#3439

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#3440

beautiful!! do you use any of the midi sequencing software for it?

#3441

They are great machines.

Indeed, I use Cubase on it which is my main and preferred computer sequencer and have played about with DrT’s KCS which is pretty good as well with an excellent interface.

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#3442

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6 artists (myself and @slopstream included) setting up for a show in Copenhagen :slight_smile:
Was a blast playing and seeing so many different approaches.

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#3443

That’s often a good approach to take as it gives a fresh perspective and new/interesting avenues to peruse.

#3444

It’s always nice to come home a bare workspace after a gig, as it opens you up to do some long-overdue reorganization, but I also like how the acquisition of a few new toys does the same.

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Had to re-shuffle my road case after buying a mini Flashback and Ditto off an old friend when I was back in Canada in December, and I finally bought a proper power supply as an Xmas present to myself. Really got tired of the mess of 9V adapter cables and trying to fit them on a power strip. Also pictured is a Moog Mother 32 that I have as a loaner from Muzan Editions co-conspirator @endurance. Barely started scratching the surface with what I can do with it, but I’m looking forward to getting past the RTFM stage and just started making some sweet multilayered drone with it through my FX rig. The Mother 32 definitely feels like training wheels for what seems like the inevitable descent into modular.
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#3445

That’s a lot of delays! Nice!

How do you like the little Behringer mixer? What is it doing in your setup?

#3446

The Behringer mini is pretty handy. I usually run a main instrument through it to the Zoom/Boss DD20/Ditto X2 chain and I like having the option of putting different things like contact mics, electromagnetic pickups, cassette tape loops, etc through the main FX chain as well. The Zoom Multistomp is there for Reverb mostly, and even though it’s a little hissy/dirty in spots, I loooove the DD20 for its stereo delay, plus there’s a headphone jack in the back so I can run whatever’s happening in there through the other delay and Ditto as well. Good fun and works nicely for layering drones.

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#3447

Finally I found the strenght to add my piano to the setup. Ah well, it has wheels…

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#3448

Great sized piano. Perfect for the modular to sit ontop of. Do these types of upright have a name?

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#3449

Yes it really is the perfect size for a piano. These were really common in schools in Sweden back in the day. And this piano was taken from a school for five years ago, I saved it from getting tossed.
We usually call them school pianos over here, but I don’t know if that’s the correct name for them.

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#3450

That is a great piano! I would love to have found something like that! Real pianos just have such character, and they just always look great, whether they are real beat or real clean and shiny. Nice stuff!

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#3451

Usually these squatter pianos are called “overstrung” which is actually a technical term for the string/mechanism set up which can be any size, but is usually used to refer to this kind of size.

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#3452

I had no idea this type of piano existed! I haven’t wanted a piano in a long time, because they are so large and heavy. Reconsidering now…

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#3453

That’s amazing, thank you. I wonder what the impact on sound is on these smaller units. Interesting.

#3454

We have a space at the top of our stairs that is about an inch shy of being perfect for a piano, and we have failed thus to find a full piano to put there.

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#3455

I had a hard time finding one of these but when I did, it was for free. I don’t know if these are as common in the states as they’ve been over here??
A school out of town, where my wife was working at the time, was renovating and threw some old stuff away. She knew I wanted one of these so we went there at night and took it.

(It felt like an adventure; that we were stealing, but she had asked if it was ok…)

#3456

The Nord Piano Library has one of these sampled:

https://www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-libraries/nord-piano-library/baby-upright

You can get a feel for how it sounds by listening to the mp3 examples there if you don’t have a compatible Nord keyboard to play it on.

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#3458

Apparently spinnets are notorious for being hard to maintain as they are complex due to their miniaturization at least compared to a studio or full size.

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#3459

often not as “Bright” as strings can be shorter and slacker, but there are a hundred and one things that contribute to the tone of a piano.

Also can be a bitch to record as there’s not much room for classic mic placements.

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