning stove, Rotisserie chicken holder, furnace????

It is a Wood-burning stove.

An older model from here : https://www.scan-stoves.dk/produkter/braendeovne

[Mighty Motif Max]

1 hour ago, MAJUSCULE said:

Pedaltrain Nano. The pedalboard project continues…

Oh yeah, that reminds me...somewhere in here I got a Pedaltrain Novo 32 and a multi-guitar stand, to clean up the guitar corner back home. That's a big pedalboard though, more suited to studio work anyways. Something like the Nano (but taller) would be nice for gigs. Realistically for guitar I just need an amp sim, tube screamer, reverb, and delay if I were doing live work. I've toyed with the idea of a keys pedalboard too but it's another project that I don't actually need and would get expensive rather fast, given the little use case I would actually have for it.

 

[vonnor]

20 hours ago, Al Coda said:

 

Happy birthday and congrats (on) your new toy !

 

I watched and listened to this demo and IMO,- it sounds awesome.

I appreciate it comes w/ playable patches out of the box and delivers a s#tload of programming options.

 

☺️

 

A.C.

Yeah easy for an old-school Moog/Roland analog guy to make patches with. My sound tech was complaining that the Diva and Jup-8v patches I had in my FOH send were too quiet, and I couldn't turn them up without them clipping. So I'm adding this guy to the rig.

 

~ vonnor

[Al Coda]

20 minutes ago, vonnor said:

the Diva and Jup-8v patches I had in my FOH send were too quiet, and I couldn't turn them up without them clipping. So I'm adding this guy to the rig.

 

Balancing virtual instruments´ and hardware instruments´ levels in a combined software/hardware rig is one of the hardest tasks IMO.

Most hardware (except Kurzweil when playing back factory patches) has hotter output levels, more punch and fatter raw tone than most virtual instruments.

Kurzweil offers hot outputs too, but the factory patches are intentionally very quiet not to overdrive the SPDIF output.

 

☺️

 

A.C.

 

 

[Brad Kaenel]

23 hours ago, NewImprov said:

Cool! I played for several years with a Peruvian percussionist who specialized in Cajon, he could get so many sounds from it, pretty amazing instrument for something that is literally a wooden box.

I'm not really a drummer, but I can do some pretty good rhythmic patterns, slapping my knees and thighs!   Thought I'd give this kit a try myself, but really it's an experiment for one of my percussionists at church who plays standard kit, and cajon, to see if this "cocktail kit" will work for some quick Christmas choir in-and-out visits to senior homes, during December.

[vonnor]

22 hours ago, Al Coda said:

 

Balancing virtual instruments´ and hardware instruments´ levels in a combined software/hardware rig is one of the hardest tasks IMO.

Most hardware (except Kurzweil when playing back factory patches) has hotter output levels, more punch and fatter raw tone than most virtual instruments.

Kurzweil offers hot outputs too, but the factory patches are intentionally very quiet not to overdrive the SPDIF output.

 

☺️

 

A.C.

 

 

Yeah I noticed that. For the 5-6 Forte factory's I use I had to bump the output gain in the general patch settings so they could compete with the Kronos.

 

~ vonnor

 

[zukskywalker]

PWhile technically not a purchase. I was just gifted a Fender Rhodes Mark II.

yes, though this is kinda the holy grail of electric pianos,  cosmetically it is the most beat up EP that I’ve ever seen. It’ll take a few days before I can fire it up and I’m scared of what I might find. Whew. Talk about joy and pain! And it is Heavy as…

 

 

 

 

[Brad Kaenel]

1 hour ago, zukskywalker said:

PWhile technically not a purchase. I was just gifted a Fender Rhodes Mark II.

yes, though this is kinda the holy grail of electric pianos,  cosmetically it is the most beat up EP that I’ve ever seen. It’ll take a few days before I can fire it up and I’m scared of what I might find. Whew. Talk about joy and pain! And it is Heavy as…

 

 

 

 

I love Rhodes pianos, and have restored several, but I agree that it's difficult to assess right away whether you've been gifted or cursed!   Opening one up can feel like an Indiana Jones adventure -- or a Forrest Gump moment ("You never know what y'gonna get.")

[zukskywalker]

I was in such a rush to get the piano in before the wife got home that I failed to notice that it was a mark II 88! Just wow!!

[jazzpiano88]

[Doerfler]

On 9/24/2022 at 1:55 PM, zukskywalker said:

I was in such a rush to get the piano in before the wife got home that I failed to notice that it was a mark II 88! Just wow!!

You didn't notice that it was 150 pounds?   

[zukskywalker]

Yeah, I was wondering why it was so impossibly heavy. I’ve never been able to afford a Rhodes and never enjoyed the luxury of transporting one. Opened the inner vase yesterday and the harp seems to be fully intact but will likely need a good overhaul. Obvious  Action work is needed on only a couple of keys. I still feel extremely blessed!

[wineandkeyz]

16 minutes ago, zukskywalker said:

Yeah, I was wondering why it was so impossibly heavy. I’ve never been able to afford a Rhodes and never enjoyed the luxury of transporting one. Opened the inner vase yesterday and the harp seems to be fully intact but will likely need a good overhaul. Obvious  Action work is needed on only a couple of keys. I still feel extremely blessed!

