Bye bye Model Samples, hello Digitakt.
The updated Tower of Power:
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Great rig 
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Moog corner looks great. Whereâs the Prophet?
Itâs in the living room so I can practice piano lessons that I signed up for.
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I keep saying Iâm going to do piano lessons. How are you finding it?
⊠where all the magic happens.
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I only had one. And the dude is a little pretentious. Iâm real bad at theory, and told him I wanted to have real casual lessons, and just have fun.
He went so far into the weeds that he lost me. He actually doubled down on theory, like I challenged him.
Iâm 45 years old and I hate when people act like they know better than what I say.
But itâs my fault for signing up with Take Lessons, and picking the cheapest teacher.
Dude even asked if I could change my lesson time to a weekday evening even though I told him I was in school during the week.
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OH MAN. I took guitar lessons from a local rocker who knew me from opening for my band many times. I told him that I needed to learn theory but that I was going to need to learn songs as well or Iâd lose interest. This arrogant fuck did the same thing to me as you just described. Couldnât get him to help me with Rock 'n Roll Ainât Noise Pollution for five minutes but heâd blather on about theory for the whole hour and leave almost no time to even try what he was talking about while there was an opportunity for him to correct me/provide actual guidance. So guess what. I lost interest and have learned more about theory from Andrew Huangâs 30 minute primer free on youtube than I did in five hour long lessons which cost actual money. Been scared off proper lessons ever since.
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This sucks. I lived with a guy who taught guitar and piano as a side gig. He was kind, very good at explaining things and also backed his theory explanations up with musical examples. He was a good musician and a fantastic teacher.
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Oh, that kind of « real » musician!
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Wow. You guys nailed it.
I told him I bought a bunch of synths, and I make music all the time by ear, and I felt that it set something off in him since he plays piano and teaches classical sometimes.
Did the same thing. Talked only theory, and even changed seats with me so he could show me stuff on the piano. I think he jest wanted to âwowâ me with his playing. It was soulless. Like, I mean he literally had a clinical feel about his playing, when I like Dr John, and funk and soul.
The best part is when he tried that âlook at all the songs that play this chord progressionâ trick.
Luckily, or unluckily, depends. But I got 15 lessons for $150 on Black Friday.
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New home, new setup arrangement!
Not shown : rack tower with audio interface, multiclock, Yamaha FB-01 and patchbay.
Unfortunately thereâs no room for the OpSIX. Maybe Iâll get a stand, maybe Iâll trade it for a Reface DXâŠ
And acoustics is really bad, even just for live jam, so Iâll have to build a panel or twoâŠ!
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We have one of those in our house. Itâs my wifeâs. She gets some really good sounds out of it. Programming it is obtuse to put it mildly. Folks who whine about making a patch on a dx7 have clearly never used a k1000.
I still remember carrying it home from the pawn shop (about a mile). Damn thing weighs a ton but it was perfect for her black metal band.
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Thatâs an experience youâll NEVER forget. Jeez!!
Actually, yeah, for black metal, you can get some seriously unique and ominous sounds out of itâŠ
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This is it exactly. Lessons are fantastic IF you have a good teacher. If not, then they are a waste of time. Musician skill level is beside the point.
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Kicked out the analog four, added an UDO Super 6 Keyboard, some plant lights and did a little rearrangement.
Feels very comfortable.
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Looking good!
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Anyone with a two-desk setup, on opposite walls of a roomâhow do you manage it? Especially, what do you do about speakers?