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Re: 20 Minutes of Ole Erling

This is a name I've heard of but hadn't ever listened to before today. Some very nice arrangements making good use of the X66 - and an H100 and Leslie - and maybe a Lowrey H35-3 as well. Like Herr W, it's sometimes hard to hear where one organ starts and another ends!
by andyg
09 Feb 2017 17:59
 
Forum: 20 Minute Music Video Series
Topic: 20 Minutes of Ole Erling
Replies: 1
Views: 3702

Re: Eminent 1500 Concerto electric organ £15

No drawbars on a 1500. The 2000 Grand Theatre had them, and some of the Eminent and Solina range had sliders that effectively functioned as drawbars, if rather fiddly to operate on the fly.
by andyg
04 Feb 2017 19:25
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Eminent 1500 Concerto electric organ £15
Replies: 2
Views: 1859

Re: Some Older Keyboards Still Sound Remarkably Good

Definitely worth looking at the older models if you're on a budget. :) You do have to watch the older, older ones though. Spares can be an issue with some - same with all electronic instruments. I personally don't like going back more than 10 - 12 years or so, but there are some nuggets out there t...
by andyg
31 Jan 2017 19:52
 
Forum: Yamaha Chit Chat
Topic: Some Older Keyboards Still Sound Remarkably Good
Replies: 2
Views: 2904

O Holy Night

Here's a favourite of mine, played on Roland AT900P.

Hope you enjoy and have a great Christmas.

Andy

https://app.box.com/s/ch54olc83kj4kix6cj4vsj2cvuxlsrhd
by andyg
22 Dec 2016 21:14
 
Forum: Christmas Carols & Festive Songs 2016
Topic: O Holy Night
Replies: 3
Views: 4236

Re: Thomas

1) Some of the Wiki 'information' just plain wrong. (Wiki often is!) The page does not cite any sources but some of it is clearly taken directly from Frank Pugno's web page. Some of that is itself inaccurate. 2) This 'new' Thomas company is totally unrelated to the 'real' American Thomas Organ Compa...
by andyg
15 Nov 2016 20:19
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Thomas
Replies: 2
Views: 1544

Re: Organ names

The list is all about names not model numbers, so things like L100, X150, D85 or J71 (Jennings, of course!) etc are not included. Where an organ has a model number and a name, like Conn 643 Theatre or Hammond 2107 Concorde, only the name is on the list. Thanks for the Viscounts. On the list for addi...
by andyg
15 Oct 2016 21:20
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ names
Replies: 6
Views: 2670

Re: Organ names

When I get home, I'll post the link to the so-called 'final' list (it never will be finished, I expect!)

For example, I missed Johannus off the classical section.

Updated: here's the link to the list of names:

https://app.box.com/s/eenppy2vh5fu42qqqrqi4ti4pglbep1q
by andyg
13 Oct 2016 14:33
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ names
Replies: 6
Views: 2670

Re: Organ names

Not 100% sure, but I think it's another biggie. BTW, the list got up to around 850 names, but I've already discovered a whole heap more that will have to be added in. The final winner for the most often used name turned out to be Carousel, used 6 time, closely followed by Prelude. So Lowrey still ha...
by andyg
12 Oct 2016 14:48
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ names
Replies: 6
Views: 2670

Organ names

Hi all - but probably mainly Mike for this one! :) Over on Lowrey forum we were talking about Lowrey borrowing, or stealing, model names from other manufacturers. They've done it a lot in the past few years and their next model is Rialto, bringing back the name from the early 1960s Gulbransen. We wo...
by andyg
04 Oct 2016 19:27
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ names
Replies: 6
Views: 2670

Re: Just a quick quiz

Another oldie, but which one to choose.....

Old Cape Cod

AKA Cold Scraped Cod in the 'Fish Songs' list, but that's another thread.....

Old Cape Cod - Patti Page

by andyg
29 Aug 2016 21:54
 
Forum: Quizzes, Puzzles & Games
Topic: Just a quick quiz
Replies: 14
Views: 6989

Re: Cinnamon and Clove - sheet music

Thanks for the link, but I'd already seen that one. Unfortunately, only part of the song is there. :(

It's in a Latin buskers book, and I thought I had it, but a rummage through the books didn't find it.
by andyg
25 Aug 2016 14:11
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Cinnamon and Clove - sheet music
Replies: 3
Views: 1887

Cinnamon and Clove - sheet music

Hi

Here's a bit of an oldie.

Cinnamon and Clove, written by Johnny Mandel, lyrics by the Bergmans.

Anyone got the dots to this one?

