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    John Entwistle

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A few notes misplaced in terms of tempo, especially in the beginning and the end ... that has always been chaotic that said, but, yeah, what a leader he was and what a tune.

     

    My all time favourite of The Who.

     

    Thanks for sharing, never heard it before too.

    Upright pianos

    in Other Instruments

    Posted

    Just in case, I bought the VI Labs Modern D (another Steinway D but this time not an old German one, but a new ... New York version with all the progress done since so many years by Steinway) software today, and apart from a nightmarish download (I ended up using Edge as Chrome was very slow even with a 1 GB connection and giving faults in the RAR file), it's really the best piano sampling software I have ever heard, even better than the VSL Synchron Steinway D that was already excellent.

     

    The sound is even more authentic and you can configure so many things that it will take some time to toy with everything, but I've already made my own preset to sound like when you're playing the real deal just sitting in front of the beast.

     

    The bass part is so huge and powerful, the mid part of the keyboard sounds like a piano and not a synth, and even more important the higher part where there is no more damping gives a real piano sound, not a toy piano breaking glass tone.

     

    It's also working as a standalone.

     

    Best buy, so far and not that expensive, but you'll need WinRar as it's the only one working to extract those RAR files...

    Voltage to change batteries

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I also prefer the tone of a passive bass, but certainly not a Fender, except if I have made a complete shielding, which will turn it into a usable instrument.

     

    I can't figure how come they still can sell so badly made instruments at such a high price tag, especially custom shop ones.

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    Voltage to change batteries

    in Bass Guitars

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    25 minutes ago, JoeEvans said:

    I still like the idea of a bass with a rechargeable battery and a USB C socket on the back to charge it.

    Or just an XLR out and phantom power.

    Both totally OTT as solutions but for some reason I'm drawn to an easy external power source.

    Check Warwick...

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    Kinga Glyk at Ronnie Scotts

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Hellzero
    Syntax

    She is an amazing bassist for sure, but this new band is really meh, too much (bad) synths in it, sometimes the sax is also doing his thing with a sax thingy synth and eventually it becomes a boring gig...

     

    She was more entertaining with the previous band and album.

     

    I've been following her since almost the beginning and have all the records, but this last band iteration is too Polish for my liking (synths everywhere, hey we are not in the 80's anymore).

     

    Peavey resurrects the Cirrus line

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Hellzero

    19 minutes ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

    For all their reputed quality as instruments, I don't think I've ever seen one of the old US-made Cirruses (cirri?) in the hands of a player on TV or a big stage.

    John Taylor of Duran Duran isn't exactly a gospel player and plays maybe too big stages when he appears on TV...

     

    And maybe Mike Porcaro was a weekend warrior playing only poorly advertised and badly paid pub gigs never seen on TV...

     

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