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I was a bedroom performer as well, so to speak, for 15 years... then 4 years ago my friend invited me along to his band practice and I've been hooked ever since. I'm still shy though, hardly ever look anybody in the eye whilst playing (which isn't good for stage presence!) The nerves about an...

Have the same problem with my Studiologic TMK-88... it was months before I realised my crummy sound was down to the board and not my sound module :rolleyes: otherwise I would have exchanged mine straight away as well (and sadly changing velocity curves results in very unnatural and dodgy...

I read everything you said with interest cortexx, I never thought I would consider leaving this country but I feel desperately let down by the housing prices, it's just not right. Doubt if I'll ever have the guts to leave but if you know a few guys who want to start up a band, might be all it...

Top tips erichenryus. In the shop the X8 has a compression MFX switched on as well as the mastering compressor and these have the most noticable effect on the sound, so in my desperation to get my XR sounding the same I blindly copied all the settings... without thinking of the effect on the...

Hooey!! :rolleyes: depends on your requirements I think! I've a Fantom XR sound module, connected to a Roland A90 controller I would rate the piano sounds about 9/10... when connected to my far cheaper semi-weighted Studiologic TMK-88 board, I would rate the piano sounds about 2/10, mainly...

The speakers in the shop were a pair of Roland monitors (didn't catch the model), and I've a pair of similarly sized active Fostex PM1 monitors at home... for the sake of the comparision I would say it's pretty even. What's missing for me is the 'gloss' finish the X8 has. And in the shop the...

i know the service station well lol might follow you what with house prices over here! (160,000 for a mid-terraced ex-council house :eek: and they're still rising... ok, slightly off topic!)

Thanks cortexx, that's given me loads of food for thought. I'm not too bothered about the recording side of things as I've a 24 tracker already, and I've never had the need for a sampler. I only wanted the XR for the piano sound, and if it can't reach the heights of the X8 then I'm starting to...

think most people who buy cheap soon wish they spent a bit more and got the proper job... the fact that you want a full sized board kinda suggests you're semi serious about playing, so maybe you'll be one of those who wished they saved a little more, or maybe not :) as i say, unweighted is...

I'm thinking I should have dived in with both feet and got the X8 now :rolleyes: but it just looks a monster for transporting Are you saying the X8 has a different piano sound to the XR by the way? I just assumed they were the same..............

My computer is slower than yours and I don't get any latency. One Midi-out port is fine for a dumb (no sounds) controller, your notes trigger your soundcard or softsynth on your PC. You can record them, and again play them back through your computer I bought this cheap(ish) controller...

well, unweighted is the feel on the $10 keyboards you find at electrical shops... weighted tries to mimic a real piano, has a heavier feel, much more expensive and adds loads of weight for carrying around... and semi-weighted is in the middle! if you only want the board to input notes, and...

For what it's worth, I've tried all the 88 key weighted stage pianos I can get my hands on recently and to my ears the Roland Fantom X8 has the best piano sounds, champagne clear I would say. For most keyboards, piano sounds tend to either be too dark and muddy (e.g Roland 700sx, bought and...

Sounds like the original poster started off with a huge misconception that mixing is the 'cool and wicked' part of the operation, and feels let down when they finally realise what it's all about! I remember years ago a mate of mine used to get really excited about doing some 'cool mixes' around...

has anybody ever played their own stuff in the car with the window down purposely for people to hear it (probably more a cave question!)

I think headphones and car stereos produce the same 'flattering' response, I've had real bad mixes sound good on 'phones and in cars (years ago when I mixed my first songs on 'phones, sounded great and great in the car... handed it to the other guys in the band who played it on their home CD...

Just a suggestion, but if your mixes are sounding perfect... why put them through the sausage machine, errmm I mean the compressor and hope for the best at the other side? I know the mastering phase can make or break an album, but I've always seen this as a job "for the professionals" (probably...

Yeah, just I've thousands of patches now... it's like patch 1/5000 nah, patch 2/5000, nah... etc! and the sound i'll be looking for next is a mix of organ and saw lead or something (No more heroes, Stranglers) I'll get close after about half hour of fiddling and comparing against the tape, just...

I play piano in a mainly originals band, but as we know certain venues require those well known covers to keep the crowds happy... which normally means playing around with all those funny synth sounds (not really my bag) Just wondering if anyone knows a site which suggests settings...

Cool... it'll be interesting to test out the transfer speeds using the different connection methods. It currently takes about 15-20 minutes to upload a 12 track 90 minute session using the fireport (a dream compared with the overnight ethernet route, but still quite frustrating if you're short...