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Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:

I have a Yamaha DJ-X. It's designed for dancey nonsense but if you tweak it you can get some really nice sounds. I used it to control an Akai Vintage Synth module too but my friend wanted the module back. Cry


I've a DJX too - they're a great basic synth; good piano sounds & a wide range of saw tooth wave form presets; the control knobs are fun for tweaking in real time & there's a good on-board arpeggiator too. As a midi controller, it's ideal, as the keyboard has a good action & even the on-board speakers give a good sound... If I had a criticism (taking into consideration to ridiculously low price you can pick these up at), it would be that you have to keep batteries in at all times if you want to retain samples, otherwise, they dump as soon as you switch off. Otherwise, it's a great and highly (dare I use the word) under-rated synth


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Originally posted by nightlamp nightlamp wrote:

The vibraphone has some additional techniques though-- dampening, pedaling, bowing, pitch-bending, etc.
 
I saw Tortoise at the Reading Festival about ten years ago and heard bowed vibraphone for the first time. What an amazing noise!
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Points: 163 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2008 at 15:22
Originally posted by BardsGarden BardsGarden wrote:


Any comments on playing the xylophone vs. marimba or glockenspiel?

Bar width and spacing varies, even among manufacturers of the same type of instrument.  Mallet sizes and weights also vary depending on the head material (metal, plastic, wood, yarn, etc.).  Playing technique is essentially the same for all the mallet percussion instruments; 4-mallet technique is more common for vibraphone and marimba playing, but not exclusive to those instruments.  The vibraphone has some additional techniques though-- dampening, pedaling, bowing, pitch-bending, etc.

Quote Actually, MalletKat makes a xylophone midi controller which would be interesting to hear.

I used to want a MalletKat sooo bad...  Then I played one, and I didn't want one anymore.  Didn't feel or sound right at all!  Dead 


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I wonder what happened to my old stylophone? I used to play it through a 100 watt guitar stack. Big%20smile
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Originally posted by Mourndark Mourndark wrote:

Stylophone! (new edition)
Got one of thiose for Xmas Big%20smile
 
some nice improvements on the original without changing it too much, but some simple envelope-shaping would have been nice to soften the clicky attack. Play it through a decent amp & speaker combo - making the windows rattle is awesome.
 
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Casio WK3000 (amazing drawbar emulator, synth ain't half bad either)
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Stylophone! (new edition)
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Points: 10617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2007 at 00:00
Cosmetically it is almost new, as far as functions go, I'll let you know tomorrow when I have some time. I know someone else who has one and apparently it has some of the same flaky problems that mine has.
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What are it's symptoms? How is it cosmetically?
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I was hoping to get back the thousand I paid for it. I haven't used it in a while, it definitely has problems. I'll check it out tomorrow and see what kind of shape it is in.
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I like Memphis, great food and music. What would you sell it for? I have a friend in France that really wants one, but of course he's looking for the clear model.
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Still have it, its black. Funny thing, I used to live in SF, it would have made it easy for you to check out the synth, I live in Memphis now.
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Do you still have the Gleeman? Is it black or clear?
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I have a Yamaha DJ-X. It's designed for dancey nonsense but if you tweak it you can get some really nice sounds. I used it to control an Akai Vintage Synth module too but my friend wanted the module back. Cry
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No thanks I'm trying to cut back. Big%20smile
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No, its the dark casing.
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

I have lots of old synths, organs and electric pianos, too many to list.
I have an extremely rare Gleeman Pentaphonic for sale if anyone is interested. It has problems, but works fine occaissonally.
 
Gleeman Pentaphonic? Gleeman Pentaphonic CRYSTAL?!?
Percussion, sir!
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My first was a Korg Poly 61 which has long ago given up it's ghost.  I could make some really cool sounds by cranking up arpeggiater.  I've had a Kawai K1 for over ten years, maybe fifteen now and it has held up well.  Unfortunately the software I had for uploading and storing patches from my computer didn't work well past Windows 95.  So I'm stuck with my last configuration on the keyboard and another on the memory card.  Still there's a wealth of sounds there to play with.  By the way, I am extremely jealous of this guy:
Originally posted by Jaydubz Jaydubz wrote:

Keyboards -
 
Master studio keyboard:  Nord Electro 2/76
Secondary keyboard:  Korg Karma
 
Racks -
 
Akai S2000
Alesis QSR
Boss DR-5
Emu Proteus 2000
Emu Vintage Pro
Emu Proteus 1
Korg EM-1
Korg MS2000R
Roland XV 5050
Yamaha FSR/1
Yamaha Motif Rack
Yamaha VL70-m
 
MIDI controllers -
 
Roland HPD-15
Yamaha WX-11
Yamaha WX-5
 
Soft-synths -
 
Arturia ARP 2600, CS-80V, Prophet V
BFD
Dimension
East/West Gold Orchestral
Giga-Sampler GVI
G-Media M-Tron
Jamstix
Korg Legacy M1/Wavestation
Synthogy Ivory
StormDrum
 
Software -
 
Ableton Live 6
Cakewalk Sonar 6
Cakewalk Project 5
Melodyne
Reason 3
Notion
 
+ audio, D/A, MIDI gear and assorted acoustic intruments
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I have lots of old synths, organs and electric pianos, too many to list.
I have an extremely rare Gleeman Pentaphonic for sale if anyone is interested. It has problems, but works fine occaissonally.
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