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| 2258.1 | Keywords are your friends! | WEFXEM::COTE | Bain Dramaged | Thu Feb 08 1990 09:35 | 103 |
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197 GALAXY::MALIK 30-NOV-1985 14 MIDI basics?
290 OASS::B_MCMILLAN 2-APR-1986 28 Basic Studio Setup (dated)
302 MENTOR::COTE 8-APR-1986 11 First MIDI Network - Hooking it all up...
317 MENTOR::COTE 22-APR-1986 5 Chaining Sequencers?
330 AKOV68::EATON 28-APR-1986 11 Question on touch sensitivity
343 CANYON::MOELLER 2-MAY-1986 78 Help me spend my money... (dated)
409 DAIRY::SHARP 24-JUN-1986 1 Getting FM Synths To Sound Fat
410 MENTOR::COTE 24-JUN-1986 29 Need to Upgrade Recording Gear - Help (dated)
525 FDCV01::SIDBDEV 30-SEP-1986 25 Lend me your experience
526 AKOV68::EATON 1-OCT-1986 4 Mail Order Warranties
551 AKOV68::EATON 24-OCT-1986 8 What Is A String/Synth 'Pad'?
553 AKOV68::EATON 28-OCT-1986 10 MIDIing Synths - 8 Voice to 6 Voice - Problems?
590 JAWS::COTE 4-DEC-1986 9 Help Buying a $1000 Synth
603 16514::MOELLER 11-DEC-1986 40 Still Seeking Sampler Assiduously
608 AKOV68::EATON 16-DEC-1986 5 MIDI Sustain Related to MIDI Note ON Command?
610 MRMFG1::D_FOSTER 16-DEC-1986 6 Advice needed: Mac + CZ101 Marriage
659 DYO780::SCHAFER 15-JAN-1987 30 Hardware Sequencers vs. Software Sequencers
660 DYO780::SCHAFER 15-JAN-1987 9 Upgrade Advice Sought, (also Assiduously)
695 VERDI::BARTH 17-FEB-1987 33 Discussion on Polytimbral MIDI SGUs
697 AKOV68::EATOND 19-FEB-1987 23 Starting a basic home studio
728 THUNDR::BAILEY 24-MAR-1987 8 Velocity sensitivity?
828 FDCV01::ARVIDSON 2-JUN-1987 27 Connecting Pro Synth Equipment to Home Stereo
845 ANTARE::NORCROSS 23-JUN-1987 8 Which Apple Macintosh Computer To Buy
888 TIPPLE::MURRAY 28-JUL-1987 28 Which Synthesizers are Multitimbral?
894 DSSDEV::HALLGRIMSSON 3-AUG-1987 7 Description of Roland's LA Synthesis
920 AKOV75::EATOND 28-AUG-1987 17 Sequencing Basics and Tips
923 DARTS::COTE 31-AUG-1987 54 Glossary (or MIDI/Synth Terminology)
932 PRSTRA::CHAMPOLLION 3-SEP-1987 19 Differences Between Digital Recording & MIDI Sequencing
956 AKOV76::EATOND 21-SEP-1987 33 Glossary of PA Terms (db, voltages, impedance, etc)
1029 HYEND::BKARL 25-NOV-1987 10 Building BIG $$$ Home MIDI Studio - Help
1037 CDROM::JAGGER 2-DEC-1987 27 Recommendations - Which Synth To Buy
1056 HYEND::BKARL 11-DEC-1987 8 Recommendations - Setting Up MIDI Home Studio
1060 NCVAX1::ALLEN 14-DEC-1987 53 Recommendations - Effects (FX) Unit for Home Studio
1136 HARDY::JKMARTIN 11-JAN-1988 5 Recommendation - Portable Synth w/ Piano Sound
1154 CURIE::THACKERAY 16-JAN-1988 9 Computer Stuff for Scoring & Sequencing
1159 MODEL::POMFRET 19-JAN-1988 9 Recommendation - Roland JUNO106 For First Synth?
1208 COGVAX::LABAK 11-FEB-1988 11 Recommendation - Used Casio CZ1 or Roland JX3P
