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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > makin music thread
 
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

KoRMaK posted:

8bit keys dropped a new one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICX6hK3Se6k

he really is texas' finest

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# ¿ May 16, 2022 13:03
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

# ¿ Nov 13, 2021 21:11
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I wanna buy a nice piano but they are expensive and nobody nearby sells european ones and I wanna check those out

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 00:47
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I wanna czech out the eastern euopean ones, too

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 00:48
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Stringent posted:

i know a bit about piano shopping, where are you and what's a rough budget?

I'm in Austin, TX. I'm looking for an upright and I don't really want to spend much more than 20 grand.

I haven't really gone out shopping yet though.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 14:35
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Stringent posted:

so 3 grand is the most you should spend for an upright, if you have a 20 grand budget is a baby or full grand possible with your space?

you must be talking about the used market, I don't think 3 grand will get you even a Yamaha u1 new. I think a grand would be kind of cramped given the space I have.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 14:43
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Stringent posted:

check, i'll have a look tomorrow. how picky is the player?

I'm going to be fairly picky about the tone that I'm looking for. But like I said I really need to get out and look at showrooms.

My parents have an old steinway 1098 I might be able to get, but it sounds kind of harsh and it needs to have some keys tops re-glued and probably regulation/voicing and a few tunings.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 14:50
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Penisface posted:

if you have any of those services around that let you rent a piano for something like 20 bucks a month that includes free delivery to your place, then i would definitely go for this before i decide to really get one for keeps

because like ok you get a fucken piano, you get all your swole stoner friends to help you get it to your room and then after a few months your enthusiasm fades, you are out €3450904500 and all your swole stoner friends are laughing in your face because it sucked so much to lift the thing that even they aren't touching this poo poo anymore, while you are crying and making the craigslist ad that says you will give it away for 20 bucks if the buyer picks it up

i mean that is what i imagine will definitely happen to me if i ever decide to get a real piano

lol if you think I'm just calling a couple of friends to come and try to move a 600lb anything around my house. you get professionals for that

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 20:24
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Penisface posted:

there is a reason why you can get upright pianos for free if you can arrange delivery. that reason is that it costs a ton to get pro piano movers

I understand that

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

echinopsis posted:

akadajet is clearly loaded with piano funds

I save money for years then spend it on dumb things. consumerism, baby

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 23:40
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 at least it’s not a lifted super duty like most people here splurge on

# ¿ Dec 9, 2021 23:43
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I should probably get lessons instead of butchering music on my own like I’ve been doing for years

# ¿ Dec 10, 2021 00:08
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Achmed Jones posted:

i saw a woman getting into a brodozer that was almost twice her height today

the kid getting into the back seat had an even worse time of it

e: wrong thread but i guess it's about big pickups so it's ok. LEAVIN IT

making music with a raspberry pi controlled whistle tip on my exhaust

# ¿ Dec 10, 2021 00:23
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Tayter Swift posted:

that is too many strings jonny

not enough imo

# ¿ Dec 11, 2021 19:11
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 my dog starts begging for attention whenever i sit down to practice

# ¿ Dec 11, 2021 20:59
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Jonny 290 posted:



time to let it warm up (been in a cold truck all day) and give it a shot

flatwounds will be here monday and then it's 60s time

congrats on the new noise maker

# ¿ Dec 12, 2021 01:03
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 "This is Jonny 504 asking you to slap like for italian accent reveal"

# ¿ Dec 12, 2021 01:50
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Woolwich Bagnet posted:

i am insane and love spending money so i have one of these https://www.kawai-global.com/product/ca79/

idk why anyone would get something like an upright piano when they make such good digital grands these days. they sound better, dont have to be tuned, and can be plugged in to a comp for recording or use as a midi controller. top end ones go so far as to model resonance between strings, based on if the sustain pedal is depressed or the key for the proper string to resonate etc

I have a nice Yamaha hybrid piano but man, is it not the same. A family member has a Steinway grand I get to play sometime and it sounds so full and feels alive with resonance

# ¿ Dec 14, 2021 22:55
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 and even good uprights have more presence.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2021 23:04
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I used to play on a 50’s era mason and hamlin upright (old enough to have ivory key tops) and I was always really impressed with the tone of it. and idk, uprights can sound nice in their own way

# ¿ Dec 14, 2021 23:45
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Jonny 290 posted:

Dang i've never even thought about this until now. I assume they're all just polycarbonate now or w/e eh

yeah and it’s nice because they don’t yellow and crack like real ivory does

# ¿ Dec 14, 2021 23:49
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Woolwich Bagnet posted:

oh yeah for some styles of music uprights just 'fit' where a grand in no way would

like you aren't gonna play ragtime on a fine grand piano, it'd sound weird. i meant for like more classical kinda stuff i guess. but it's all personal preference anyway

get what makes you happy and lol if you do anything else. i just feel like if i were dropping the money on a super nice piano id need a prepared space for it to go too to really enjoy it

ragtime sounds awesome on everything. on 100 year old poo poo uprights and even 9 foot concert grands

# ¿ Dec 15, 2021 02:26
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

echinopsis posted:

If you’re into something though you kinda end up into all of it really. I can tell the difference between blender renders done on intel cpu vs amd cpu

it's not a deterministic algorithm?

# ¿ Dec 15, 2021 19:51
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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I know nothing about electric guitars but I like the word “humbucker”

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003



 I use Microsoft songsmith for all my backing tracks

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