Hi Aaron, I'm surprised more people haven't responded to this. It sounds very nice! Though hard to tell when playing a midi file (uniform velocities and ...
Hate to be a negative nancy here, but did I understand correctly that you've sampled a sampler? I've heard of people doing that, and I'm afraid I just can't...
... Ok, try getting your *ears* around it! Tell me what acoustic soundfont *sounds* better than this font, and I'll use it. I haven't found one, at least on...
... The P200 is good for a dedicated MIDI instrument, but it can't hold a candle to modern software instrument like Ivory. Sure, if you're comparing to...
... And it still sound fairly decent. Mine has held up quite well. You have to hand it to Yamaha for doing the work they did within those 16MB (is that true?...
... Yes, they certainly did. ... Ivory is amazing. It blew my mind when I first heard it. It has a neat feature that lets you inspect the velocity dynamic...
... You might find an acceptable effect from an old five pedal Wing or a four pedal Crown for a more efficient use of space, though a stripped player console...
Hello, I want to make electronic music without being limited to haptic interfaces(keyboards) available, and my lack of good keyboard technique. I want to write...
... It does interest me, and I wrote this free software: http://www.badmuthahubbard.com/jisequencer.html Specifically for extended JI, the only kind of tuning...
... Well, again, I can't speak for Kawai, except I hate their acoustic instruments (made in China), but I like Yamaha's sound and action in digital pianos...
... Agreed. ... Not at all. I've spent a lot of time studying this, and I've always held this belief (even before I knew about alternate tunings). Most...
Greetings, Ah! AKJ You and I are surely on the same wavelength. I never thought of how the wood's chemistry changes! Thanks for making me think of that. ...
Gordon wrote... ... You found it quite limited even though you've never played it? The sound is also influenced by the hall -- have you heard any other pianos...
... Really? Can someone cite a source that corroborates that statement? It's hard to believe that the chemical composition of wood changes significantly in...
Greetings, It sounds like you were insulting me with your comment. No one, except very 'special' people (not even all faculty) are ALLOWED to play this...
Extended just intonation is also what makes me need writing directly to the computer. Your software seem nice, although I am not familiar with PD. I am waiting...
Hi Gordon, I'm sorry, I did not mean to be insulting. If you're familiar with a hall and so forth, yes of course you can comment on the sound. Note, I never...
... It's ... significantly ... As wood ages, it tend to dry, eventually fossilizing. Dry wood reflects more sound. a study pertinent to the fact that wood...
... That's not a chemical change, it's a mechanical one. In fact there's a range in which soundboard water content is considered ideal. Too low and the wood...
... True, but only because we don't want the board to crack and lose it's functioning as a resonating board, not because the water 'helps' the sound...too wet,...
... There's nothing in this abstract that's relevant to pianos. ... OK, but there's no detail here. ... Um, no. You're the one making the claim (that chemical...
... Rick (and you) wanted proof that chemistry of wood changed with age. Whatever is relevant to pianos is relevant because soundboards are made with spruce...
... Yes, thanks. Then the follow-on question would be "how much age?" The one article seemed to be about long-term (geological age) effects. But obviously the...
... That paper apparently deals with fossilization of wood over long periods of time. Wood does not become fossilized without sitting next to some silica- or...
... The *best* modern instruments are almost certainly better, though as I mentioned one cannot go back in time and play the old instruments as they were when...
... I would certainly favor any instrument that sounded better than another--I wouldn't care if it was made entirely of sheet metal (although I doubt it could...
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