Andy
by andyg
25 Aug 2016 11:18
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Cinnamon and Clove - sheet music
Replies: 3
Views: 1887

Re: Casio: Coming of Age 2016

I personally think they came of age 16 years ago with the vastly underrated MZ-2000. These two look good, though I'm not too sure about the blue colour. The sound quality is often hard to judge of videos but on the Kraft video, they've recorded it direct and I listened on studio quality headphones. ...
by andyg
04 Jun 2016 20:49
 
Forum: Casio & Casio High-Grade Keyboard Forum
Topic: Casio: Coming of Age 2016
Replies: 11
Views: 14682

Harold Smart LP - What a Wonderful World

For those who love their old analogue organs from the 60s and 70s, I've just ripped this one from vinyl and uploaded it here: https://app.box.com/s/s59mhusqtsh8wgn8kef8h9unnfscq20t You can download the individual tracks from the LP and there's also a zipped file with the cover and the registration s...
by andyg
17 May 2016 21:29
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Harold Smart LP - What a Wonderful World
Replies: 3
Views: 1941

Re: Simple /compound time

We're singing from the same hymnsheet here! :) Yamaha's 6/8 styles, whilst being 12/8, do give that 2 to the bar feel you mention as the second half of the 12/8 bar is effectively the 2nd 6/8 bar of the pattern. And yes, it's something that's felt rather than counted. If players do want to count, th...
by andyg
05 May 2016 14:17
 
Forum: Music Theory
Topic: Simple /compound time
Replies: 5
Views: 5834

Re: Simple /compound time

For the record, Yamaha's '6/8' styles are in fact '12/8' anyway. The beat counter goes 1,2,3,4 rather than the 1,2 that 6/8 would demand. So if you have a slow 12/8 piece then use styles like 6/8 Modern or 6/8 Orchestral, as well as the 12/8 Ballad, which is best left to 'What a Wonderful World' or ...
by andyg
04 May 2016 20:38
 
Forum: Music Theory
Topic: Simple /compound time
Replies: 5
Views: 5834

Re: Simple /compound time

Simple time: No matter how many beats in the bar, they are always divisible by 2. Compound time: The beats are always divisible by 3. So, a bar of 2/4 would have two crotchet beats, divisible into two groups of two quavers. A bar of 6/8 would also have two beats, each one a dotted crotchet long, div...
by andyg
04 May 2016 14:56
 
Forum: Music Theory
Topic: Simple /compound time
Replies: 5
Views: 5834

Re: Hammond XM-1 and Hammond XM1-C Organ MODULE.

Main issue - as it is with all things MIDI, including any virtual organs - is getting MIDI channels to match. The usual defaults should be: Upper-1, Lower-2, Pedals - 3 and Solo/Keysplit Lower - 4. Things like CC11, expression data usually sent from the volume pedal, sometimes needs to be on channel...
by andyg
09 Apr 2016 20:54
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Hammond XM-1 and Hammond XM1-C Organ MODULE.
Replies: 3
Views: 1962

Re: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee

Kawai ultimately do control Lowrey's destiny, yes. But from the outset in 1988 when they took over, Kawai said that Lowrey was going to be run independently. OK, the internals of all Lowreys have been Kawai-made since then, but things like the voicing, style programming and cabinet design were initi...
by andyg
16 Mar 2016 15:51
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee
Replies: 5
Views: 2653

Re: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee

Yes, I know that. My meaning is that I hope existing Marquee owners can upgrade if the organ has in fact been upgraded after only a few months in production. Roland did that several times with the Atelier series and Yamaha more recently with the Stagea, although that's after a long production run. W...
by andyg
16 Mar 2016 14:18
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee
Replies: 5
Views: 2653

Re: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee

So what's 'new' from the Marquee that people spent a lot of money on last year? I can't see anything, and the EX5000 brochure is still the same. If they have upgraded it internally, I do hope they'll let existing owners update theirs at a reasonable cost - or no cost it they've only just bought one!...
by andyg
15 Mar 2016 21:08
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: New Lowrey Organ: The Marquee
Replies: 5
Views: 2653

RIP Keith Emerson

Oh no, another one gone.

What can you say about Emo, a legend in his field of prog rock. And a phenomenal keyboard player.

That gig in the sky has yet another great player, and a great producer in George Martin.

RIP, with a Fanfare for a very uncommon man!
by andyg
12 Mar 2016 00:06
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: RIP Keith Emerson
Replies: 3
Views: 2042

Re: Organ Virtual software.

Let me know the model number of the Soundblaster interface and I'll find out if it can store the Soundfonts, and if it does, I'll try to give you a step by step set of instructions for loading them. Once loaded, they stay loaded! Native's Vintage Organs is a good package and the sounds are superb, b...
by andyg
01 Mar 2016 07:44
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ Virtual software.
Replies: 9
Views: 3762

Re: Organ Virtual software.

