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That thing is way past making sounds you select, it lives and breathes and does stuff on its own that your brain has trouble processing. It’s very moody too, it can do cool stuff that’s on a happy level or it can become very dark and angry and scare the shit out of you 😂
 
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I have a few modular and semi-modular synths, unfortunately I don't have the space to set them all up at once and get something like that going.

Between oscillators, LFOs, arpeggiators and routing options, etc., you can get a pattern that plays automatically and sends signals forward and backward to add more sounds/patterns, and impact earlier sounds in the chain, and morph those manually or automatically...it's a science of sound experiment!
 
I wanted to play drums as a youngster but my folks said HERE! YOU are going to play PIANO! :gethim: :codeak: :cry:

It was like punishment!! (but as the story goes, I did learn to play guitar, then drums, then bass later on).

Anyway, so I quit piano at age 13 but when I hit 18 all this synthesizers started coming out and that busted it wide open! I loved that stuff but couldn't afford the steep price tag until a few years later when I could buy a used one. I liked the Rolands and found a Juno 60 which was so much fun. Years later I got into ... well, I'll just post a photo and save the words >



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I need to get these things out again and mess around with them.

I had an Alesis QS8 for the longest time, it had some pretty good sounds on it and wish I hung on to it.

Here is one of my only songs with the Jupiter 6 it has such a heavy sound. Put on the headphones if you can!

 
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Dr. Tweedbucket said:
I wanted to play drums as a youngster but my folks said HERE! YOU are going to play PIANO! :gethim: :codeak: :cry:

It was like punishment!! (but as the story goes, I did learn to play guitar, then drums, then bass later on).

Anyway, so I quit piano at age 13 but when I hit 18 all this synthesizers started coming out and that busted it wide open! I loved that stuff but couldn't afford the steep price tag until a few years later when I could buy a used one. I liked the Rolands and found a Juno 60 which was so much fun. Years later I got into ... well, I'll just post a photo and save the words >



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I need to get these things out again and mess around with them.

I had an Alesis QS8 for the longest time, it had some pretty good sounds on it and wish I hung on to it.

Here is one of my only songs with the Jupiter 6 it has such a heavy sound. Put on the headphones if you can!

https://on.soundcloud.com/x7gFyFShWjvVFJRM9
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Holy crap!
That’s awesome. I wish I actually knew how to play the things but I don’t. My mother was a classical pianist and when I was a kid she would practice for hours and hours. She wanted to teach me but I just didn’t think the piano was cool. What an idiot I was!
If you can play the piano the fundamentals of everything is attainable, it would have been such a huge advantage for me musically to have taken advantage of that.
I don’t have a lot of regrets in my life but that’s one of them for sure. She not only could play classical piano, she also knew the history behind each particular piece and could explain what drove the composer to write that piece. It made me see early on that music at it’s highest levels could convey thought and emotion without words.
Dude that’s a killer keyboard collection!
I tried the SoundCloud link but it just goes to the app main page
 
JTyson said:
Holy crap!
That’s awesome. I wish I actually knew how to play the things but I don’t. My mother was a classical pianist and when I was a kid she would practice for hours and hours. She wanted to teach me but I just didn’t think the piano was cool. What an idiot I was!
If you can play the piano the fundamentals of everything is attainable, it would have been such a huge advantage for me musically to have taken advantage of that.
I don’t have a lot of regrets in my life but that’s one of them for sure. She not only could play classical piano, she also knew the history behind each particular piece and could explain what drove the composer to write that piece. It made me see early on that music at it’s highest levels could convey thought and emotion without words.
Dude that’s a killer keyboard collection!
I tried the SoundCloud link but it just goes to the app main page
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Well, it sounds like your mom is like miles beyond me too... I learned to read but it is so much easier for me to hear something and then figure it out. Even come up with something in my head which is probably another type of advantage, I don't know but wish I had paid more attention and learned to do it the right way.

I goofed!

This one should work>


 
Dr. Tweedbucket said:
I wanted to play drums as a youngster but my folks said HERE! YOU are going to play PIANO! :gethim: :codeak: :cry:

It was like punishment!! (but as the story goes, I did learn to play guitar, then drums, then bass later on).

Anyway, so I quit piano at age 13 but when I hit 18 all this synthesizers started coming out and that busted it wide open! I loved that stuff but couldn't afford the steep price tag until a few years later when I could buy a used one. I liked the Rolands and found a Juno 60 which was so much fun. Years later I got into ... well, I'll just post a photo and save the words >



View attachment 358391

I need to get these things out again and mess around with them.

I had an Alesis QS8 for the longest time, it had some pretty good sounds on it and wish I hung on to it.

Here is one of my only songs with the Jupiter 6 it has such a heavy sound. Put on the headphones if you can!

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I also wanted to play drums. My parents said I needed to learn an instrument, my choices were guitar or piano. I liked the Beatles since about the age of 3, when I was presented with this choice I was probably 7 or 8 years old, I liked the Beatles (who were still together), and I had recently discovered Jimi Hendrix (who was still alive) so of course I chose guitar.

Looking back, I wish I learned piano at some point too, not instead of guitar.
 
Finally got my keyboard rig set-up.

Left to right: Korg Grandstage X; Crumar Mojo Suitcase + 25-note pedals; Arturia AstroLab, Expressive-E Osmose, Behringer Line Mixer. Going out to 15" powered PA cabs including 18" sub...sounds massive.

Still need to make some spacing adjustments, but I can reach everything from the organ bench in the middle; some cable management is needed once I have it where I want it.


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Impressive bro'. :worship:
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Thanks! Long time (and money) to get here; figuring out what I wanted, what worked, etc. This rig covers nearly everything except modular synths, but the AstroLab has a few (Moog, Buchla, ...)

Trying to get all my toys before I retire;

unless something new, different or extraordinary is released in the keyboard world, my future plan is to only upgrade my software instruments and hardware workstation in retirement (I also have a current gen Roland Fantom EX 6, which should be fine for several more years).

I have a couple of basses on order to complete my bass collection; and one more guitar to get on my list. I plan to keep upgrading my guitar plugins, not so much my modelers, or new amps.

As far as the keyboard rig goes, creating sounds on the Osmose needs an advanced degree in quantum / spatial math it seems, I've never seen any music gear programming more obtuse and complex. I really need to spend time learning how to do it, a few hours a day for several consecutive days...For example,



Both synths in the rig are software upgradable or expandable; the piano sounds are very good, and covers plenty of classic pianos, EPs, Rhodes, Wurlitzers, clavs, harpsicords,...; and the organ just does Hammond, but if I want more organs I can bring out my Hammond SKx that also has many Hammonds, Vox, Farfisa, and pipe organs. That is, I don't expect to need or want future keyboards for this rig, unless something dies beyond repair.
 
...of course I'm sure, unlike me, @NowYou'rePlayingWithPower can figure this out in a few minutes :yes:




I need the cliff notes, complete idiot's guide to EaganMatrix Programming for Osmose
 
Yeah, the most-convoluted synth to programme I've had was the Wavestation SR module back in the day. I had the Wavestation AD module as well, but thanks to its big screen, it wasn't a problem.

The SR had a 32-character LCD (letters, numbers and characters only), so programming patches was akin to painting the interior of your house through the front-door letter slot.
 
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I am bored at work, watching some of my past boring crap. But this one I've always loved. Especially with Felix, the best cartoon ever.

 
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Waldorf only has its software / plugin version, the PPG Wave 3.V, so this makes sense.
 
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