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    🔒 ​Bapu's Random Thoughts For The Day

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    6 hours ago, InstrEd said:

    Now that is on my list of things to learn. I missed the EWI Solo introduction and they sold out quickly. Next batch still a couple of months away. I like the idea of onboard sounds/speaker for practice. I could of got the EWI USB for $250 but then I need a sound source.   Main reason I want one is for double reed instrument sounds. Always wanted to learn oboe but can't justify the cost of a decent one. So the Akai EWI Solo looks perfect for my needs. I already downloaded the fingering chart and have been air practicing LOL

     

     

    I prefer the WX5 with the VL70m synth.

    What bugs me about the EWI is that the lip vibrato speed is not controlled by your bite pressure, but by a capacitor discharge. That makes for less control of the vibrato.

    The WX has true lip vibrato, and the physical modeling of the VL synth makes it feel like I'm playing a real instrument rather than controlling a synth. Unfortunately, both are no longer in production, but I have enough spare parts to last me until I reach my coda.

    Roland is coming out with a new Aerophone pro that looks promising, but it's going to retail at almost $1500. Since I play music for a living, I might evaluate that to see if it will give me enough more than my WX/VL combo to justify the price.

    After 9 months of unemployment, I have to think about these things.

    Notes

    🔒 ​Bapu's Random Thoughts For The Day

    in The Coffee House

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    11 hours ago, InstrEd said:

    LOL.  My wife and I  decided to cancel our Netflix DVD's at the end of 2020. We use to have a local Netflix Dist. Point 10 miles from house. Closed it down and DVD's  coming from out of state. For the last year they were taking a week on average to get to us. We said the heck with it.

    Yep it takes a long time, but then it also sits around a few days to a week before we watch it.

    I suppose with streaming, sooner or later the DVD in the mail will cease. For us, a streaming subscription doesn't seem worth it to watch perhaps 2 movies a month. Plus the DVD rental covers pretty much all and I don't have to subscribe to multiple streaming services to see what I want to see.

    One more thing, I often like the BVDs; that's what I call the short features on the DVDs like 'making of', interviews, and commentary. (B in the BVDs for 'brief' which gives me a double pun.)

    I like to be busy - again - I know I'm weird.

    Instead of watching TV I learned to write styles for Band-in-a-Box, learned to start and run a mail order business, learned to convert that mail order biz to Internet order,  learned to write HTML, created my own 2 web pages, created over 600 backing tracks for my duo, learned to play wind synthesizer, and learned to play lead guitar (still working on that).

    I guess for some people when they do what they enjoy for a living, and it's also their hobby, the pull to 'play' is stronger than the pull to sit and watch.

    NN

     

    🔒 ​Bapu's Random Thoughts For The Day

    in The Coffee House

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    Thanks.

    When it comes to TV, I'm rather lost.

    No TV, no cable, no antenna, no digital converter. I like it that way. Obviously I have a severe personality defect. ;)

    After 3 years gigging on cruise ships before the technology allowed them to receive TV signals, I got out of the habit of watching. When I got back on land, I found I'd rather do something than sit and watch.

    Full disclosure: I do rent Netflix movies with the old-fashioned one disc at a time in the mail method. It's the only time the TV gets turned on. That's about once a week or so.

    NN

     

    Audio Flash Drives?

    in The Coffee House

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    I rip my own CDs to WAV files and put them on a drive.

    I put them in album folders and keep the track numbers first, so I can listen to an album with the tunes in order. I use the format 01, 02, 03, etc. so if there is more than 10 tracks, they still play in order. For a 2 CD set I put them in the same folder and start the second CD with the next track number available after the first one is ripped.

    My old car doesn't have a USB port, but it does have an aux jack. I have a digital Walkman with over 10,000 tones on it ripped from my CD collection. For the car I use mp3 files since there is so much road noise that super hi-fidelity is a waste. I drive a mini-van because doing one-nighters for a living, I need it to haul the PA, guitars, saxes, and synths around.

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