Notes_Norton

That's the problem with software synths. My 1987I Roland MT32 is still working. When I bought it, Mac used Motorola CPUs and Windows 3.1 was their current OS. My Yamaha TX81z is still working, and it also dates from 1987. Both of these have some cheesy sounds by today's standards, but they also have some excellent sounds that have never been duplicated. Software synths may be less expensive up front, but as computers evolve, they go extinct, and you have to buy again, and again, and again. In the long run, the hardware synths are not as expensive as the software offerings. Hardware synths made in the 1980s still work today. Plus, I can mix them with my newer synths, picking the best sound for each part from my array of synth modules. Not much software from the 1980s still works today. Notes ♫

Couldn't see Strummy's video (Video Unavailable). I don't know what it is, so I'll play off Joad's offering. Femme Fatale - The Velvet Underground

I write the old-fashioned pure MIDI styles for Band-in-a-Box because there are only a couple of occasions where they play wrong notes, and then they aren't wrong per se, just added where they don't belong. That is, if you create the style properly. Examples for a C chord (and others if you change the root) 1) You are to enter C5 it's supposed to play what people call a power chord. I don't use "power chord" because a chord need 3 notes. Instead, it's a root-fifth interval, C and G for a C5 chord. But BiaB will add the 3rd, inserting an E 2) If you add a Cdim you get a Cdim7 adding the A to the Cdim chord. With good MIDI synthesizers, you can get 95% of the sound of the real instrument, without the wrong notes and you won't need mega-gigabytes of real tracks on your HD. Listen to the unedited hi-def samples here: http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html They were done with a mediocre synth, the General MIDI band of a Ketron SD2 synth module. I have better synth modules, but I wanted to use a low-mid-priced module so as not to disappoint my customers. Notes ♫

I'd help you out, but I have a very good memory, it's just quite short.

I also play Yamaha WX5 Wind MIDI controllers I pimped them with a kit to get rid of the all-black look.

The Ocean - Lez Zeppelin

Make Me A Memory (Sad Samba) - Grover Washington, Jr. (We play this on easy-listening sets).

Mellow Yellow - Donovan (Donovan says he wrote this song about a woman's erotic toy - electrical banana)

When saxes were out of style during the psychedelic years, I had a P bass. With the chrome ashtray and the chrome pickup cover. I actually prefer them that way. I think they look better and they don't make it that much harder to change the strings. It was a heavy beast, the scale was long which improved the stretch of my fingers, I put flat wounds on it, and kept the damper under the "ashtray". I sold it along with the Ampeg. I now have a Japanese lawsuit era J Bass which I got used for little money because somebody etched their name in the headstock, but it's mostly wall decoration now. Playing bass is fun for me, but I don't play it much anymore. When I make my duo's MIDI backing tracks, or my Band-in-a-Box aftermarket styles, the keyboard is the best way to enter the bass lines. Notes ♫

Hot Rod Lincoln - Charley Ryan (the original version)

Besides for flatwounds on a P bass, Jamerson kept the foam mute under the 'ash tray' over the bridge to keep the sustain down. Notes ♫

Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys IMO a better song than the last one

Little GTO - Ronny & The Daytonas A car advertisement posed as a rock song?

Gate of Dreams - Claus Ogerman Orchestra (with various jazz soloists)

Space Truckin' - Deep Purple

Bapu, Q. How many basses do you need? A. One more After you get one more... Q. How many basses do you need? A. One more

While on the subject of roots music Little Egypt (Ying Yang) - The Coasters (I think King Curtis is the sax player on the session)

Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (Look at all those sax players who got work!!!)

Ours is transparent. It lets more light into the shower.