1233 DRFIX::HENNESSY 4-MAR-1988 17 Recommendation - Keyboard for Child Learning To Play
1276 CREME::LSIMPSON 24-MAR-1988 12 Recommendation - Building MIDI Home Studio
1297 TAINO::NUNEZ 4-APR-1988 30 Recommendation - Synth w/ Piano Keyboard & Sound
1311 BOHR::CASSONE 12-APR-1988 3 Looking for intoductory MIDI book or course
1313 DOODAH::WIEGLER 12-APR-1988 27 Recommendation - Consumer Keyboard For Jr. Higher
1315 AQUA::ROST 12-APR-1988 4 Patch Mapping Using Various Types of Synths
1345 DFLAT::DICKSON 2-MAY-1988 24 Wanted: Cheap Keyboard For Sequencer Data Entry
1408 RANCHO::PRICE 24-MAY-1988 20 Is this Roland setup a good deal?
1425 LOLITA::DIORIO 1-JUN-1988 26 IBM MIDI choices: Interface? Software?
1442 EKLV00::COLLINS 9-JUN-1988 7 Recommendation: Which Drum Machine to Buy?
1476 NCVAX1::STEINHARDT 20-JUN-1988 10 Dinosaur seeks new toys/advice on old toys
1567 BENTLY::EVANS 25-JUL-1988 3 MAC+sequencer+printer+MIDI??
1606 DENALI::KELLYNI 9-AUG-1988 11 Got an Ensoniq EPS and a Mac - Now What?
1615 SMURF::NEWHOUSE 10-AUG-1988 27 Rackmount Multitimbral SGU (D110 emphasis)
1625 NRADM::SWARTZ 16-AUG-1988 3 Electronic Equipment Buyer's Guide ?
1640 DSTR05::CREAN 23-AUG-1988 72 Sequencer + Expander =? Drum Machine?
1646 DSTR05::CREAN 24-AUG-1988 20 Drum Machines < $300?
1651 MARVIN::MACHIN 26-AUG-1988 5 MIDI scratch-pad techniques?
1654 MIZZOU::SHERMAN 29-AUG-1988 3 What would you tell a first-time buyer?
1667 DRFIX::PICKETT 9-SEP-1988 7 Looking for Small Synth for Church
1682 CLT::WWALKER 21-SEP-1988 8 Yamaha KX88 Controller - Should I?
1706 ALEX::CONN 3-OCT-1988 20 >8 note polyphonic. How important?
1711 BTO::BESSETT_K 5-OCT-1988 8 Need Info. on Low-Price Mixers
1714 GVA05::BERGMANS 11-OCT-1988 19 MIDI on PC,AMIGA or D20 ROLAND??
1733 AUNTB::WARNOCK 21-OCT-1988 3 What's a decent price for a Poly 800 ?
1742 ARGUS::CORWIN 27-OCT-1988 19 Roland Digital Pianos
1823 KERNEL::FLOWERS 20-DEC-1988 10 Pingponging (bouncing) Tracks on Multi-track Tape Deck?
1825 BENTLY::EVANS 20-DEC-1988 23 Recommendation: First MIDI Keyboard
1837 MRSVAX::MISKINIS 4-JAN-1989 26 Need advice on tape decks
1847 BAGELS::MCQUADE 9-JAN-1989 8 Looking for Documentation on Various Aspects of MIDI
1867 DISCVR::HAJI 18-JAN-1989 7 Yamaha MT100 Mixdown Loses Stereo in Boombox
1870 CDR::BRANDEWIE 19-JAN-1989 70 Simple electronic piano recommendations needed
1884 SCENIC::BYRNE 1-FEB-1989 4 Help Using Compressor/Limiter Effects (FX)
1893 ALEX::CONN 7-FEB-1989 27 Recommendation: Keyboard Synthesizer For Under $600
1915 WMOIS::MACKAY 20-FEB-1989 24 Recommendation: $400 to Spend on Recording Gear
1925 FRUST::MUELLER 23-FEB-1989 10 Recommendation: Computer For MIDI System
1931 WORDS::HARRIS 8-MAR-1989 19 Recommendation: Looking for Electronic Piano
1938 BAGELS::SREBNICK 13-MAR-1989 8 Roland E20 L/A Keyboard
1966 ULYSSE::MCGUINNESS 19-APR-1989 9 Advice for a new boy?
