Keyboardmag: Welcome to Keyboard's June 2012 Links Page

Welcome to Keyboard's June 2012 Links Page

Tue, 8 May 2012


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Norah Jones, by Jon Regen

Clave Concepts, by Hector Martignon

Power Warm-Ups, by David Cook

Hear David play audio examples of these warm-ups.

Long Live Mom ’n’ Pop: Indie Music Stores That Are Beating the Odds, by Owen O’Malley, Stephen Fortner, Tom Brislin, and Richard Leiter

Slideshow of many more pictures than we could fit in these pages!

Pickup Gig: Adventures in Amplifying Acoustic Piano

Hi-res audio of the same piano piece through different mics and pickups, and video of installation and testing at Jeff Lorber's studio.

The Art of Synth Soloing: Sweep Dual Filters for Soaring Sounds, by Jerry Kovarsky

Compare a standard lowpass filter sweep to Jerry’s lowpass-plus-highpass technique. Can you hear the difference?

Make a Top Loop Out of Anything, by Francis Preve

Step-by-step audio examples.

Casio XW-P1, by Ken Hughes

Rob Papen Blade, by Jim Aikin

Hear an original composition using 11 instances of Blade and one instance of Rob Papen’s drum synth, Punch.

Way Out Ware SynthX, by Francis Preve

Original audio examples.

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Do you require expansion card slots INSIDE your studio computer?
No, because I use a laptop or "mini" machine and rely on USB and/or FireWire
No, because I use Thunderbolt peripherals
I'd prefer expansion slots, but can live with workarounds like a PCI expansion chassis
Yes, I absolutely require that my main music machine have expansion slots