 

I still have back problems from the one I toted around in the 70's and 80's!

[stoken6]

New iPad mount, to replace the Stagg thing I had previously which got too stiff to reliably open the ratchet mechanism to release the iPad.

 

Nice thing about this one: I wanted one that would mount on a regular mic stand, plus I wanted the clamp (with a mic thread on it) for other purposes. This product comprises the two parts. It's not the greatest quality - the rotation of the iPad (about an axis perpendicular to its screen) is a simple friction mechanism, with no ability to tighten/loosen - but it's cheap and it works.

 

Cheers, Mike.

[Michael Wright]

 

 

[DeltaJockey]

On 9/19/2022 at 11:04 PM, vonnor said:

Got myself a birthday present...

 

~ vonnor

Congrats I picked up one of these a few months ago. It's build quality took me back to the good ol' days. To me it's the best of both worlds....Built like a tank of yestayear, with the all the mod cons of today. IMHO, It sounds as cool as it looks!

[D. Gauss]

Trust me, you want one of these.  40 bucks. takes less than 2 weeks from China.  It's awesome.  Fully programmable via app or desktop. send PC, CC, sysex, page turn, you name it. lotsa youtube vids if you're unsure. get it here: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803845146210.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2ee4172awWTSXY&algo_pvid=83c3d0f3-3b58-490d-88e4-eddb8eff753b&aem_p4p_detail=202210030748129171580492428270008230956&algo_exp_id=83c3d0f3-3b58-490d-88e4-eddb8eff753b-5&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000027802789255"}&pdp_npi=2%40dis!USD!22.8!13.68!!!!!%40210318b816648084926386414e1fe3!12000027802789255!sea&curPageLogUid=3zHkJWdo6yal&ad_pvid=202210030748129171580492428270008230956_6    you need both items in pic (the 40 dollar footswitch and wireless midi option)

 

 

On 9/26/2022 at 2:18 PM, stoken6 said:

New iPad mount, to replace the Stagg thing I had previously which got too stiff to reliably open the ratchet mechanism to release the iPad.

 

Nice thing about this one: I wanted one that would mount on a regular mic stand, plus I wanted the clamp (with a mic thread on it) for other purposes. This product comprises the two parts. It's not the greatest quality - the rotation of the iPad (about an axis perpendicular to its screen) is a simple friction mechanism, with no ability to tighten/loosen - but it's cheap and it works.

 

Cheers, Mike.

i have 3 of those. they are the best. only 12 bucks on amazon, too.

[Jose EB5AGV]

I hope I am not banned for life for buying this 😬... sorry, I beg your pardon 😅😇

 

[ewall08530]

Casio PX S-7000.  Scheduled for delivery Wednesday (10/5/22)

[Michael Wright]

Serious open box deal! 

[lsj]

access virus ti2 61 keyboard.  I finally gave in.

[Julius D Majestic Studios]

It seems that as of late, everything that I buy has been for the recording studio (hardware or software) or my live audio rig....

 

I miss getting to make those really fun purchases like keyboards.  😆 

[Mitch Towne]

Yamaha CP88. I bought a Nord Grand but the action is just too easy to play. I realized that my woodshed time on it wasn’t preparing me to play real pianos. The CP88 action is heavier, yet still nicely responsive and is a much better woodshed piano. 

[David Emm]

After swearing that I was done for a while, I still bought another synthesizer. The demos of Cherry Audio's Elka-X won me over. Somehow, it feels like an Italian Prophet, with a voice made unique by the early digital oscillators, I think.

 

As I get used to its strengths & lacks, it seems like less of a spotlight instrument and more of one that enhances others nicely. It layers like a sumbitch, subtle yet sweet. I've already had it glue some things together like French horns do. The strings and organs are creditable, but I should add that there are many basses, leads and effects that have a flavor all their own. Reviewing the presets & tweaking has been more fun than usual. Rather than being like plowing through a new workstation, its more like studying the fine points of Impressionism. Weird, but good weird.      

[Mighty Motif Max]

After enough years on this forum I've jumped on the clonewheel wagon...

 

Found a great deal on a used Hammond SK Pro 73.

 

 

[vonnor]

10 hours ago, Mighty Motif Max said:

After enough years on this forum I've jumped on the clonewheel wagon...

 

Found a great deal on a used Hammond SK Pro 73.

 

 

Sweet board, M³

[johnchop]

On 10/8/2022 at 6:45 AM, lsj said:

access virus ti2 61 keyboard.  I finally gave in.

I got the desktop a few weeks ago…loving it!

 

Some design wonkiness (no MIDI-only USB?!?) but big, lush sound and a lot going on synthesis-wise.

 

Hate that it’s effectively end-of-life. I guess the proliferation of cheap digital boxes + soft synths make for a tough market to consider a version 3. They’d  have to re-implement everything in a new DSP, too.  

 

I can see wanting more DSP (for higher polyphony across the board) and a better screen while sacrificing some IO and maybe even the “total integration.”