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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 12:26:44 GMT -6
never with a DAW. I play them through an interface and monitors. somehow, I had just assumed that it would be a mono thing. did not think it through with the stereo bit. my synth's combination left/mono out added to my lack of clarity. just firing up my digital piano with 2 speakers for Ivory ACD and Ravenscroft now. hey, do you know anything about Vienna Imperial? I hear its really good.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 10:41:01 GMT -6
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 10:18:22 GMT -6
From my own experience, the following are great-sounding and extremely usable libraries: Ivory2 American Concert D Ravenscroft 275 Cinesamples Piano In Blue Alicia's Keys (has some tuning/phase issues, but still sounds great) hey Chuck, I have the first 2 you mention. and I will play them today. I just figured out that I should play them with 2 speakers. I've been playing a synth, that has a combination left/mono out. I only hook up 1 speaker to it. and I have mono. I play Ivory ACD and Ravenscroft, through a digital piano. I thought I was doing the same kind of thing. I'm not. I've only been playing the left channel (not mono). now I will hook up both speakers, and with the stereo out, get the full piano keyboard coming out of 2 speakers, instead of missing the higher side of the keyboard.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 10:12:56 GMT -6
I encourage you with all my heart, bro. singing is so great, its so fun. don't ever believe anybody that tells you that you can't do it. that is a lie. do it, just relax and enjoy it, eh? build on your successes. learn what works and sounds pleasing. allow yourself to fail. find pretty sounds that you can make. a big thing is finding a key for a song (any and all songs that you want to do), that fits your vocal range good enough. your vocal range will grow, as you sing more and more. don't give up. someday, you will sing things that you never thought were possible for you to do.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 10:07:14 GMT -6
I have edrums. they were good with onboard sounds. when I use SD2, and BFD3, the hi hat is sometimes not so good. I have a halfway decent hi hat stand for my edrum hihat. I look forward to getting some real hihat cymbals, and trying them out someday.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 6:31:52 GMT -6
not sure if this is what you're looking for. but, in case it is: www.vexpressionsltd.com/I have 3 of their paks. I like'em alot.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 5:16:14 GMT -6
I just found out about it yesterday. have been reading about it. I've read good and not so good. there are posts at PianoWorld forum. quite a bunch. Steve Nathan at the Keyboard Corner forum likes it a lot.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 28, 2016 5:12:39 GMT -6
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 27, 2016 18:34:53 GMT -6
if there's something that hurts worse than this, I cannot possibly imagine what it is. may God help Ben and Veronica and their family, to find peace of mind and joy in life, and acceptance of things that cannot be changed. may they all be reunited in love and joy again someday.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 24, 2016 14:48:38 GMT -6
oh, well that makes it so much better. lol just beyond comprehension. have not read any links in this thread. but specifically regarding your friend with the Italian restaurant, just wow. how can people live with themselves. here's a guy making fantastic Italian food. and his landlord raises the rent, astronomically, and puts him out of business. sad, eh? I don't how some people think. thats just miserable.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 24, 2016 14:34:49 GMT -6
hey Tony, how in the hell does someone justify "jacked his rent from $3,000 a month, to $20,000 a month". thats such a ripoff, that it defies description. just plain insane, man. not fair, eh? guess I'm not moving to NYC.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 23, 2016 7:13:02 GMT -6
But in the defense of sought-after well-known pieces of gear, they are sought after and well known because they work and give us the results we want. Every time. roger that brother. this is all just really me talking about me. I love great gear, man. freakin lovvvvvvvvvvvvve it. alot!!! lol I am a recovering gearslut. lol i'm seeking balance. somewhere there is a balance. and spending more time making music, and less reading about gear, for me, is a good idea. whatever works for others, is great. I guess I'm just kind giving myself some advice.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 23, 2016 6:44:16 GMT -6
yeah, man, we're so blinded by the hype. we want the easy magic piece of gear, that instantly turns us into uber successful magic producing engineers and performers. holy grail search for tone. I get it. been on it for years. not meaning to put down anyone or anything they do. really talking to myself here out loud for all to hear. you in there (talking to me), put down the computer. you've got great gear. make music. the magic is in your mind and heart and soul. and hands for playing musical instruments (and feet for keys sustain pedal and drum foot pedals). go forth. make music. be happy.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 23, 2016 6:23:41 GMT -6
post of the year material. bravo!!
