I don't know. I found it strangely difficult to concentrate on the music.

Thanks all. So I'm looking at monitors either side of the bay window, maybe a little way into the room, with mixing station facing towards the window forming an equilateral triangle with them. As I do everything in the box and "mixing station" basically consists of monitor, keyboard and mo...

Unless you want the desk to be looking into the room? Which is possible but you will probably need to experiment with position a fair bit. Actually that would be helpful; it's how I work now so that I can play a keyboard (facing others) and also operate recording equipment. I was thinking in terms ...

blinddrew wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:29 pm Is all the space available for music or is it also doubling up as a lounge/bedroom?

All music.

I don't seem to be able to make it work. Have uploaded the image to a couple of free hosting sites and included the link, but it won't load ????

EDIT: Thanks mods for sorting it out.

Hi I currently work in an untreated room that sounds horrible (basically the right hand side of the proposed one here). I'm about to knock a wall through to give myself more space, and would like to use the opportunity to give some more attention to the acoustics. It's mostly for rehearsing, jamming...

Actually I've just realised it's the first four chords of "House of the Rising Sun", plus a VII at the end linking the VI back to I:

I - III - IV (major) - VI ( - VII)

The Animals key:

Am - C - D - F

Just at a quick first listen - the piece is clearly in C minor. The last two chords in your progression are only half as long each as the others, so it doesn't arrive on the Bb at the end/beginning of each phrase, it goes Ab - Bb - Cm , the Cm being the point of arrival and clear centre of gravity. ...

The question of whether D or G is the tonal centre is simply resolved by (a) what note the melody resolves onto and sounds finished on (and, usually, actually finishes on), and (b) the relationship of the chords to the phrasing. Your ear, sense of melodic impulse and awareness of where phrases are &...

I have always thought of the song as the final thing - the focus of the artistic effort - the end. That's the key point right there that defines the difference between the ethos of popular music (in the broadest sense - ie jazz, pop, rock, EDM etc.) and that of classical music. In classical music, ...

The first thing the OP mentioned was the "tonal centre of D" so it's clear that he's hearing the song based around that. As such, D mixolydian is an accurate description. It's worth noting that this set of chords - I, IV and bVII (here D, G and C) is extremely common. EG Norwegian Wood or ...

I was impressed by both. It will come down to sound, the value or otherwise of the differing feature set and whether I’m willing to pay a premium for the Nord. What it wont come down to is the key bed. They were different but both an upgrade from what I’m used to. Agreed, the actions on both those ...

It will if it's modelled.

I know what you’re saying, but I never use digital acoustic pianos, I just don’t get inspired by them, I think it’s also got a lot to do with the keyboard too. I absolutely don’t have a problem with Rhodes, as that’s such a diverse sound anyway, and the keyboard, even though it’s important, for som...

Yeah but they're just like beasts of burden. They don't know any better.

It depends how you look at it. I've long ago taken the attitude that I don't care whether these emulations are 100% accurate; what I care about is whether they're beautiful, expressive and musical. Partly this is because the better ones are already 95-99% accurate, and with the law of diminishing re...

This Japanese Kintsugi (embracing the damaged) is reflective of so many of us as persons. This could be part of it, but for me, it’s not like that, it’s definitely about making something, creating something, that you are proud of, something that works, against all odds, making the most of things, I...

What would a world class touring musician do if he wanted the best possible piano, Rhodes etc? they’d either use the real thing, or probably, a laptop running a top VSTi, along with a pro master keyboard. The real thing mainly when the piano is a major part of the act - theatrically and image-wise ...

Dave's point 6 is an interesting one, which I've noticed too. Example right now: the Nord piano 4 is currently listed @ £1,999 on Anderton's and the Nord piano 5 @ £2,549. But if you look up second hand 4s on Ebay, people are STILL asking over two grand! That's despite the fact that the instrument i...

Modules have lost it a bit lately, owing to very high quality computer samples, Spitfire etc, however, I’d be looking at something like a Motif rack, if it was hardware I wanted. That would be my recommendation too. I have a Motif rack ES, I'd say it's great for strings, OK (but as good as any othe...