Latency will always be a problem with Miditzer unless you can install a Creative Soundblaster soundcard that can load the Miditzer soundfonts into its own RAM. It then gives instant response. For all the others, you need that ASIO capable soundcard or audio interface. Get a good one with good driver...
by andyg
23 Feb 2016 17:03
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ Virtual software.
Replies: 9
Views: 3762

Re: Organ Virtual software.

If you're going to use virtual organs then what you 'drive' them with isn't too important. All most virtual organs want is note on/off, volume pedal data and hopefully programme change data from the preset pistons. Anything else may be a bonus, but most likely will be ignored! So what organs should ...
by andyg
22 Feb 2016 23:25
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Organ Virtual software.
Replies: 9
Views: 3762

Re: Interval Game

The two really awkward critters are the major and minor 6ths. Major - Days of Wine and Roses Minor - A day in the life of a fool / Carnival / Manha da Carnaval (all the same tune) or, if your reverse the notes, Love Story Some others: Octave - Over the Rainbow Flattened 5th/Augmented 4th (AKA triton...
by andyg
09 Feb 2016 17:41
 
Forum: Quizzes, Puzzles & Games
Topic: Interval Game
Replies: 5
Views: 5377

RIP Bill Irwin

This year's being cruel. After Alan and Brian, I hear that US star organist and teacher Bill Irwin has passed away. I'm sure some of us will know him or know of him through his regular connections with the Organ and Keyboard Cavalcade magazine and festivals. The big gig in the sky has another star n...
by andyg
05 Feb 2016 17:26
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: RIP Bill Irwin
Replies: 1
Views: 1562

Re: RIP Brian Sharp

Another great has passed away. I think you all know how much I respected Brian as a musician, friend and colleague. He was one of my 'idols' from when I started out, whom I met and 'clicked' with straight away when he was doing a Gulbransen demo in Worthing one cold winter's evening in 1971. I didn'...
by andyg
20 Jan 2016 21:16
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: RIP Brian Sharp
Replies: 4
Views: 2985

Re: Alan Haven Has Passed Away - Age 80

2016 looks like carrying on where 2015 left off, with the world losing yet more 'greats', in many different genres of music. Lemmy, David Bowie, and now Alan Haven. And we're only a couple of weeks in. I only met him a few brief times, he came across to me as a very nice guy. I sadly never got the c...
by andyg
13 Jan 2016 23:27
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Alan Haven Has Passed Away - Age 80
Replies: 3
Views: 2459

Re: Whitley Bay Organ Centre

Reports on another forum say that Edna is in hospital following a heart attack. The shop is now permanently closed. I guess they're now just selling everything off.
by andyg
28 Nov 2015 10:04
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Whitley Bay Organ Centre
Replies: 6
Views: 3348

You can't play this!

This appeared on Organ Forum this morning - very appropriate for Halloween, so I thought I'd share it.

And someone wondered what you were allowed to play, so I thought of this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRbMXti-yvk
by andyg
28 Oct 2015 12:30
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: You can't play this!
Replies: 1
Views: 1596

Re: ROLAND BK7m MODULE

It's been confirmed by suppliers in the USA, and it says 'Discontinued' on Roland's own international website, so we can take it as being true.

Maybe there's another, even better module on the way. Or maybe they think they've reached saturation point in what is a niche market. Only time will tell.
by andyg
18 Oct 2015 18:01
 
Forum: Roland Organ, Keyboards & Workstations
Topic: ROLAND BK7m MODULE
Replies: 4
Views: 8978

Re: Blocked from another forum

I can't imagine why they would block someone who's produced so much great software for Yamaha keyboards, Jorgen.

If it's a mistake, then they should sort it out quickly. If it's deliberate, what are they thinking?

Andy
by andyg
11 Sep 2015 06:29
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: Blocked from another forum
Replies: 6
Views: 2905

Re: LOWREY

Yup, I think it's called the Marquee. Has less physical tabs but a much larger screen with virtual replacements for the 'missing' tabs! Those who have heard it say that it sounds good. Price? Somewhere between stratospheric and astronomic. :D
by andyg
08 Sep 2015 15:13
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: LOWREY
Replies: 2
Views: 1797

Re: The Games Up AndyG .....

Aargh! I've been rumbled! :) Seriously though, they made me smile and they do cheer up the otherwise dull looking bins. All credit to the local council for not taking the usual heavy-handed 'let's catch the so and sos, and make them paint the bins black again'. However, after all the publicity, I th...
by andyg
07 Sep 2015 17:18
 
Forum: Shooting The Breeze & General Chatter
Topic: The Games Up AndyG .....
Replies: 1
Views: 1633
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