I said at the start of this Topic that Microsoft no longer offer Windows Live as a download. This is what they say about it. Windows Essentials Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 We're no longer offering the Windows Essentials 2012 suite for download, but if you already have it installed, it will cont...

John,

What a wonderful sounding organ that is! Thanks for posting.

Hugh

What I was very impressed with was how you set up the Pan & Zoom . You set a 'Start Frame' and an 'End Frame', preferably keeping a full frame for one of them and making the other one smaller. You can position this wherever you like over the picture, but ideally it should contain a particular fe...

Adding an MP3 to your Project Finally, go to the Audio Files bin where you have put the MP3 track you want to add. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad49.jpg Grab and drop that audio file onto Audio Track 1 as shown in the picture below. It's the Timeline that shows it all, not the Storyboard . B...

Setting up a Title Note: You can only set up a Title in Timeline mode. Click on the Title tab at the top. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad39.jpg You get these choices in the drop-down box. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad40.jpg http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad41.jpg I have clicked...

Removing Audio on a Video Clip You can do this either by removing the Audio completely; or Muting the Audio ( see comment at bottom of post ). One of the video clips I have downloaded for my project has an audio track with it, which obviously I don't want as I want my MP3 track to run with this vid...

TRANSITIONS By clicking on the X between clips you can set up a TRANSITION. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad14.jpg Quite a selection you can choose from! http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad25.jpg http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad26.jpg http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad27.jpg At t...

With all my clips put into the sequence the first thing I looked at was the time each photo shows for .. and that is 3.00 seconds . http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad17.jpg For my first photo (the Christmas Trees) I wanted longer than that .. say 9.00 seconds . So you click on the digital clock ...

Video Pad from NCH Software Click onto the Index Titles below to be taken directly to that Topic. After viewing, click the back-arrow to get back to this page. INDEX AUDIO on Imported Video Clips (Removing Audio from imported video clips) AUDIO (Adding your own MP3 Audio Track to your Project) BLAC...

Just to show you what a brilliant programme Movie Maker is, here is a video done by Brian007. In this one Brian has used some video clips rather than 'stills' and has put comments into his video about the piece he is playing. He has got these to scroll up the screen. Notice that he also has 'smooth'...

Tony,

You are so busy! Do you have time to sleep? Looking forward to the Carol Service.

Hugh

Hi Brian,

With this new keyboard you certainly have a different hat on! Loved those new sounds you have for it. I'm sure this keyboard will give your band a real boost when you get back to it.

Hugh

Hi Carloss,

A very nice composition. Hope Mariana appreciated it. Does Mariana play at all?

Hugh

Hi Carloss,

Having the water gently lapping in the background certainly added to the mood of this piece. Very relaxing!

Hugh

Windows Movie Maker http://www.ar-group.org/Files/MovieMaker.jpg This is the program I normally use for making Videos from MP3s and photographs stored on my computer .. or pictures/video clips I have downloaded from the internet that are royalty free. Movie Maker was originally 'packaged' with Wind...

What you will find in this new Board I know that some of you do videos showing you playing your keyboards/organs 'live'. Those videos are always interesting to watch as you can watch what is being played and can see any buttons being pressed to make changes. A video done this way can be uploaded di...

Hi Tony, What a mammoth task you have completed here! Well done! Loved the duet you played with yourself for Soon and very soon . You are a technological wizard! Then Christ is surely coming (Land of hope and glory). It's so nice to hear this tune played so well, with all those lovely harmonies comi...

Hi Tony,

Enjoyed those, particularly the first one which is an old favourite. You have played that with such confidence! Not surprising really, and I wonder how many times over the years you have played this?

Glad to see you have your halo on. Enables you to listen to what you are playing.

Hugh

Tony,

Here's this carol played a bit faster. A different beat to the way I played it. Don't know why, but I just like the melody. Sung here with gusto!

CALYPSO CAROL SEE HIM LYING ON OF STRAW



Hugh

Can you get your head round these time signatures?

Dave Brubeck - Take Five ( Original Video)



How The Beatles use Time Signatures



Ever wondered why these songs are so difficult to play in a keyboard? Now you know!

Hi Torben,

Brought tears to my eyes too! Nadia has such a lovely voice, and your keyboard playing is superb! This carol has such lovely harmonies in it, and you brought them all out perfectly. I love harmony so listening (twice now) was a real treat.

Hugh

This is one I put up in 2018. Love the Rhythm! I first heard this done with this rhythm at the school where I worked (many years ago). A music teacher from a secondary school nearby had come to help us put together some Christmas Carols for the children to sing, and this was his 'take' on how a 'Cal...

Christmas Carols & Festive Songs 2020 We are doing it slightly differently this year. You can post any Christmas Music that you have played (obviously!) .. including a repeat of anything that you have put up in previous years , going back to when this section started in 2013. And .. you can pos...

Hi Torben,

Your piece has a most unusual beat. Glad Nadia got into the groove and kept you going. Your recordings are always very clear and well balanced. Nice!

Hugh

Using Video Editor from Microsoft's Photos in Windows 10 In all the Windows versions before Windows 10, Microsoft bundled a FREE video editor program called Movie Maker , but they didn't bundle this with Windows 10. Instead, they decided to give us this new program (App) called Video Editor , altho...

Den, There are two main reasons why we buy keyboards. 1: Switch them on and play something (commonly called 'Plug and Play'). Or 2: we can use the keyboard to create those sounds we are hankering after. I can see from what you have shown us above that the possibilities are endless, and the problem i...

Using a footswitch to move through the registrations in the REGISTRATION MEMORY The foot pedal I use for this is the Yamaha FC5 pedal, connected as Pedal 2 . My Pedal 1 is set up as a SUSTAIN pedal (it looks like the 'loud' pedal on a piano) and my Pedal 3 is my Volume (Expression) pedal. As conven...

This was from March 1990.

Chet Atkins presents "The World's Most Famous Unknown Band" in a salute to Ralph Emery, and that band is: Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Steve Wariner, Roy Clark, Ray Stevens, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Greenwood, Steve Gatlin, Barbara Mandrell, and Irlene Mandrell.

And here's another one. This time George Harrison and The Chiffons. It's really interesting to listen to both versions at the same time!

My Sweet Lord vs. He's So Fine

Brian, I don't think they would even bother with trying to say that their 12 bar blues was subject to Copyright! I am still wondering if these two groups ever came to blows. Particularly when not only is the tune the same (except for the extra bars on that high note in Una Paloma Blance) but the lit...

Here's a piece played by JT (barwonfan) which shows the effectiveness of not having any rhythm/style playing for parts of the song. Those lovely 'rounded' harmonies really do have a dramatic effect.

My Lord, What A Morning played on Yamaha PSR S970