Mark Weiss
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Montfrooij Posted at 3-18 14:04
Wow, sounds like you know that stuff better than I do.
I have not really scratched the surface of synths yet.
Although I did get to know the Subsequent 37 to some extent in the last few weeks.
Since I do a lot of multitrack orchestral stuff out of Cakewalk Sonar, I need a large amount of polyphony. I often score down to individual violins and that uses up polyphony at alarming rates.
I'm not that good anymore at playing. I lost of lot of dexterity due to a number of strokes since the 1980s and now arthritis affecting my hands. But I'm spending more time at the piano this year, because I saw a presentation that said that music stimulates the entire brain like no other mental activity and since I'm trying to hold off age-related loss of mental capacity, music and learning a new language, helps.
I've spent years learning the Kurzweil K series and VAST. I recently got the Kronos and I reckon I'll spend years learning it. Part of what's hobbling me is I can't see the small print on that display. At least the Kurzweil has big characters, however crude the display is and I can see it with my failing eyesight, but the type on the Kronos is as small as 6 point and that makes it very difficult for me to see it.
Money is always a problem, especially for pensioners like me who still have to write an $11,000 check to the local mafia to keep the teacher's unions rich, but I've found creative ways to earn some extra money on the side and one of them is repairing vacuum tube amplifiers. There are always ways, if you want something badly enough. When I built my stereo system, I worked 7 days a week, often 12-16 hour days and 6-8 hours on weekends to get enough overtime to gradually buy the components. After ten years, I'd sunk more than 60 grand into my system, which has served me well for nearly forty years now. |
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