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I honestly thought fret markers were more of a suggestion and you'd have to use your ear to perfectly play in tune :-). Then again I mostly play a pedal steel without fretmarkers so it's never been an issue. It's important to note, the thicker the string, the longer (only by a fraction) it should be to be properly intonated. This is due to the stiffness. The thicker the string, the further the knot of the string is away from the bending point :-). Give a bass a close look, you can see how slanted the saddles need to be to compensate for string gauge. So changing the strings, despite it being a small change in gauge, can in fact change your intonation quite a bit. I know for pedal steel atleast, you strictly never change your strings to another thickness. Partially due to intonation problems, partially due to the changes being out of tune.

Mines great. No triuble with it.

You use the fret makers for note accuracy?😂

Thank you!!!

Do you know the original price of this overrated DX7? LMAO! .........,"that you actualy buy".

The music starting at :30 it’s just breathtaking! I’m getting a synclavier ii and hope it’s fm voices can sound this lush

yoo u deep is voice men

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I doubt any lap steels have their fret markers right on the note. You basically have to hear the note you want to play anyway.

The Recording King sounded much better.

What even makes one lap steel different from another? They're the easiest instrument to make there is. I've made several and they all sounded great.

I always accepted that a change in gage changed intonation on regular guitar because it always did for me. I always assumed it was due to the changes in the way a heavier string vibrates compared to a thinner one and also that a change in string tension with gage change alter the action slightly. Of course I don’t think the tension/ action would be a factor on a lap steel. At least I never believed it would matter. ??

I always accepted that a change in gage changed intonation on regular guitar because it always did for me. I always assumed it was due to the changes in the way a heavier string vibrates compared to a thinner one and also that a change in string tension with gage change alter the action slightly. Of course I don’t think the tension/ action would be a factor on a lap steel. At least I never believed it would matter. ??

Baloney! Actually the Allen Organ company invented the first digital computer musical instrument in 1971. This predated the Synclavier by 6-7 years. The Allen Digital Computer Organ was based on Rockwell Digital Technology. Allen offered offered the RMI Keyboard Computer KC-1. Introduced in 1974, the Keyboard Computer was the world's first digitized portable musical keyboard instrument. The advanced technology used in the Allen Organs was incorporated into a portable case, with it's own unique voicing. This instrument also predated the Synclavier by 3-4 years. The KC-1 was the FIRST digital SYNTHESIZER you could buy.

Not only does it sound excellent, but I’m digging those disk drives.

I actually have a Synclavier 1, which I got from a guy at Anthrocon, who bought it from En Esch (from KMFDM) in 1998!

As far as I know, there are only 2 surviving Synclavier 1s. This is one of them. The other one is owned by the (ex) furry youtuber Odin Wolf. I was able to play his at Anthrocon a few years ago. Interestingly, his was once owned by David Bowie.

I just bought one of these and like it very much. It seems very well-made and has wonderful tone. It was a real bargain at $220.

I believe you are correct- the Epiphone strings are very light. I had to switch them for C6 tuning as they were too light.

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Always put new strings on any instrument....

Awesome video! Thank you so very much for this.

1. Yes , these are * Different * , and are their own instruments . Other than both having strings , very little to no carryover from conventional Armpit Guitar 2. Whatever string like objects come with them from the factory , they should imeadately be discarded and replaced with approprate gage strings for your intended Tuning . There are a wide plethors of tuningd , many of them requiring strings . Manufacturers can't read your mind , and often as not ship with whatever they ship with regular electic guitars . 3. In your videos I've watched I didn't hear you explicitly say what gages you use , but when you discussed strings generally , everything you talked about was waaaay too light . You're not fretting or string bending . You want the strings to be firm under the tone bar . For open D/E/G & usually A , a good starting point are Dobto gages ( ie 16- 56 ) , for a full 25 inch scale length . For these shorter scaled it can still be loose , and you could want heavier . ( The typical C6 tunings have very different gages , and specific C6 string sets ) No , you won't find Lap Seel strings at regular music stores. . You'll have to order them . If you know what you want , the usual intermet sellers of only strings will have a good selection . If you're starting out , Morrell Music of Bristol , TN marks their sets for the relavent tunings , and have helpful website . As to scale length , oversimplified - Full Length is 25 inch , csrriec over from the predecesor instfumemt. Short varies , but thnk 22.5 inch +/- an inch . Shiorter helps facilitates radical slants within the limits of the human wrist . Longer ( in theory )helps intonation slightly , but in real life is usually Dobro players who want to match muscle memory , and to fascilitate switching back snd forth song to song , between Steel snd Dobro .