1980 CURIE::DECARTERET 1-MAY-1989 21 How do I get my MT32 to work?
1992 GIAMEM::MICHAUD 15-MAY-1989 11 Just curious! I think!
2006 DUB01::DALY 30-MAY-1989 3 Advice for someone starting ...
2102 KOBAL::DICKSON 28-AUG-1989 11 Want Cheap SGU w/aftertouch for Wind Controller
2118 SALEM::TAYLOR_J 13-SEP-1989 14 Looking for 1st Synth - $350 Limit
2136 HYDRA::CHICOINE 16-OCT-1989 10 Beginner music with AMIGA?'s
2139 BARTLE::FALIVENA 18-OCT-1989 7 Got a Mac & Digital Piano - Now What?
2145 IJSAPL::BOUWMANS 23-OCT-1989 5 Looking for Reverb Unit to use with Roland U110
2155 COGVAX::LABAK 6-NOV-1989 25 Help Recommending Bass module
2169 NRADM::KARL 17-NOV-1989 44 Sampler Questions (degenerates to EMAX II)
2183 DNEAST::PUSHARD_MIKE 27-NOV-1989 65 What Needed To Be a One-man MIDI Band?
2203 WOOF::DRIGIAN 13-DEC-1989 8 Back to basics - calculating frequencies
2204 WOOF::DRIGIAN 13-DEC-1989 7 Ode to Harmonics (desc. of even/odd)
2205 WOOF::DRIGIAN 13-DEC-1989 11 Frequency and Significance of Concert A?
2220 AUNTB::WARNOCK 29-DEC-1989 7 linear .vs. non-linear scale
2224 PUGGS::DESROCHERS 4-JAN-1990 6 Vocal Effects for Live PA System - What To Get
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| 2258.2 | Good answers are to old to be valid... | OLYMP::RUEFF | Ronny Rueff, Marketing, Switzerland | Thu Feb 08 1990 13:56 | 7 |
| I looked through the conference quite well and everything I found on my
specific question was more than half a year old at least - quite some
time in the electronic world.
I really would appreciate any advice matching todays best value for
money in the low_end or starting_end of such a device.
Still thankful..... -Ronny
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| 2258.3 | Yamaha YPR-9 | SNIPER::HNELSON | | Fri Feb 09 1990 09:36 | 51 |
| Hi, Ronny,
One of the reasons this notes file is so fun is because the
contributors are mostly REAL MUSICIANS with tons of experience,
equipment, skills. If you dedicate twenty hours per week to music, in
five years you'll join them in marvelling how twisting Roland's latest
potentiameter enhances Mahler's Uncomposed Symphony 8^).
How DOES one spell potentiameter?! Every usualy says "pot."
Anyway, I'm a little further along than you are, and my slightly-dated
view of the market nominates the Yamaha YPR-9 as a good starting
keyboard. It has the following features:
o Touch-sensitive keyboard, i.e. if you hit the key harder, it
sounds louder. I cannot stress too much the importance of this
characteristic, for musical expression (and enjoying playing).
o Good sounds: the pianos are mediocre, but the electric piano is
pleasant, and the harsichord and vibes are excellant.
o 61 keys, battery operation with built-in speakers, external outs
if you want to use an amp.
o A "record" feature that remembers and replays your keystrokes.
