Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

These forums don't usually make me laugh out loud. 
This did.  Thanks.
By the way.  How did the gig go after your initial
flub?
Jay


--- Michael C Lesko <MichaelL33@...> wrote:

> You know I did something like that at a gig once.  I
> was young and our
> womanizing guitarist only promoted the show to
> school aged women.
> Turned out we were starring out to a crowd of women,
> no men, just a
> club full of women.  I thought I had died and gone
> to Venus.  Anyway
> I was so nervous that I entirely goofed up the
> opening keyboard line
> of "These dreams" by Heart.  This was like one of
> those nightmares
> where you stand in front of everyone you've ever
> known butt naked.
> 
> A little aside from that.  Did you know that a club
> full of women are
> perfectly able and willing to party and dance
> without any men around?
> They probably won't need us for fertalization soon
> either.
> 
> Michael
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Barnes" <apdced34@...>
> To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:33 PM
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Is It Live - Or Is It
> Memorex?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I was watching TV and caught Chuck Berrys
> performance when
> he was being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
> Fame.  All
> of a sudden he stopped playing and singing.  Then he
> started
> again.  During a subsequent interview he said he
> forgot what
> song he was playing.  So it's not always equipment
> we've bought
> that fails us.  As an opening song, my buddy and I
> were playing
> "Oh Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison).  A song I'm very
> comfortable
> with.  I screwed the opening guitar licks up so bad
> it was
> unrecognizable.  Sometimes you gotta suck it up,
> recover, and
> keep going.  I just kept hoping people were thinking
> that our
> version was just really different.  hahaha
> Jay
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Michael C
> Lesko"
> <MichaelL33@p...> wrote:
> > Whoa, a mouse turning a wheel powered CD player,
> now that's
> an interesting idea!
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Kaltar
> >   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:30 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Is It Live - Or Is
> It Memorex?
> >
> >
> >   Well, The Only Thing I Know Is that, Murphy's
> Law Is Applied
> At All Levels, And Is Unavoidable.
> >
> >   I Saw A Guy With An iBook In A Gig and He Did
> Start The
> Audio and Suddenly, Kernel Panic!
> >
> >   I Was In Mexico City A Year Ago, And I Went With
> Some
> Friends to See RUSH Performing That Same Day. The
> Power
> Went Down at Least 5 Times.
> >   And The Mix Was So B ad I Couldnt Hear The
> Bass!!!!
> >
> >   I Was On A Gig And The Guitarist Broke A String.
> He Kept
> Playing. On The Same Song, the Drummer Let A Stick
> Slide Out
> Of His Hand While lifting It From The Snare... There
> It Goes
> Flying Away... We Kept Playing... On The Final Song,
> I Was On A
> Steinway Grand Piano. and The Sustain Pedal Came
> DOWN!
> With All The Other Pedals... The Piano Was Broken.
> >
> >   Once, When Playing, A Very Aggressive
> Composition, I Hit
> The Lower Keys Of A Grand Piano So Hard That, The
> Keys Didn't
> Break, But The Piano Leg Did. and All The Piano Came
> Down.
> >
> >   Murphy's Law Is Unbeatable. On Any Level.
> >
> >   I Would Suggest To Have The Sequencer Running,
> With 4 Cd
> Players On Sync at The Same Time... And One Running
> On
> Batteries, Other On AC,
> >   Other On A Mouse Turning A Wheel, And Other On A
> Wind
> Propeller Thing... And Even Like That, Something Can
> Fail.
> >
> >   and You Know What??? thats The Beauty Of It!!!!
> Without Any
> Fear, It would Be So Boring!!!!
> >
> >
> >   On Jan 21, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Rodney Mcdonald
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Murphy's Law - if things can go wrong, it
> will!
> >
> >     If skipping is a concern, use an iPod!  More
> and more, I'm
> seeing these performers with a Pod XT, a speaker,
> and an iPod.
> A little goofy looking, but hey, it's a paying gig! 
> I think it will be fine
> in a band surrounding - just make sure the drummer
> can 'hear'
> the track so they'll get the timing - same with your
> midi tracks.
> >
> >     Don't be so concerned with the technology -
> just don't do an
> "Ashley Simpson", and blame your drummer and reflux.
> Although, the crowd may get a good laugh!  ...or
> maybe a
> different set list, too!  ;o)
> >
> >     It happens to pro's, too!  I've seen ZZ Top,
> stop in mid song,
> and pick right back up, due to a broken string. 
> I've seen Edward
> Van Halen botch solo's, and he was like 'Oh well'. 
> It is part of the
> fun!  Jack White from the white stripes said "I find
> it interesting
> that a performance can fall apart at any moment" as
> he plays his
> Montgomery Ward guitar.  I thought this was a cool
> approach.
> >
> >     We use Cakewalk Sonar 4 - sign up for a clinic
> next time and
> you'll get a great discount.
> >
> >     These programs and v-synths have come a long
> way!
> >
> >     That's my 3 cents!
> >     Rodney
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: Michael C Lesko [mailto:MichaelL33@p...]
> >     Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:40 PM
> >     To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> >     Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Is It Live - Or
> Is It Memorex?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     Wow what an excellent point!  I agree myself. 
> There's
> something about a "CD player" that gives me the
> willies.  I mean
> it is the same, if not better than using a sequencer
> it's just I get
> chills up and down my spine when I think of a song
> "skipping"
> like a CD player occassionaly does.  I would much
> rather the
> whole thing just drop out in dead silence than have
> to stand
> there like a deer caught in the headlights while a
> refrain of "Girls
> just want to have fun" by Cindy Lauper plays over,
> and over, and
> over.
> >
> >     It's all just future shock.  Just like being
> in 
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