This is really helpful...thank you...Just for any new arrivals (like me)...rather than having to convert your wave file to 32 bit in Audacity (or similar) you can now export from Logic Pro in 32 Bit (floating) and the RC 500 will accept it. Been doing it this morning .....Go, File....Bounce...Project or Section....(then specify 32 bit, 44100 etc before bouncing to desktop)

That’s a very large Yamaha DX7😆

thank you. That is very helpful.

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Hi Stefan, das ist sehr berauschend... dabei wollte ich grad einer lieben Bekannten ein weiteres Sound Example von Stefan Schramm geben. Anuk und Therapy fand sie nämlich richtig gut...tolle Stimme und so👍🏻 Liebe Grüße, Michael

thank you for making this- I was torn between the two and was leaning towards the Epi.

Neither - both these are duds imo. Their scale length is too short, string spacing too narrow and pups are poor

Good stuff, thumbs up appreciated!

King sounds better to me too

I dont care for the white fret board on the RK.Asthetics do come into play for me, unfortunately.

Cool vid! Interesting stuff with the different wave forms.

Thank you. Good comments. I have just bought the Epiphone and converted it to Left handed without any problems at all. A little filing here and there at the nut and 'bridge' . It sounds great.

Can you upload a longer sample of the moog noise oscillator? Perhaps its my imagination, but I kinda hear a periodicity in it: `taptaptap..tap`, `taptaptap..tap`.

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Informative.. I like the sound of the Recording King as well... Good Choice. 👍

Hast du denn eines von den 13 gebauten Synclavier I?

Ein interessantes Teil, aber für die damalige Zeit viel zu überteuert. Ich habe 5 Jahr lange das SC jeden Tag hochgefahren, zur damaligen Zeit klang ein Cello schon super! Wie der S6000 kam war dann alles Schnee von gestern. Mein Atari ST4 hatte damals besser gegroovt. Aber damals war SC State of the Art 😊

This instrument cost the price of a house …. Now a days even a used MacBook for about $200 Bucks could probably do what is was able to do … and then some ../

Excellent work, helped alot! @4:02 That image should be on the wall of every venue XD

I got it for my birthday present

I have the Recording King, I love it

On mine, I found the harmonic to be right above the twelfth fret marker. I think that means it is okay. I was thinking about replacing my humbucker. Are you satisfied with the stock pickup?

In order to get a pure square waveform, the pulse width adjustment needs to be exactly at 50%. Anything else will sound like a pulse wave, and not a square wave.

I was astonished to learn that only 13 of these were ever made. Through some unusual circumstances, I ended up owning TWO of them for a while-actually two synthesizer units and a single ABLE computer. With a bit of hardware and software hacking, I was able to get both synths working (doubling the number of FM voices), and also got them to do Casio-style phase distortion as well as sine-carrier FM. I eventually passed the hardware on to Jon Appleton (one of the NED co-founders), who had helped me obtain needed parts. I’m curious to know where they are now, after Jon passed away early in 2022.

Thanks a bunch for the research and digging deeper..love the analogies..you saved us a lot of time much appreciated!!

Hello friend, what is the tuning of your instrument? As a reference from the thinnest rope to the thickest rope, from high to low it would be, thanks for giving me that information in advance

Just followed and figured out how to get an XLR shell out of my MixPre using your video. Much thanks!