https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRVjLP5d324

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i like to play the synthesizer

>>130493045
that carpet may worth a lot
you better have some softies applied under furniture legs
does it have a metal tag?

>>130493045
Beautiful room and scenery.
One day I would like a small house out in the woods, but for now I'm cramped right up against my neighbor's houses.

>>130492567
holy shit, even just learning basic stuff is way faster than i thought
why didnt i do this 5 years ago

>>130495091
Really? Good for you, man! Maybe you're just a natural. I'm struggling even with the most basic pieces.

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>>130493045
this looka so fckng comfy, also cute doggerino...

>>130493153
does the carpet have a metal tag?

>>130492567
I thought the OP image was an album cover. I'm very sad it is not.

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>>130492567
my last thread kinda failed at least it got past the 100 post mark: : >>130390529

I was too sleepy to save the thread in time, whatevs.

Anyway if you wanna learn 7ths 9ths etc unironically that Persona 3 Tartarus song i posted is great. It's literally just that over and over. It will drill them in your mind and muscle memory:
https://musescore.com/user/12226836/scores/7010124

this dude does a little bit of more fancy stuff with it, because he is good, he fills the empty space between the chords with more progressions because the og song has multiple keyboards and you can play 2 keyboard lines if you are good enough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q9Mysn2zxk

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>>130498540
here you go imagine its the cover for all of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrBAVAaREd8

>>130499076
36:54 luv that song

>>130493153
probably got it in like goodwill for like 5 dollars dawg

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>>130496145
Because you're learning songs, he is learning the basics about how to do chords. He means whats on the OP is basic.

And yeah the piano is possibly one of the easiest instruments to get into but one of the hardest to master.
Piano at this point has a crazy skill gap between virtuosos and casual players. And all this happened before the 19th century.

anyhow more tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch/UTXK7HiE3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpqHKQb7jp4

>>130493045
Cozy, i've only got one synth left, the pro-one, but it's the old one

>>130499131
how it looks tells me it may worth thousands I dunno

where do i start with harmony? i have pretty good understanding of scales, chords, how they are built etc but dont know much about progressions, chord relations and how to achieve desired... harmony effect? not sure how to call it. im self taught so i might be lacking in terms of knowledge

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>>130501500
+2 or more instruments working together in a way that fits and sounds good, thats what you mean by harmony right?

just conceptualize well make an ostinato first then think improv over it to figure out what else fits on it, tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTXK7HiE3LE

hamauzu tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLdm9IxPIBM

also surprisingly the Korean Guy is still at it erryday never misses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufZqQ4Wi8o

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>>130501500
> chord relations and how to achieve desired... harmony effect?
Oh also another tutorial, pic rel

>>130501579
>music has rules

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>>130502777
it does
ignore them if you want you will sound dissonant you could use this to make tracks with a spooky vibe and noise but noise fucking sucks.

I h8 people like you because people like you never git gud you think you are going to revolutionize music with your ignorance of theory and you never do and go out in history as a pompous hack that was annoying and thats it

sure beauty is not the same for every human being but there is averages. Concordance in sound is something most human beings detect, maybe even you do but you choose to ignore it like an idiot. Just discover the sounds you like and use them these guides can help you discover them. Just do it, you are doing Nothing rn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpYTMEQVaVI

learning to sight read two lines simultaneously is kicking my ass, maybe I lack the neuroplasticity at my advanced age
is the "traditional" piano approach still relevant if I just want to learn to play a keyboard synth?

>>130503053
nonsense there is dudes that have learned piano well into their like 63s just keep grinding you wont be a virtuoso but who cares about that you will be able to compose whatever you find beautiful.

>>130501579
>unavilable tension
So closed minded... s m h

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>>130503247
mad cuz bad
maybe reddit's r/beats is more your speed

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>>130503260
>
https://vocaroo.com/13SFaJwl3xTp

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>>130503281
https://voca.ro/1hVQDep46N3m

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>>130503317
Nice, but too much reverbreverbreverbverbverberberberbrbrbbbbb

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>>130503317
The weekend after next. Outside by the outhouse. Anything goes. Solo pianer.

>>130503281
UNAVAILABLE TENSION DETECTED

>>130492567
slowly getting into electronic music via [spoiler]daw[/spoiler]. is it true in the 80s people would make sick basslines and produce whole albums with just synthesizers? if yes, then i have no excuse to be desu.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHaA5TQCF-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdpHKTFXxAE

>>130503519
yes even before actually
listen to YMO albums
they are Japanese so they are good af

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>>130503493
>UNAVAILABLE TENSION !!
>IM COMING TO KILL YOU !!
>IN THE KEYBOARD !!
>AT YOUR HOUSE !!

