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Minimalist777 
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 Posted: December 17 2006 at 00:38 |
Hooray for keyboardists!
I got my first synth recently: A Roland Juno -D which I am enjoying much. I have played piano for 10 years but only recently have begun delving into synths. Since we are on the subject, are there any analog synths which arent too terribly expensive and pop up fairly regularly on ebay or somewhere?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 15:04 |
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Neil
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 10:00 |
Yes, I wonder if someone ran after them with the piano stool 
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 08:09 |
Now that reminds me of a certain scene in 'Phoenix Nights' 
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Neil
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 04:09 |
On the subject of keyboards and de-tuning I recall an amusing story from the archives of the BBC.
BBC Broadcasting House in London has a concert hall right in the middle of the original building (it has an impressive pipe organ as well). There was also a full size concert grand piano which was on one side of the stage. The story goes that three men showed up in a van and persuaded the security guard that they had come to take the grand piano away for "tuning". The security guys helped the trio remove the piano into their van and waved them off. The loss of the piano was only noticed just before the next performance.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Posted: December 12 2006 at 15:09 |
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Posted: December 12 2006 at 03:48 |
 clarke2001 wrote:
I have:Vox Continental 1969 |
I have: extreme jealousy 
Is it the single or dual manual version?
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clarke2001
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Posted: December 11 2006 at 20:02 |
I have: Vox Continental 1969, Korg Micro-Preset M500SP 1976, Korg Poly61 1983, Roland Juno 60 1984, Korg Poly800 1984, Roland JV90 1994, and numerous softsynths including Arturia MoogModularV (my favourite) , NI b4 and NI pro53. I played loads of different keyboards from old organs to modern workstations. However, I never laid my hands on any Moog. Never. 
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 15:56 |
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Yamaha PSR-1100. You can make your own sounds with it!!!11
And we have a Steinway Grand Piano at home.
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Philéas
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 04:57 |
I will try to find you a bigger envelope then!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 03:34 |
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I did try to send it to you, but it wouldn't fit in the envelope...
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Philéas
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 10:59 |
As you don't play it, perhaps you could give your Hammond to me as a Christmas gift? 
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 07:47 |
Heavyfreight wrote:
Used to have a 1969 Hammond L102 and a Leslie 145, also a Hammond T102 and a Leslie 715. I can play a bit and could make most of the appropriate prog noises with them but realisation that I wasn't Keith Emerson... |
My problem, too - I can make the necessary noises on thr L122/145 & even had lessons for a couple of years (at least I can now read music to an extent), but unless you're actually playing with other people (an experience I only had the once), there's precious little incentive to play the cheese my tutor used in my lessons. I've not played for some time now - partly due to other interests, partly everyday "stuff" & partly (I admit it) due to the idiot box in the corner - but I cannot bear to think of selling the beast (also, Vicky keeps reminding me she bought the Leslie, so it's not mine to sell )...
One day, I hope to get back into it...
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 09:14 |
I've got a Roland HP-20 Piano Plus from the early 80s, only has 2 sounds and no midi or anything but a decent sounding piano with a 5 octave keyboard isn't to bad for £30 Pity I can't play very well.
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Neil
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 08:50 |
Used to have a 1969 Hammond L102 and a Leslie 145, also a Hammond T102 and a Leslie 715. I can play a bit and could make most of the appropriate prog noises with them but realisation that I wasn't Keith Emerson and a house move meant that they are no more. The L102 and 145 went to France.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 08:47 |
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I have a cheap Yamaha PSR-170 keyboard that I got for christmas several years ago. I rarely play on it it anymore though, since I really are a drummer.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 11:47 |
I can't really play anything, but I've got Casiotone MT-46:  Feel free to laugh, I only paid 2€ for it.
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 11:03 |
BardsGarden wrote:
Holy list, Batman. Sounds like you would have to really try to use everything on one album. (if indeed you are making albums)
1. Why both Cakewalk and Ableton? Which is better?
2. Do you sequence the softsynths via Cakewalk or Ableton?
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I actually use them for different types of writing:
- For straight-ahead prog, fusion, pop, etc. - I'll use Sonar Producer Ed. 6
- For electronica, I'll use either Project 5 (if I want to use external softsynths) or Reason 3 (just to approach it from a different "completely self-contained" angle)
- For orchestral music or Zappa-esque dense theory-driven stuff, I'll use Notion - it forces me to look at every note and its place in the grand scheme of things
- For doing remix stuff and precise beat matching, nothing beats Live 6! I'm just learning Live, barely scratching the surface - but geting some cool results...
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Philéas
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 03:52 |
Jim Garten wrote:
1971 Hammond L122 + Leslie 145 |
*Drowns in jealousy*
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 03:43 |
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1971 Hammond L122 + Leslie 145
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