BassTractor

Twas not a choice against him though; I simply don't know his stuff, and chose Alpert simply because I could remember his name. The other two tracks have followed me my whole life. Do you happen to know essential James Last tracks for me to visit?

On Cynic's magnificent "Focus" album, to me "Veil of Maya" is still the begin all and end all. I never get tired of it. But now for some hardcore: Easy listening!

That's one hot avatar you've got there, @paul_5. Love it.

Apple, Coke, Nestlé and others for bringing multinational cynicism to new levels. Samsung and LG for demonstrably having designed their tv printed circuit boards in absurdly complicated ways, thus placing low grade condensators close to very hot transistors so as to bring expected lifespan to a minimum. Reportedly, these tellies averagely lasted for only four years. (My own LG telly lasted one year and one day, one day longer than the warranty. My Samsung phone lasted three months. Long story. OTOH, my 2013 Samsung tablet is still used every day, and it works perfectly.)

Just a slight bit of pedantry: Compaq bought Digital some years prior to HP buying Compaq, the point here being that Compaq had already let Digital stuff bleed to death during these years. I have no idea what HP "contributed", but do know my b-i-l saw things going down the drain quickly after the first takeover, and he fled Compaq as fast as he could: before everybody there would stand in line for new jobs.

👍, but with the remarks made by BRX. Bar you upping the budget (I propose say 25 grand 😁), I think this type of instrument will serve you (reasonably) well.

Whilst I'm very sorry about how it stung, I hope you appreciate that I tried to word the letter such that it was clear you nearly made it, and that you'd surely be accepted the following year - - provided you worked a little on your spitefulness. Apart from that bit, you were the perfect candidate, and we'd happily welcome you! Kind regards, BT

In my limited experience, and coarsely speaking, Brits value quirkiness a little more, and Yanks value nice flow a little more.

Sacrilegious post warning! 😊 This is prog, but the partial reggae vibe made me think someone in this thread might actually like it. I do. It's a weird little ditty that I actually like a lot.

File formats may still be important. Have a look into that aspect. See, two decades ago we had trouble transferring files between designer, advertising bureau, magazine printer, stickers printer, banner printer and car wrapping company. Several of these people called the others "amateurs" and we, the client, had no idea. I'm guessing there should be a standard file format across these disciplines (at least by now if not back then), maybe vector-based, maybe not, I don't know. But better ask some questions before jumping on the first offer. Good luck!

Reportedly there are several milieus in Tokyo of musicians playing roughly these kinds of musics - in part inspired by say Canterbury, Zeuhl, Zappa, Henry Cow, Art Bears and progrock in general. Koenjihyakkei's drummer is a driving force in Ruins, who I think are slightly more known, and in bands I know zilch about, like Korekyojinn. Luvverly stuff and well-recommended if you're into the sources of their inspiration.

PS, do you think Christian Vander would've approved? 😊

Thanks! Melurvesthem, and because of your post I now also know they in fact released a new album in 2018, after a 13-year hiatus.

Simply put, for a good start you'll want the keybed at a height so you underarms and the back of your hands are roughly in one line, the hands horizontal and your fingers bent. Many beginners drop their wrists to below keybed level, which is bad for everything. I've always let my pupils play with coins on their hand backs for a few minutes - the game being: don't let the coin drop. Much more should be said here. This is why key surfaces tend to be kept around 72 cm above the ground. Personally, I normally find that a keyboard on top of a table is too high. Instead of buying an expensive stand, I used the saw on a wooden table I got for free. Perfec. In your situation, I'd normally not stress the unweighted vs (semi-)weighted bit too much, unless you already know that you're gonna go through with everything, in which case starting with fully weighted will probably result in better technique overall and probably also makes transition easier. It's a much more expensive alternative though, which I gather will break the budget unless you're lucky on the second-hand market. These three core systems of weightedness come in many different, often brand-dependent, grades of resistance and return characteristics. If you can't bring someone in the know to test the gear, I'd say: go for what you can afford and let time help you on your path. Fully-weighted keybeds being slower? A total beginner might indeed feel that they are, but it's not a fact. More advanced players will normally play faster on fully weighted than on unweighted, but it depends on a lot - including music style. (I'm reminded of sea kayak beginners always reviewing short kayaks as being faster. Er ... that's because you lack technique!) Me, I'd not be too afraid of 61 keys in your situation, but I see opinions differ. By all means get 73 or 76 keys if you can afford them, but 61 should be a bit cheaper. Enough for now. Good luck! bert