>>130503573
gonna put them on tonight, ty.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faqQBmbvg-Q

I have a bunch of vintage synths but seem to only use my JV2080

>>130503749
at first i thought you legit had to study all of these which is why i never bothered but now i seem to have a "sense" of them without really thinking about it

>>130503950
you are becoming familiarized with how they sound, which is good.

>>130503950
How'd you do that? Just repetition? What has your practice routine been that you have this sense of them?

>>130504209
Yes, its literally repetition and developing ear. Pay close attention to the sound you are producing.

>>130504314
-_-
They're literally just fifths with a whole step at the top or the bottom...

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https://www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/jazz-chords/available-tensions/

my daily practice routine is repeatedly blowing and fingering my e-sax

>>130504751
Epic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVcQTECY_ZQ

>>130504209
unironically https://chordracer.com/

>>130504839
Whoa. Sick, thanks. Going to see about hooking up a guitar, too.

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Where is the Stevie Wonder anon that said that he was learning to sing and play at the same time?

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>>130504965
im here
havent really touched keys at all for a while, my priority is now guitar > e-sax > violin > bass > keys

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>>130504973
violin is retarded hard, it filtered me, good luck

>>130504987
bought the violin 1,5 years ago, obviously steep learning curve to the point i forgot about it for months but i came across https://youtu.be/BD0RMDUr1zc?si=Mz0ncptnmxSieNzS&t=257 and it made me want to pick it up again. it's pretty fun though figuring out the notes as you keep sliding your hand across the board 1cm each.

I've been having fun with analog fart drones lately and I have an irresistible urge to buy myself a new thing to try and fill the void in my miserable life with shit I don't really need. please convince me not to

>>130493045
I wanted to comment on your collection of uli's fine counterfeit synthesizers but that looks like a super comfy setup

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>>130505008
just buy (or pirate) the Swam violin pack and do it with a keyboard, gg ez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvSVJkRsrC4

likely that Persona 3 song you posted is done with digital virtual violins anyway...

>>130505094
>I have an irresistible urge to buy myself a new thing to try and fill the void in my miserable life with shit I don't really need. please convince me not to

pls dont turn /keys/ into /gg/, leave the gear fag circle jerk masturbation fest in /gg/. I care about skill not you showing me your new gear that you never got good with

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Love him or hate him, he actually gets results.

>>130505332
Mamon

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Found a Yamaha DX7 VST and I want to whip up a little thing with it. I have Bass 1 loaded, OP4's switch set to Fixed, and there's a very audible pop like a vinyl pop which I don't want, but I like setting OP4's switch to Fixed. What do? I keep messing with shit but nothing's working. I can force the velocity to negative numbers with Ableton's velocity device, and then the bass sounds just the way I want it to without pops, but I want to work just within the DX7 for this. Illustration of issue:
https://voca.ro/1intfH8rE8lY
What do?

>>130506321
Sorry when I say Bass 1 this is the factory bank from the 80s. Some madman archived all of the sounds.
https://yamahablackboxes.com/collection/yamaha-dx7-synthesizer/patches/
Using ROM1A.

>>130506321
I've had the same issue with Dexed and still can't figure it out

>>130507322
Fiddlesticks. I guess I'll bug the creator.

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I have an Arturia AstroLab 37 out for delivery today. What am I in for?

>>130507495
>Arturia AstroLab 37
>37 keys

have fun pressing the transpose button a lot
you aint gonna git gud if thats your intention low key ranges is for redditors from r/beats that make beats and its not even music.

61 keys is the minimum for someone looking to git gud

>>130506333
Are those emulators? Because if so. Based, thank you for sharing. Free and they make several new noises to experiment with. The best part is that they are Free.

>>130507823
Are they Free though?

I hate music theory. It's fucking retarded. Oh, a span of 2 tones? Yeah, that's "a major third". 6 tones? Yeah, that's an "octave". You'd think it was a joke, but no, musicians really are this stupid. Oh, it's historic! We used to only have 7 notes! 7, right? So why do you think a note has an interval of "1" with itself, instead of an interval of 0? Oh, right, because music was the pastime of people too stupid for basic logic.

>>130508407
Are you gonna complain about notation next?

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>>130508407
stop being so gay and grind that skill

>>130509369
It's just a case of having to wrap your mind around retarded fucking names for everything. R-2-4 is "augmented". R-2-3.5 is "major", the difference between them is a half-step. Oh, and 2 is a "major third", and 4 is an "augmented fifth". Totally makes sense, if you're retarded!

