| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Dimebag Darrell's Death | |
| ziggysane -- 12/09/2004, 18:16:52 -- #9572 | |
| Guys, I know this has nothing to do with jazz piano, but if you hadn't already heard, Dimebag Darrell (very influential metal guitarist) is dead. Last night, a crazy fan ran into the club that he was playing in and shot him multiple times in the head. He started shooting other people before a cop killed him. This just makes me sick and really sad. A fellow musician is dead from something so pointless and ignorant. Not to mention the effect it will have on shows in small venues where security hasn't been very tight in years past. Anyway, i'm in kind of a funk right now at how bad the world is and felt the need to say something. Danny | |
| Peteboypete -- 12/09/2004, 21:31:07 -- #9575 | |
| This sounds sort of like how Lee Morgan died. Lee was shot by his girlfriend during a gig, but I have heard both that it was while he was on stage and that it was during a break. Does anyone know this story? | |
| 7 -- 12/10/2004, 20:18:47 -- #9600 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton was stabbed on stage. It caused him many health problems for the rest of his life, and many speculate that that incident led to his untimely demise. The club that Dimebag was shot in had a capacity of about 600 people. A place that small has relatively crappy security. There is no way to guard against nutcases with guns short of metal detectors and pat downs at the door. Let's turn the whole world into a high security facility. To hell with freedom. Right? | |
| scotward57 -- 12/19/2004, 23:58:22 -- #9795 | |
| Hi, I just wondered if any of you have taken the brave step of ditching hardware for the gig, I.E. a USB/MIDI controller and a laptop. I'm am going to attempt to do the one-man band thing, but I don't want it to sound like Casio cheese. I recently sold my Yamaha s80 and went all software (Reason 2.5, Garritan Personal Orchestra, BIAB) and a cheesy M-Audio Oxygen 8 to hold me over until I get the bones to purchase an 88 Key controller, like an M-Audio 88 Keystation. Anyway, after delving into the software experience, I just can't go back to the limits of a hardware soundset. I'm telling you, if you haven't experienced BIAB synchronized to Reason 2.5 or GPO, it just sounds incredible!! But like everyone else, I'm scared to do a gig with it. Any words of advice or encouragement would be much appreciated!! -SW | |
| Billy -- 12/20/2004, 08:27:05 -- #9800 | |
| On a few occasions, i took a laptop and hooked up a keyboard to it and used Native Instruments B4 organ. This was playing with our youth band for church, and it worked out fairly well. The soundcard on the laptop wasnt too good so the latency could only go down to 11ms, but it wasnt bad. Yeah, software is getting good these days. Its less fun to play with than hardware, but the sound can be better at times. | |
| Billy -- 12/20/2004, 08:30:43 -- #9801 | |
| what the heck....how did both of those posts get into this thread? or am i just seeing things? | |
| scotward57 -- 12/20/2004, 12:37:40 -- #9809 | |
| Yeah, I know what you mean about latency issues. But I don't think it is as much of an issue nowadays. Plus some of the new midi controllers have all of the knobs and sliders you would ever need. But my main reason for going the software route is that you can't get that type of acoustic piano sound with existing hardware. The Rolands, the Korgs and Yamahas are still making piano multisamples under 100MB when software pianos like the GigaPiano and NI's Galaxy Steinway are getting into several GBs. After playing through some of that stuff, I just couldn't go back to the stock S80 piano I used to own. Most of today's hardware synths have very short piano loops and focus on the attack portion, which is OK if you in a trio. But for playing a solo gig, the weaknesses of hardware synths really becomes apparent. | |
| Dr. Whack -- 12/20/2004, 16:02:54 -- #9814 | |
| That GPO Steinway is amazing - I've been trying to spread the word - how are you actually physically using it on a gig? | |
| james3 -- 12/20/2004, 22:51:46 -- #9830 | |
| Hey all, I'm very interested in this as well. I do almost all gigs in contemporary styles so I need a decent arrange of vintage sounds (great piano, B-3, rhodes, wurly, clav, lead sounds etc.). Any idea how to get this going or is unreal live these days? What instruments would you use? Thanks, James | |
| scotward57 -- 12/20/2004, 23:42:11 -- #9831 | |
| "That GPO Steinway is amazing - I've been trying to spread the word - how are you actually physically using it on a gig?" I haven't gigged with any soft synths yet. I did take my laptop and a cheap Casio to a rehearsal a couple of times. Had no problems with it. The sound is amazing as long as you use the right soundcard. For my laptop, Echo Indigo is the only PCI card that delivers excellent sound and has 100MB of it's own memory to help with getting latency down to a playable range (less than 20ms). I love the Galaxy Steinway sound. I don't own my own personal copy. I have a friend who does and I test drove it. But that particular program utilizes disk streaming. Most laptops don't have a fast enough hard drive to handle disk streaming effectively (and they are pricy). The two best software programs for playing live from a laptop IMO are Reason 2.5 and Ableton Live. They are not system hogs and there are incredible things you can do with either program. I prefer Reason because you can load in virtually any sample you want, configure it how you want it, and still have plenty of CPU headroom to spare. IN any event, my software experience is a work in progress. I'll attempt to answer any question to the best of my ability. But I'm no expert by any strech of the imagination. I really would like to hear from others who want to share their experience!! -SW | |
| alhaynes -- 12/23/2004, 18:48:50 -- #9853 | |
| The Ivory Steinway plays fine on a fast Powerbook even though a faster drive is recommended. I play it using Logic Express 6. The total disk space required is over 10 gb - 30 gb if you load all 3 pianos. Al | |
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