This is good for playing one hand, then playing the other as you
listen to the first. Plus, when you get it right, you can call in
your kids to applaud you.
o MIDI in and out. With this you can use the YPR to drive other
equipment for generating more sounds. I warn you: getting
fascinated with different sounds is a distraction (IMHO) and
represents a major hazard to your savings account.
o Cheap! In the Boston area, I see it in the $350/$450 range. I
paid $300 for mine, used. It's been around for several years,
but it was still in stores a few months ago, and may be still.
I think it's better to avoid learning on the piano, so you don't grow
attached to that feel. The synthesizers are unbelievably capable, and
you want to love their feel, if your enthusiasm carries you to serious
engagement in this pursuit.
Re learning: I think conventional piano lessons are good, for
instruction and discipline. There are standard exercises to do (I'm
remembering Hammonds, but that's probably because I'm a B-3 nut). Mind
you, I'm not taking this advice myself, but I can testify to the
foolishness of the "I'll learn it on my own" alternative.
Have fun! - Hoyt
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| 2258.4 | a lesson ... | MIZZOU::SHERMAN | ECADSR::SHERMAN 235-8176, 223-3326 | Fri Feb 09 1990 15:58 | 19 |
| Interesting question. There are several ways to spell potentiometer,
all depending on context. If you are interested in a device with fixed
resistance between two terminals and a third terminal connected to a
wiper contact, making it possible to alter the resistances between the
two terminals and the third terminal, it's spelled
P-O-T-E-N-T-I-O-M-E-T-E-R. If you are interested in a similar device
with only one terminal and a wiper terminal, it's spelled
R-H-E-O-S-T-A-T. If you are a purveyour of sophisticated audio
equipment, it's spelled alternatively K-N-O-B or S-L-I-D-E-R. The use
of the word "pot" is often confusing. But, knowledgeable sales
personnel will understand exactly what you mean if while in the store
you use the oft-repeated phrase, "Has somebody been smoking pot in
here?" The correct response, is, of course, to assure you that the
audio equipment in the store truly "smokes", but that, with the
possible exception of the Alesis gear, the potentiometers are all of
the finest quality and only smoke when in non-smoking areas of public
facilities.
Steve
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| 2258.5 | | SALSA::MOELLER | My heart soars like a hawk... | Fri Feb 09 1990 17:09 | 4 |
| And my favorite device, named after a genocidal Cambodian regime and
its inventor, the
PAN POT
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| 2258.6 | in a fair light, i can see cambodia | ACESMK::KUHN | Jay Kuhn MKO2 | Fri Feb 09 1990 17:59 | 8 |
| re: last
Isn't that POL POT? :-)
I think you should start with a Farlight CMI and "work down" from
there. :-)
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| 2258.7 | A Pan is never a Pot unless it's abused! | WILKIE::MCQUADE | TAMPOPO...The First Noodle Western | Fri Feb 09 1990 18:24 | 5 |
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Actually..., POL POT is a shortening of Polarized Pan Pot!
McQ
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| 2258.8 | | MIZZOU::SHERMAN | ECADSR::SHERMAN 235-8176, 223-3326 | Fri Feb 09 1990 19:51 | 4 |
| I should talk. I'm so poor I don't even have a mixer with a pan pot to
hiss in.
Steve
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| 2258.9 | | ACESMK::KUHN | Jay Kuhn MKO2 | Fri Feb 09 1990 20:04 | 12 |
| actually, i should talk!
i got a radio shack mixer for a gift. it does "get the job done" though.
If i was a first time keyboard buyer, i'd probably buy one of those
CASIO things for a hundred or so bucks. Then if i found i outgrew it
or whatever, i would get a korg,ensonic,roland,yamaha or whatever.
actually, i'd like something that sounds like a mellotron. good for
doing 60's stuff. i have no idea what is available.
good luck to you.
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