>>130509588
mad cuz bad

>>130507823
No the website makes it clear these are archives of sound banks for old synths available for download. Dexed is an emulator of the Yamaha DX7, however.
>>130508352
They are indeed, Free.

>>130510901
>Dexed is an emulator of the Yamaha DX7, however.
based

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>>130493045
Me 2.
I posted this a lot but I am so happy with the result. It's capable and interesting but mostly it's ninja quick and efficient. I just need a shitty Glarry and midi switching on push button to select which synth I want it controlling.
I just want all my shit in an easy to haul and set up package that makes its own sound or pipes to a PA (the Kustom PA daisy chain out is also a line level direct out).

>>130508407
>Oh, a span of 2 tones? Yeah, that's "a major third"
Nah bruh, that's you being a fucking retard.
"Tones" are not scale degrees. What the fuck backwards-ass language is your mother tongue? Mother tongue your ass?

Maybe you guys can help me out.
Been trying to find the exact synth sound used here:
https://youtu.be/yYFdxrkBqMA?si=-QazFddAnuAJbLqa
The sort of harpsichord? That starts right at the beginning of the song.
It sounds like a sort of harpsichord but I'm not sure if that's really it, it has a very unique sound that I haven't found anywhere else.
As far as I could find investigating the band, it could be from a Yamaha YQ series sequence

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>>130512040
He didn't say they were scale degree. He even said 6 tones = an octave, which is correct.
lol lmao
>>130508407
I agree that it has gone full retard with certain definitions, like your example of tones. However, I don't know of anybody who thinks in tones like that. Just ignore the dumb shit like that.

>>130512361
My best guess is something MIDI
>As far as I could find investigating the band, it could be from a Yamaha YQ series sequence
Most likely true maybe

>>130508407
There's this book / ebook I saw online late last year that was a new, "modern" approach to theory that greatly simplified things. I didn't buy it myself since I didn't want to be at a disadvantage given the entire world uses regular music theory. If I find it again I'll link it here.

not much training to do, i got obsessed with playing both SMT2 and DDS now

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>>130513781
Have you listened to the arranged album Megaten World? Good ass synths in it

>>130505332
Hanon's only real fault is that the first 20 exercises are in only C major. This is easily solved by transposing and playing them in all keys.
... You ARE doing that, right anon?

>>130509588
>>130508407
Like languages (conlangs don't count)
, music is specific in ways that make no sense and are completely arbitrary. One just has to learn them and deal with it.

Hanon a hack.
If you want to play etudes, you've got Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky...

>>130514509
Recommending Chopin and Rachmaninoff to a bunch of noobies is basically giving them a one way ticket straight into tendonitis city. Sure, they're objectively better studies, but not for someone who can't play Hanon at a good tempo in all keys with little tension. If dislike Hanon/Czerny and want some of that autistically optimized 19th century piano studies you can try the easy Moszkowski etudes or the Cramer etudes.

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>>130514532
yeah thats too advanced for noobs Chopin can be hard af but it's something that one has to master if they wanna be as good as Hamauzu which im kinda trying, im kinda trying to get his sound. That dude has a fuck ton of Chopin and Debussy influence into him + Jazz

>>130503847
I just use an sc-88 and triton now mostly

>>130507322
>>130506321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toqNpSShSFo
I did some digging and apparently everyone just deals with it. Not a fan. There's a modern reimagining for 149 USD
https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/dx7-v/overview
Maybe I'll nab it.

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Time to sit down and continue practicing Grieg's Waltz op. 12 no. 2 even though it's killing me right now. At least I still have 5½ days before the next lesson to learn how to play the first part with both hands. First time I'm practicing a piece with so much staccato and it's a bitch.

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What's good in the world of foot pedals? I bought an FCB1010 and the buttons are hot ass. The expression pedals are fine, but I was hoping to use the buttons for shit like sustain.

I play guitar, I know theory.
How long would it take me to get decent at piano?
I'm not interested in playing classical or anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyPaFELKIoE

>>130519615
>I play guitar, I know theory.
tabs or letter notation or sheet music notation?
based on vibes because you didnt specify how good you are at theory it will take you 6 months to be "decent" which means to be able to write decent piano lines for your songs in your DAW

you wont be a fast player or have amazing ear at 6 months but you will be able to come up with progressions that are catchy for your original songs.

