Triangleman

I've been enjoying it too. My thought was "this is some over the top bombastic proggy cheese". Which is exactly how I like my Styx. Wouldn't it be great to get a few more songs with Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw and JY all in the studio together with all the animosity and fighting? They don't have to tour just be all in the same room writing and recording.

Chuck Mangione is the death that hit me the hardest this week. I was able to see him play live right at the turn of the 80s. In High School our marching band played Children of Sanchez along with almost every other marching band that year. Bellavia was one of my favorite albums from then and has remained in my listening schedule. I've been flipping through some old Chuck videos on YouTube and in 1972 his band was Tony Levin (with hair!), Steve Gadd and Gerry Niewood. Another album I was playing as a tribute this week was Live at the Village Gate - he was getting kind of heavy on some of those tracks!

woo-hoo!! Drifting thru the filterverse...

Hmmm - I tried the Supermodal demo when it came out and didn't bond with it but instantly got on with Filterverse. I think Filterverse has more variety and is more of a multi effect. They do have the same digital filter sound, though. I also got an email for an extra 15% off for having multiple products and I am debating whether to get Supermodal or Comet. I've got plenty of reverbs and I figure maybe Supermodal will be something that I'll own for a few months and then figure out what I like about it. I don't need more plug ins but I don't mind supporting the company.

https://polyversemusic.com/products/filterverse/ I'm a Polyverse fan and have had Filterverse since it was offered in beta. I liked it initially for the weird fx but now I'm into the whole modulated EQ thing.

I'm tempted. I don't need them all but individually they have been too much to justify. I tried out prophecy and one of the tritons when they came out and really liked them. And I've had wavestation forever and absolutely love it.

Loved her on Letterman through the years. He was genuinely smitten with her, too. And Young Frankenstein. RIP

Being in HS band was the best. We'd sing Frank Zappa songs on the bus going to games to annoy the adults. Most of them were greatly offended but the young cool asst band director would say "OK who can count that out and tell me what the time signature is".

Thanks - always fun to find something new in something you already have. I tried it out on an organ/vocal idea I'd recorded a few weeks back and for whatever reason the organ (Kronos cx3) was probably the first 4 drawbars all the way up and nothing else and super chunky. It was a much more softer and sweeter idea that needed thinner organ and I put Melodyne on it and used the harmonics button and that 3rd slider (which is odd/even in this mode) and it was just like moving the drawbars and didn't sound like EQ at all. Then I went all out and started moving everything around and it got into this weird flute sound with a bit of a throbbing to it - put some heavy reverb on it and it was instant ambience.

I've got a friend who was (still is) fanatical about an electric piano patch on the Sound Canvas hardware. He's got probably 3 SC units and they are holding up pretty good. Better than then VA version, right?

Yep Sound Forge was an essential part of the early computer audio era. I streamed a lot of events with their Mediasite streaming appliance, too. I needed tech support one time and called the number and a guy in Wisconsin answered and helped me out. Good stuff.

I 100% agree with this and I hope if they do continue with another drummer they don't try to replicate the past but make something out of the new chemistry. Be it reimagining Rush songs or doing new material.

I updated my H90 and I am loving the poly synth. I used it on some piano noodling and put the resonator behind it and it just makes it's own thing.

I'm on the Omar Hakim bandwagon.

WHOA NO! Guadalajara won't do