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  6. New Americana / Blues project

    in Announcements

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    My dear friend Greg Nagy and I are busy working on his next album. If you like soulful blues and Americana, you need to check him out. I'm very proud of my work on his first two CDs, Walk That Fine Thin Line and Fell Towards None. This new one is going to be even better. Just today we tracked two new songs that I'm really excited about.

    Greg is an accomplished guitarist but what really sets him apart is his voice. We've spent the last two years writing and collecting songs for this new project, songs that highlight and feature his distinctive vocals.

    I know it's not the best time of year but please check it out and perhaps become a part of this process. I'm working as engineer, producer, songwriter, and performer on this one.

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/307717482/greg-nagy-recording-project

  9. Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers - A Tribute To Big John Patton

    in Announcements

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    Nothing received yet...Anything went wrong...?

    Can't wait to listen to it!

    Michel, you didn't respond to the Kickstarter survey with your address for this project or for the organissimo project. I found your address in the Big O Store database and shipped both discs to you last Thursday or so. They should be there by the end of this week.

    Jim, I missed the opportunity to buy into your Kickstarter project but I'd still like a copy of the CD if that's possible.

    Can you let me know how to order a copy from you please.

    If you have Paypal you can order here: Big O Store

    If you don't, you'll have to get it from CDBaby or Amazon. But the Big O Store is the only place you can also get the companion DVD.

  11. why

    in Forums Discussion

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    Sorry to hear about your wife.

    Looks like your post went through. Please keep in mind that during the hours of 12am to 1am EST, the board software is running a nightly backup routine that can slow things down.

  13. Dr. Lonnie Smith's Kickstarter Project

    in Artists & Recordings

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    I still haven't received anything from the Dr. Lonnie Smith Kickstarter except a signed poster. No vinyl copy like I was promised. No CD. No DVD. Nothing. I guess my $200 went to produce the CD for other people. I see the CD on the jazz charts (along with my Patton tribute, which everyone who was a backer should have received by now). And yet I don't have a copy for my $200 pledge to his Kickstarter.

    I've attempted contact three times; once through Dr. Smith's personal website and twice through Kickstarter. I've heard nothing.

  17. Hammond SK2

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My SK2 preset buttons bring up drawbar settings for both manuals together.

    If I want to jump to a different drawbar registration on the top manual, the bottom manual registrations will change too. Doesn't do that on a real B3 !

    You can turn this off in the menu. My SK2 is set so that when I press the Preset buttons, only the top manual changes. The bottom manual always stays on my bass / comping registration.

  19. Hammond SK2

    in General Discussion

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    Why didn't they just do a simplified SK1 without the extra voices ? !!

    That's pretty much what the XK1c is. I think they decided to call it the XK1c rather than the SK-something-or-other because SK stands for Stage Keyboard, indicating it has other sounds than organ.

    The right half of the XK1c "instrument panel" is "empty" - nothing on it ! Looks silly ! Space for a Ventilator to sit on though !!

    I don't think it looks silly but I agree that they should've put at least another set of drawbars in there. Maybe they are saving such a creation, with two manuals, for NAMM 2014.

    I have an SK2 but I'm really not interested in the pianos and other sounds.

    I just received an XK1c today from Hammond. They want me to make a tonewheel set for it. Away I go!

  20. Hammond SK2

    in General Discussion

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    No, I have not heard the Studio 12 but I don't think it is made for live use but rather studio use, hence the name. I can't imagine the bass response will be any better than the Leslie 3300 and I find you need a subwoofer cabinet with the 3300 to get good pedal bass from it.

  22. Speakers for monitoring / front of house - stereo/mono question !

    in General Discussion

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    Hi thanks for getting in touch. To answer your questions:

    1a) No, I don't think the sound is all that degraded. On the contrary, the XLR output of the DXR10 is line level, usually requiring a pad be engaged on the FOH mixer. It's a very healthy signal, albeit one that is mono. This is not a problem since all my patches on the Privia PX5s are mono and the Ventilator sums to mono perfectly.

    1b) Yes, I'm certainly in my cocoon of sound but like I mentioned above, only the Ventilator is in stereo. We do not travel with our own FOH rig or even our own FOH engineer and I am at the mercy of whatever the club / stage has in place and whomever is there to run it. And those systems are usually mono anyway. I have found over the years that the more simple I keep things, the better it is for all concerned. Providing the soundperson a single XLR with both keys in it is about as simple as you can get.

    You are correct that most stereo digital piano samples sound bad when summed to mono. That's why I have my Privia programmed to just be in mono. It features a true mono piano sample, not a stereo sample that's been summed to mono, so it sounds great. The reason most stereo sampled pianos sound bad in mono is due to phasing between whatever microphones they used to sample the original acoustic piano. In other words, it is due to carelessness on behalf of the original sampling engineers. Almost every manufacturer (Yamaha, Roland, Korg, etc.) suffers from this. The only solution is if they also have a true mono piano sample. I know that Yamaha does and the Casio Privia does. I don't know about Roland.

    If you want to upgrade your monitoring, I highly recommend the DXR series. I've never cared for the Roland keyboard amps. I played through one just a few weeks ago as backline and I did not like how my Hammond SK1 and Vent sounded through it. The Privia sounded pretty good through it but the Hammond was wimpy.

    Hope that helps!

  23. The Onion - Going too far?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    I vehemently disagree with the notion that the copy writer for the Onion piece should be prosecuted. Such a wanton embrace of authoritative censorship is antithetical to basic human rights. Who gets to decide what is offensive or not and thus worthy of punishment? It's a very thin line between arresting people for using pejorative words in satirical pieces to this:

    http://www.policymic.com/articles/42299/sanal-edamaruku-backlash-against-indian-skeptic-shows-the-tyranny-of-religion

  25. Hammond SK2

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yes, but it's not as compact as other designs. However, it's much more compact than the Omega. To be honest, the set-up and tear-down of the stand takes a bit longer than other stands (especially X-stands) due to the design, but unlike X-stands, it is rock solid. It doesn't move. And depending on how much room you have in your vehicle, you can do a full tear-down or just a partial tear-down to save time.

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