>>130520892
>tabs or letter notation or sheet music notation?
All 3 but I'm lacking in sheet music notation, I can't read it that fast.
I really just want to be able to write stuff as texture at least for now.

Unironically harder than a chopin interlude self admitted by the maker of this video:
https://youtu.be/A288LrSvBL0?si=ZyOFQzKCWt3G_mhz&t=153

the castle theme section will give you artritis. jesus.

>>130521717
It's not really that difficult. Most Chopin etudes clear it by a light year. This is the purest form of ragebait for a classical piano autist like me. Saying "interlude" is just the cherry on top.

In short, I got baited, whether intentionally or not.

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https://vocaroo.com/1eKT5nly34u1
Is anyone familar with this little fill? I think it may be from a casio wk1800 or wk1600 but I'm trying to obtain .wavs of the fills, endings and basic drum structure, I'm trying to recreate it but some of the sounds I have idea what im hearing. Maybe a Calypso or Latin style rhythm? Anyone got a clue or that specific piano?

>>130521895
I didnt say this the author did:
https://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/k0dxb6/heres_all_10_songs_from_the_original_super_mario/

the dude that made the video in other words the dude is probably more skilled than you unless u post better content than him

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my moises account expired and i don't want to extend because due to the falling currency rate this shitty ass country is having, it's just too expensive to extend the app which i don't visit that often
thank you for your service

What kind of songs do you practice? Classical? Pop? Anime?

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>>130524286
https://voca.ro/18KqsyfLMv5f
Proof that I know what I'm talking about. It's Kapustin Op. 40 No. 3. Now THAT is actually comparable to a Chopin etude. I know because I have played Chopin Etudes myself. You literally fell for a clickbait YouTuber.

Sure, the dude is still probably better than me, but I still am skilled enough to tell you that it's not that hard, he's just hyping himself up for views.

>>130533537
>https://voca.ro/18KqsyfLMv5f
You sound like a midi machine.

>>130525155
use synthesia midi to practice and if its a DAW just pirate a good DAW thats better than FL studio

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>>130535861
>m-audio
I bought an m-audio keyboard new back in 2019 and the 5-pin MIDI out didn't work.

>>130535861
realistically how good is a keyboard like that if you want to develop good technique? asking for a friend

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>>130492567
its everyday bro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys702FJhz_Y

how likely am I to fuck up my hands if I don't have an instructor to teach proper technique?
I am learning with an online thing but some hand positions definitely feel awkward, and my hands are tired after 30 mins of playing

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>>130538702
you must be doing something wrong then, it's not supposed to feel awkward. I would definitely either consult a teacher or stop practicing that piece/for that long before you actually injure yourself

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWXjn-82_n4

>>130538702
>some hand positions
Which ones?

>>130538702
explain in more detail or i cant give advice but just try to play however its comfortable for you. like the rules about hand and finger placement are just average guidelines and they are to prioritize hand health and sometimes speed. It depends.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjFsVZ88cc

>>130506321
Are you talking at the start of the note? That's the attack, so I would fool around with turning up the a mod sens knob to about 4%, or anywhere you can adjust attack, I'm unfamiliar with that synth.

>>130506321
Operator 6 looks like the pop sound, turn that off

BUMP BECAUSE I HATE PRACTICING ARPEGGIOS AAAAAAAAAAAA

>>130548918
Think of it as meditation; let your mind exit your body and just flow with it. It'll pay off making future pieces and improvising much easier to learn/do.

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keys always on top

also debussy staccato progressions sound a lot like hamauzu progressions because hamauzu obviously studied him and got inspired by debussy a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_yYtSzsUJ8

>>130550245
Neat. I think that'll be the next piece I learn.
Jelly of that dude's large hands.

By the way, you should have worded it the other way: that Hamauzu's progressions sound like Debussy's -- your way is like saying Michael Jackson sounds like Bruno Mars or some shit, as if Bruno Mars came first.

>>130550566
>By the way, you should have worded it the other way
i just woke up, with a hung over lol im still in zombie mode brother my brain is foggy

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>>130550618
That's ok; I write dumb shit all the time and look back on it and am like 'wtf, how I did I fuck this up?'
I watched the clip again and was surprised to see that he didn't play those huge chords with his left hand even though it looks like he should be able to stretch them (my hands look a bit smaller [I think] and I reach all the notes, but I wouldn't be able to get a good tone out with speed in the context of the piece).
In this case, playing the top notes with the right hand makes sense, and I don't feel too bad about needing to do that.

>>130550664
I did the same when I played that piece, I stretched the first two but played the rest with the right hand. No point in overworking yourself if you can help it.

