Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Oh the gig went great after that.  I watched a tape of the show a friend of
our bass player
taped and I swear it looked just like a music video.  You know like the
rappers videos
where the act is in the middle of a crowd of dancing women.  Surreal!

By the way, anyone here use an SD-1 with Cubase?

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Barnes" <apdced34@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Is It Live - Or Is It Memorex?


>
> 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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