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phdinfunk
Joined: Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 119 Location: Taiwan
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blue hell
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Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 24075 Location: The Netherlands, Enschede
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject:
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Cool thing! _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:
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I don't understand how it works, but any guitar-button-thingie is cool in my book. Explain more please! _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
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TheShaggyDA
Joined: May 17, 2008 Posts: 9 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:
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Looks good, I'm guessing each row represents a string, EADGB going away from the player, and each column is a fret, so the column on the right of the photo with two black buttons on the outside would be "open" strings.
Is it polyphonic? |
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phdinfunk
Joined: Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 119 Location: Taiwan
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:20 am Post subject:
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The Shaggy DA is DEAD ON.
The buttons closest to the left are open strings, but I went B-E-A-D-G... I mostly play Bass. My newest model is six rows, B-E-A-D-G-C (all in fourths--easier to play that way)...
I'm trying to get some videos together of just a few classic synth songs on it.. Unfortunately I'm in the process of moving to Taiwan right now so time is a rare commodity for me.
It's FULLY POLYPHONIC. I love playing my Korg Wavestation with it, or any of the FM synths. One nice thing is compared to a normal keyboard, with one hand you can get some really wide, open chords (like a guitar, think about it, across four strings you can get an octave and a half spread with your left hand placement)..
--Jonathan Pratt
PS: As a side note, generating rythm with a keyboard is the only odd thing coming from being a guitar player. I started getting the hang of it by learning to play Genesis' "that's all" and working out the rythmic keyboard pattern myself. From there I got a bit of a sense of how to make keys have rythm... since, well, you cannot strum a keyboard . I never thought about it, but Organ players and synth players have an interesting time creating a strong sense of beat!
PPS: I'm currently building a model with a smaller (maybe 2.5 octaves) keyboard and a MIDIBOX SID with a Dimension C clone chorus all in a portable little "briefcase" type unit to take with me to Taiwan. |
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