... Well'p... my day job is being a mailman. This Chinese restaurant happened to be on my route. As it turns out, they have a decent piano and have had someone...
Hi Cindy, If you are piano player looking to do some synth stuff, than get a weighted keyboard, but if you are interested in the expressive capabilities of a...
Yo! On the other hand, as someone who's also done it for a long time, I find it easier to affect instrumental dynamics with a a weighted keyboard vs. a synth...
Hi Rick, Absolutely nothing online at this moment that I know of, much of my best material went down in the flood of '86, after I'd settled in Sacramento doing...
Hi all, thanks for all the replies to my question. I don't think I will be buying a hammer-action keyboard at the moment, although I still may at some point in...
Jazzhooves.com has been off line for a few days as we were hit by a virus. But - we are back and offering a Wersi portable organ as a competition prize. For...
Hi Bonnie et al, As a wind player (trumpet) I'm tantalized by the possibilities of after-touch on keyboards. Despite all of the innovations in keyboard ...
Dear Neil, Thank you for your wonderful link, I went there and scanned the article before responding. It is an excellent overview of controllers. I forget...
... Some years ago I owned a Yamaha keyboard which had the possibility of inserting a wind controller so that one could control certain parameters by breath. I...
My BC-1 is still floating around my bedroom somewhere. To clarify: Wind controllers are full instruments with keys set up to resemble a saxophone. Breath...
Hey Bonnie! ... before responding. It is an excellent overview of controllers. I forget exactly who stated it this way, I think it was W. Carlos, "For every ...
... a ... Hey Ken! I remember the Prophet V's back in the early 70's had this squiggle ability. I'm not sure if there's a MIDI keyboard that does it (probably...
Hi Fred, Aftertouch is just another parameter that can be controlled, and much depends on how the particular patch is setup, but you are largely right, for...
Hi Bonnie et al, You've touched on so much, it's hard to know where to begin. Neil, thanks for that link; it has stiffened my resolve to stick with my current...
The MIDI "space saving" features of only going to a patch 127, and a tempo 255 are annoying too.. I guess the MIDI guys back in the late 70's were not unlike...
Hi Rick, ... That's a fine suggestion, and I'm sure the International MIDI Association has been considering that as well. In contridiction to a current...
Hey back Rick! I hate that Yahoo editor! I wrote you a book and now have to redo it! Lest someone think that we are getting into a battle royal here, Rick,...
Hey Bonnie! ... I'm with ya, I usually do a CTL-C just in case when I use Yahooie. ... Rick, we've been friends respecting each other for a lot of years now, I...
Yup, And there's a clear standard to shoot for here, now that memory and processor speed are not an issue: write the spec based on the human ear! If you have...
Wow! Just what I hoped for when I coined this List: discussions that go over my head. Thanks to you all for a spirited and civil conversation (which, I ...
Hi Ken, Haven't mentioned this before but I have been "copying your mail a lot" since you joined the group. Some well chosen works much of the time. I had...
Hello, As a pianist and piano teacher, I love listening to and playing the acoustic piano. I also own several keyboards. Seems like the discussions on this...
Hey Cindy, Heavens no, most of us here are piana' pickers of one flavor or another, with a church guy and a synth afficianado thrown in for good measure. Don't...
... Oh, we've had some interesting "opinion trading" over the years. I even got to meet Bonnie out in California about 10 years ago when I was in town for a ...
Can the moderator of this group please delete me? I cannot remember the ID I used to logon and Yahoo isn't helping me. When I request User ID and Password,...
Hi Cindy! I'm not attempting to belittle or get down on pianos at all, piano players or pianists, whichever catagory you like best. I have personally owned...
Hi Ken, ... that go over my head. Thanks to you all for a spirited and civil conversation (which, I imagine, has been going on in different forums over the...
Hey Rick! ... Rick, we've been friends respecting each other for a lot of years now, ... 80's in the bbs world. Lordy! I actually kept that FidoNet node up ...
Hey Rick! ... Rick, we've been friends respecting each other for a lot of years now, ... 80's in the bbs world. Lordy! I actually kept that FidoNet node up ...