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 22, 2016 18:45:21 GMT -6
my theory is this....well lets call it all my very humble opinion. I am no expert at anything.
you can learn to sing. you have to really want to. there are things you can learn. I've learned a couple. I think that speaking is audio frequencies. if you are not speaking in a perfect monotone, then you're kinda doing a sing song type voice, and thats already possibly singing a little. singing consists of tone, feeling. resonance and vocal fry. resonance is when you hit a kind of magic frequency with the right amount of volume (that does not mean it has to be loud), that it just sounds really beautiful. there is an ecstasy feature to it. vocal fry is your lowest register. its a little scratchy sounding. but in an extremely pleasing and beautiful way. so my use of the word scratchy, is only because I can't think of a really good word to describe it. your use of resonance and vocal fry are extremely important. listen to singers that you absolutely love to the stars. they can be male and female. you can learn from both. your a dude, so try to emulate the singers that you love the most. mine are Sinatra (you can learn an immense amount from him, I super suggest listening to his stuff), JT, MacCartney, Strait, Van the Man, and about a million others. also. listen to yourself singing thru headphones. if you have them loud enough you will be able to hear yourself well. learn from that. too loud is bad though. you do not want to hurt your ears. and you will be pitchy. also, no reverb. that will make you pitchy. also, record yourself. listen to playback. you learn a ton this way. have fun.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 22, 2016 13:50:51 GMT -6
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 22, 2016 13:46:12 GMT -6
thank you OP, and thank you for posting that SBF. I'll download it now, after what you just said.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 21, 2016 13:54:00 GMT -6
well, I am no expert on anything. but I like my powered Atomic CLR. beautiful sound, eh? super extra plenty of power, thats for sure. I use it for my Yamaha Motif more often than the KPA. (I will be using the KPA more, when I have more time.)
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 21, 2016 12:51:41 GMT -6
Kemper sounds like an amp, the Helix doesn't. Scuffham amps now included with the Slate VMR bundle! Kemper continues to amaze me. It steals an amp's soul, and lets you play it on demand. also love my Kemper. play it through an Atomic CLR active wedge. its called FRFR for full range flat response. higlgly recommend. they have a really great forum too.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 21, 2016 11:54:18 GMT -6
right on Martin. I was talking from personal experience. the following is all imho. thousands of hours monitoring myself through headphones, recording myself singing accompanying myself on acoustic guitar. 1 microphone. moving my head around, varying how loud or soft I'm singing, applying vocal fry and various resonances of my voice, and searching around for where different microphone's (but just 1 at a time of course),...........well, lets just call it exploring. thats exactly what it is. I always record in cardioid. different microphones have smaller or larger pickup or capture areas. and they have sweet spots if you will, that if you say, sing a little louder at a certain time in a song, will pleasantly gently distort. it is a very pleasing, beautiful tone that I'm talking about here. it makes for magic, eh? as for gain staging, the more I do it, the more I am leaning towards spinning the knobs til it sounds good. if I have peaks that are at -5 or -6, well than so be it. I'm trying to get it all right and finished on the front end, on the original capture. but then, I am not planning on putting any overdubs in. maybe a little reverb on mixdown. and done. I think you can drive yourself nuts, trying to do everything perfect with gain staging and all. and losing sight of the forest for the trees. great song and great performance dwarfs everything else.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 21, 2016 4:23:23 GMT -6
"........pinches when you hit it hard."
my own amateur personal term for the phenomena is simply overload. the capsule says: "thats too loud for me. you have exceeded the range in which I will capture in a pleasing manner. back off, brother."
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 19, 2016 5:17:22 GMT -6
Good fun, thanks for posting. Anybody know the song they played at the end??? geez, just not sure. I so feel like I've heard it before. it definitely rings a bell. (cow?) but it also, for sure sooooo seems like it needs a little more of something. just can't put my finger on it at the moment.
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 19, 2016 5:15:21 GMT -6
you might or might not appreciate this :-) dude, you are the best. thank you for posting that. I haven't laughed this hard before my second cup of coffee in the morning, in like forever!!!
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 18, 2016 16:56:59 GMT -6
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Post by chasmanian on Feb 18, 2016 15:55:54 GMT -6
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