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Without having all the answers: For alright (=decent likeness) piano and Rhodes sounds, you might want a Reface CP, not a Microkorg - the latter being a nice but simple synth. What I did personally in this vein, was getting first a 19" rack electronic piano and later some iPad apps, but a Reface might be just as good, as it does spawn both a 5-pin and a USB MIDI port, which I gather can act as MIDI inputs. Personally I've always found M-Audio to deliver well at its price point, and I bought several lengths of the Keystation model to accompany my fully-weighted keyboards. Don't know M-Audio's other models. On my very old iPad I had no latency problems, and I loved the combination of Keystation and iPad app. I say this coz and old iPad might be had for peanuts, and it offers a vast array of apps. Sadly I don't know the first thing about Android latency these days (historically twas not decent at all), nor about the piano apps written for Android.

Hm. About what are you talking? 😉

Dunno about that. I've seen many instances of apostrophe errors and even some occurrences of regular nouns written with capital first letters. Admittedly, the rest is OK enough. (Only the best forum I've been a proud member of.) Thanks, folks! b

From the vid in the OP, I get the new-to-me impression that Karn: - laid out the essence of the whole song in the bass part (making me hear complete songs when listening to isolated bass only), - left ample space for the other instruments. New to me, and I may have to reconsider, but my respect for him grew even larger now. Tmade me think of Bach's crafty and defining bass parts, but Karn took it up several notches as to the bass part itself. Luvverly stuff, and now I'll have to dig deeper into Japan and his solo output.

... and also on BC. Earlier today, we had spam in new members' Status Updates (surprisingly their ONLY activity on BC 😄) - - one of them using the name of a defunkt real company. IOW spam in a BC Status Update may well link to a scam site.

Mall Girl, a Norse indie-pop band with young members. Nice bass work on this one, courtesy Eskild Myrvoll.

Oh, yes, "The Planets" is a luvverly piece. You might also wish to listen to recordings of the "P I A N E T". 😁 (Guessing that was altoconnect doing its ugly work)

Having listened through better speakers, I now believe it's probably a Pianet, and only a Pianet, and that the attack phase possibly is hidden by the other instruments or the SV-2 or the studio processing or whatever, or that my ears are too slow. Either that or it's a Pianet model I don't know - one that has a mellower attack. I don't hear the Wurly anymore, and think that idea probably was an invention in my head, as the sound originally bewildered me. If you check out the Pianet, be aware the different models sound differently. Start with N and T, and you'll probably already have found the right one, as IMS those were the volume sellers, and in case would be the first ones to put into an SV. I don't remember the Pianet story other than that they mellowed it down when the Rhodes became hugely popular. BTW, you made me fondly remember how I said "no" to buying a Pianet because it lacked stops, and I would then need yet another keyboard to get different sounds. See, there's only so many keyboards you can pile on top of your parent's "bee you tea full" organ in the living room without your mum throwing you out of the house. So I bought an electronic one (Elka?), which was covered in black Tolex instead of veneer like the Pianet. Huge mistake. Mum accepted my veneer-equipped synth, but this Tolex ruined her living room and "what will my friends say; it's a circus here!" For reasons unknown to mankind, she also wanted me to remove an extra electronic organ to the side of the official one, the extra one standing in front of two cupboards so you couldn't open those anymore. Yeah, I don't get it either. It had veneer, fer cryin' out loud! 😁

You're quite welcome; my cell likes attempting to solve stuff. From that first listen, for the moment I think the Rhodes is not a component, but then again: maybe I suffer from foot-in-mouth disease, who knows. I was also thinking of one I haven't played myself, and I need time to remember its name, but there was an electronic piano that I think could make sound not dissimilar to this. When I've remembered its name, I'll check on YT before making more claims. Do you happen to know whether it's easy to distinguish an SV-1 from an SV-2 from looking at them? See, I thought there probably are preset lists online, which might help, as I'm guessing the SV editing capacity is limited, and that we're probably listening to something that is relatively close to one or more of the factory presets.

Is it possible that this could be some sort of mix? I don't know the SV-2, and don't know its capacities for mixing or for editing sounds. See, on first listen I feel I hear some Hohner Pianet components and some Wurlitzer ones. The attack seems quite undefined though, which makes me wonder. Maybe some closer listening tomorrow might either reveal more or tell that my initial feeling is off the mark. Yeah, a nice sound indeed.