>>130551013
>when I played that piece
Very nice. How long ago was that?
I'm just curious because I have a ~two decade hiatus, so you never know.
I just know I'm going to order the sheet music and it's going to arrive on a rainy day and get soaked just like my last two orders.

>>130551148
I played it in 2019 and then again in 2021. It's the only Debussy piece I've learned so far, since then I've played mostly Ravel for impressionistic music.

>I just know I'm going to order the sheet music and it's going to arrive on a rainy day and get soaked just like my last two orders.
That's why I bought myself a big ass android tablet for all my sheet music and a pedal. No hassle, no pencils, no erasers, and I don't have to print anything for accompaniments and such.
Bärenreiter and Henle for example sell their music as PDFs, or you could search IMSLP or sail the seven seas.

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>>130551868
>Ravel for impressionistic music
Same... but just Miroirs and Jeax d'eau (only ~halfway through this one so far; have to push through the boring part in the middle right after the climax around measure 47)
>big ass android tablet
I thought about this -- one of those drawing tablets that could double as a display for sheet music, but I can't give up paper.
I usually print out pieces from imslp and also buy a couple copies from different publishers/editors if I'm really serious about a piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD0TSPi2-OE

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>>130492567
the computer's only function is a bunch of chord/arp shit for fills; I get great shit from Kontakt's irish harp section and their chink/jap vst pack... Yangquin or something?
I play the leads off Uno's sound and the B1 in more heavy distorted acid bass "leads".

>>130560110
I see you're really into hardware with atrociously designed UI

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boughted 49 cheap shit ~5 years ago but couldn't learn to play properly because never had the time
Still can't play for fucking shit but helped to produce a lot if shit but even a dickhead like me wouldn't stoop to anything less than 49 keys. What's worse, I wanna some shit with aftertouch

tl;dr: I love my keys

>>130560204
It does bother keyboard natives. But I'm not one. Also I'm doing chords and sequences over bassline, you don't need speed.

>>130560473
As soon as I find a switching system that lets me randomly use an 88 key I'm getting one. But I need to control whatever, whenever.

>>130560473
>49 keys
SAD!

>>130561758
naaaaah, it's fine
Not like I play concertos or something, so works for me. Yet

>>130561758
even my mini synth keys (except yo Donner, we gotta talk) are functional to play live- but of course I want 88 for everything.

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imagine being able to suck the fingers and right foot's toes of your teacher, wouldn't that be something?

>>130561062
huh?

>>130562435
A midi switch that lets me use one output from a controller then route multiple input to synth units...

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>>130562435

>>130562736
Ah, got it. Interesting

>>130562736
>>130562762
Do your synths not have midi thru?

>>130563200
They do, the Uno Drum and Donner B1, and Uno (?lead?) are chained for timing based on the drum machine.
I want to pick one at a time OR bass and lead together... or just run something off VST from the PC but that's rarer because idk I just have a thing for analog.
For a grand total of $350 with various sales and shit, it really covers bases if not covers them completely like some $5k Roland.

>>130563730
I don't get it...
>I want to pick one at a time
Just assign them to different midi channels and switch the channel output on your keyboard controller...
>OR bass and lead together
...then set these two machines to receive from the same channel.

What am I missing?

>>130563906
In a rare moment for 4chan, I admit it now appears to be what I am missing.
I'm going to hammer a nail right through my penis in shame.

>>130564165
>I'm going to hammer a nail right through
Don't do that. That would hurt.

>>130562106
lol wut
hahahahahah

>>130561907
49 keys people never git gud

>>130565735
Enough for DAW shit. At least we can agree that 24 and 32 keys definitely suck

What motivates you guys when practicing? Is it learning how to play the piece? Using the piece to just get better? Right now I don't really care about the pieces I practice on, as long as they help me build better technique and understanding of music. With that said, when I get a piece that actually sounds nice it is more fun to practice it.

made this last week, kinda like it, just a mellow chill kinda thing: https://vocaroo.com/1mVCWOBXb2A9

any opinions? yes it's piano playing it's not midi

>>130568098
i like finding out what makes songs tick, what make the juicy parts feel juicy, if that makes sense. that or the simple question: is the song fun to play?

>>130508407
I had the same frustration learning theory for the first time. Try dropping traditional music terminology for the moment and instead go back to foundations using pitch class notation. Get comfortable with how diatonic scales and chords are constructed at a fundamental level and understand the quality of the intervals that go into them. It might help you accept traditional terminology as the collection of shortcuts and heuristics that it is.

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