[ddots-l] Re: re Song, "Overtaken By Love", All Mixed And Mastered in SonarX64

  • From: "Steve Wicketts" <steve.wicketts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ddtots" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:33:29 +0100

Hi Jörgen

It's a 49 key keyboard with a neck the has a sustain button rather than the 
sustain peddle.
There's a touch ribbon on the neck so you are able to bend notes.
There's also a button on the neck which when held will allow the last note you 
played to bend, example, if you play a D and whilst held play the G above, only 
the G note will bend when using the ribbon.

Very few people in the world can play a keytar well.
Below is an example from one of the best, no it's not me. Just click on the 
link below.
The guy's name is, Jeffrey Abbott, he is using a Roland AX1 and real strat 
virtual instrument software.

Keytars are a little strange looking, however, once you master playing one, 
they are amazing to play an never fale to impress...  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beObNQylkxg 

Steve W 

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jörgen Hansson 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 4:04 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: re Song, "Overtaken By Love", All Mixed And Mastered 
in SonarX64


  Hi Steve!
  What on earth is a Keytar? I have never heard of that before.
  Regards,
  Jörgen Hansson!
  Tel +46 703-601296
  www.jorgenhansson.com
  skype: djtropical4532
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Wicketts 
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:13 PM
    Subject: [ddots-l] Re: re Song, "Overtaken By Love", All Mixed And Mastered 
in SonarX64


    Hi DJX,

    The two you mentioned are the best I've heard, I think the problem I have 
is I'm a wanna be guitarist. I play a Keytar for part of my live show, it's the 
Roland AX1 using external expansions as there are no sounds on board the AX1.

    I thought Roland was going to impress with the new AX Synth, but it's not 
only over priced at around £899 mark, it's also awful sounding with hardly any 
guitar patches.

    Roland and Yamaha really need to up there game, they are simply churning 
out variations of the same old Keyboard technology from years gone by.

    Roland have upped their game regarding guitarists and technology, The 
Roland VG99 processor is brilliant for guitarist, creating all types of guitar 
sounds, surely Roland could adapted so the virtual technology responded with 
say a dedicated keytar Controller.

    Stevie Wonder was over in the UK a Week or so ago, he played at Glastonbury 
(a big music festival over here).
    He started the show by playing a Keytar, he played it quite well,, but it 
didn't have the guitar sound that someone of his legendry status deserves. 

    Maybe the guitar has too many sound variations to be created convincingly 
by a keytar or the likes.

    Steve W 


      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: D!J!X! 
      To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:22 PM
      Subject: [ddots-l] Re: re Song, "Overtaken By Love", All Mixed And 
Mastered in SonarX64


      Hey Steve, have you played musicLab's realGuitar, RealLPC or RealStrat? 
That's probably the most convincing guitar engine i've heard, specially when 
ran through some good guitar fx pedals or plugs. If you've heard/used them, 
what do you think of them?

      D!J!X!

       

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      Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:46 AM
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      Hi Manny,

      I don't think Phil will mind if I answer your question.

      technology is getting close to capturing the sound of real drums and the 
way they behave. 
      there are also very good bass guitar sounds on some of the expensive 
softsynths, it's down to your understanding of drumming and bass playing to 
whether you can make the drums and bass guitars sound believable.

      We're miles away from capturing the versatility of a real guitar. I know 
this because I can't play guitar and keep looking for convincing ones.

      Phil is one of those musicians who plays many instruments at professional 
standard, I'm sure the drums would be real if he had the right acoustic 
sounding room to set them up in.

      The guitars are real and the bass guitar is also real, however, he has a 
digital wife that he simply plugs in and she sings in perfect pitch with auto 
quantising. 

      I just can't help myself, I start off seriously enough? well, off to get 
my brain defragged.

      Steve W 

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Manny 
        To: dots 
        Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:42 AM
        Subject: [ddots-l] re Song, "Overtaken By Love", All Mixed And Mastered 
in SonarX64


        hello.

            listened to you're songs., I  just had one question, if I  could. 
the guitar, and  bass parts of the song, where those done with live guitars and 
bass ar are thos synthysisers?   great songs !        

        manny


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