Den, This is so useful to know! As I play 'by ear' (ie. by chords and play the melody 'by ear'), I frequently print out the lyrics with chords from the Guitar Guy. http://www.theguitarguy.com/ I'll try just loading the words and chords into the Tyros 4 and play from the Tyros 4 screen. Get rid of al...

JT, You have got the wrong idea about putting pictures into audio.com. You do not have to have them 1200 x 1200 and you do not have to 're-size' any of the pictures you use before you use them. When I use my own pictures, I use them as taken straight off my mobile, which are 3264 x 1836 (and with my...

Hi JT,

Thought the video clips of the little boy and his Mum just about summed up the Title of your song .. "Perfect Love".

Hugh

Did your Maths Teacher teach you this easy way of subtracting in your head?

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Here's another example of listening to various STYLES at the same TEMPO (in this case 68 bpm) and choosing two very different STYLES to use with different parts of the song. (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You. Of course we all associate this number with Elvis Presley . In my version I have used...

Den,

Lovely music; lovely video.

Hugh

A couple of examples now, putting this into practice. The Young Ones . This starts with the STYLE 60's Pop Guitar from POP & ROCK at 128 bpm (one I was trying out in the DEMO above). Next, it's Bubblegum Pop , another STYLE I tried in the DEMO above. I thought Bubblegum Pop with it's emphasis on...

Another look at Changing STYLES as you play through a song. When you play a song, how do you go about changing the STYLE as you play through it? Or do you just stick to the same backing from beginning to end? Most people, once they have made their minds up which Style they are going to use just sti...

Interesting how the things you alter in the Mixing Console can make a difference to what you are listening to.

Here's an example of REVERB.
Is It True What They Say About Dixie, played by Don Wherly.
Sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it!



Hugh

I'm sure people are saying, "Why bother to do all this?". It all depends on how one wants to play something. Do you find a STYLE that will 'fit' your song? Or do you have something in your head that you want to include in your song? I have been wanting to play My Way (you have already hear...

In all the Yamaha handbooks it tells you to use only the CM7 scale tones when recording the BASS and PHRASE channels (i.e. C, D, E, G, A, and B); and use only the chord tones when recording the CHORD and PAD channels (i.e. C, E, G, and B). I have been recording my STYLE PARTS this way (with the &quo...

On your main Page, which shows all your uploads, this is a summary of the options you have available to you. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/AudioCom1.jpg The first icon tells you how many VIEWS your upload has had (indicated by the green arrow). In this example there have been 21 views. The three lit...

Audio.com is continually under development so things change as they update their programs. If you want to Edit or Delete your audio.com upload it's not so easy to find where to do it. You start from your main Page showing all your uploads. The first icon tells you how many VIEWS your upload has had ...

It's a while since I put up a real, live Jazz Band for you to listen to.
Music to the ears!

Tuba Skinny - Shaye playing Louis! Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives from 1927

Here's another test to find out how 'musical' you are.

I reckon I have a pretty good 'musical ear' .. but some of the tests further on had me really stumped!

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Topic continued ... Let's just check first to see if I am playing 'allowed' notes. From the Tyros4 Reference Manual : Rules when recording non-rhythm channels • Use only the CM7 scale tones when recording the BASS and PHRASE channels (i.e., C, D, E, G, A, and B). • Use only the chord tones when rec...

Using the note 'B' when recording a STYLE PART Although the first part of my topic is explaining how to record into a STYLE PART (I had to explain that, didn't I?) the real essence of this topic is further down. The clue is in the Title above. Note: The problems I had when recording STYLE PARTS by ...

Getting SA2 Voices to 'slide' up to the note played I listened to John Storey playing Only You and really liked the arrangement he had for this. 1761361925619138 So I thought I would have a go at this myself. The best place to look for a Registration to get you going is in the Music Finder .. and s...

Den says these tracks were recorded quite a while ago .. and involved the use of 'floppy disks' (remember them ?). When listening to that first track ( Just out of Reach ) you will hear quite a bit of NOISE in the recording. Click this LINK below to see how Audacity can be used to 'reduce' NOISE in ...

Den has posted a topic on the Yamaha PSR 1100 keyboard .. the first keyboard he ever had. Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab. http://www.tierce-de-picardie.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=361&t=12029 Listen to this track (below) that Den recorded from this keyboard, and in particular listen to ...

Another video showing the AR100 this time. Sent to me by AR Group Member John Carter.

NESSUN DORMA./ ANDY ON THE YAMAHA AR100 LIVE PLAY NO OVER DUBING



Hugh

Another interesting discovery on YouTube. Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 played by organist Hans-André Stamm on the Trost-Organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany. Nnuq9PXbywA This is one of the comments under the video: To those complaining that the pitch is ...

A DEMO of the AR80 organ .. found by Den. ORGAN CORNER #5 | Yamaha AR80 Organ Demonstration wc0MAB66k2k The 'gold lettering' he mentions (on the wood, only). Yamaha had used a batch of gold paint that was susceptible to ultra violet light which caused it to fade. This was one (large) batch of paint ...

Here's Only You played by John Storey ( JohnS ) on his Tyros 5. This is what I had to say about it on audio.com: John. Another brilliant arrangement! There are some wonderful chords in this piece. Right up my street! Particularly liked the organ voice coming in. I have listened to this six times now...

Here's another song where I have 'jumped across' an R3 SPLIT POINT. I Love You Because . Not quite the chords on any of the sheets of music I have. I have played it in C and have put in a D7 chord before the G7 in the Verse. Have used four STYLES; and made two SPLIT POINTS so I can play an R3 as a '...

Having discovered how I could alter the pitch for R1, R2 and R3 on my Tyros 4, I thought I would take a leaf out of Yamaha's book and see how much of a difference it would make with the sound if I 'upped' the pitch of a couple of instruments by +6 . In this piece ( It's Raining In My Heart ) I have ...

With Equal Temperament tuning, although the octaves are exactly in tune (Ratio 2:1), all the other notes are 'slightly out of tune' (and some more than others). When notes are 'out of tune' mathematically (ie. they are not in perfect ratios) not only does the ear perceive them as such, but you get '...

How to upload a music file to your page. When I get to my audio.com page I see this, top right. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/AudacityShareAUDIO8.jpg To upload eg. an MP3, click on Upload . You will then get this screen, with two options for uploading .. Drag and drop ; or Click to browse audio fil...

Brian, You're quite right in your observations. And the clue, too, is in the TITLE of the topic .. Do you include a VOICE with your STYLE? This was played on my AR80, and before I even had a keyboard (I have a Tyros 4 as well now). On an organ you have an UPPER manual and a LOWER manual and you can ...

As I was saying that a MIDI will only play with sounds it can access on a soundcard (and therefore will only be heard as originally intended in the device it was recorded on), let's try a little experiment. Below is a song played by Den .. Snow Waltz . Den makes his recordings as MIDI files, and he ...

Brian, Yes, you can Amplify your track. This means basically that you increase the 'gain' by a fixed amount across the board. Which of course makes everything louder . Using this feature you can opt to exceed/not exceed the clipping point. The whole point of NORMALIZE is that you increase the volume...