 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
#478152 - 10/16/19 01:04 PM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Dnj]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 04/01/01
Posts: 4333
Loc: Norway
|
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478164 - 10/16/19 01:34 PM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Jerryghr]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 43703
|
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478165 - 10/16/19 01:38 PM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Gunnar Jonny]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 43703
|
Attachments
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478191 - 10/16/19 03:45 PM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Dnj]
|
Member
Registered: 11/11/04
Posts: 698
Loc: Russia
|
Personally I’m often dissatisfied with keyboards. I came up with some explanations, although they contradict to each other.
One of them is so called “deficiency of deficiency”. It means that after reaching a decent level of equipment, like PSR-S970, there’s not much to look forward. Like this story is told. This is a today’s arranger keyboard, you can find some additions to it in other models, but you already got the picture.
Another explanation is rather opposite to the first one. Sometimes I blame keyboards that they don’t evolve fast enough. In recent years we got tablets and smartphones as cheap as $100 per unit and they are as powerful as personal computers; but when it comes to keyboards we still pay big bucks and, honestly, there’s still a lot of rather dated stuff inside.
And the third reason I came up with is that playing a keyboard needs a purpose; to play for people or to make recordings; or maybe to learn music. Not just to be happy by owning an item. When there’s a purpose, it’s easier to compromise with imperfection, because it’s no longer about a keyboard itself, it’s about a task.
Well, I can add one more reason, it is that it’s okay to be dissatisfied with no reason at all. Maybe it’s a call to think about some stuff, to have a walk of a trip, to meet some people or to find some other activity. Personally I try to be outside as much as I can, but I should mention that I live in a city and there’s no much room in a flat and there’re a lot of streets to walk on.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478199 - 10/16/19 05:11 PM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Dnj]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 09/29/05
Posts: 6703
Loc: Roswell,GA/USA
|
I also was put back on PRE Order for the Yamaha SX900 when that ever arrives too...
Does that mean that we have to RE-visit hundreds of SX900 videos or will you be providing new ones? BTW, is it true that all your purchases from Sweetwater are automatically shipped with a return label....or did Fran just make that up  . I think that subconsciously you are looking for a keyboard that automatically posts to Synthzone from a menu of your patented catch phrases ("that meets MY needs", "YOUR very welcome", "just sayin'", etc., etc.). That WOULD lighten your workload. On a serious note, as someone else already alluded to, are you sure it's really a keyboard you're searching for? Sometimes retirement and the perceived absence of purpose can have some strange and sometimes negative consequences. I'm not big on giving advice but just make sure you do things for the right reason. chas
_________________________
"Faith means not wanting to know what is true." [Nietzsche]
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478213 - 10/17/19 12:12 AM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: saxxman]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 06/04/02
Posts: 4912
Loc: West Palm Beach, FL 33417
|
My thoughts about Donny:
He is OK, he is doing fine. He does spend a lot of time on the computer ---- and why not. I understand his story about him selling his two Pa4x, and getting another one, and then sending it back. I to sold two Pa4x, and almost bought a third. Does this show poor character, a man who does not know what he is doing or saying, or a man who has lost his creditability? HELL NO!
I see a man who loves what he once did. The excitement of playing for people. The adrenalin, the highs, he misses every bit of it. And he was good at it. Donny is looking for excitement he misses, he is looking at a new keyboard to fill that missing exciting. He watches the video demos of the Pa4x and he begins to get excited again, and what he finds is disappointment – so the new Pa4x gets sent back.
I picture Donny watching a demo and picturing how he could have done that part better, or maybe different. There is more than a video of a keyboard going on.
My wife passed away in 1994, my memories of her are slowly leaving, many of them are gone. Not so with music, our keyboards keep our blood flowing. He longs for the feelings he once had.
A new keyboard, or a demo he just watched brings him excitement, he shares that excitement and receives fun blows. Most of the fun blows are not very funny.
My thoughts for Donny: keep buying those keyboards; keep sharing what you are feeling; and keep being the crazy guy you are, perfect, it’s special. The first time I listened to this guy play I said, this guy is a musician.
Sorry for the long page, but I like this man, John C.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478214 - 10/17/19 01:35 AM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Dnj]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 09/21/02
Posts: 5508
Loc: Port Charlotte,FL,USA
|
John, a very thoughtful post. I too like Donny, and still will when the SX900 is gone. I am kidding, Donny, keep on being you.
_________________________
pa4X 76 ,SX900, Audya 76,Yamaha S970 , vArranger, Hammond SK1, Ketron SD40, Centerpoint Space Station, Bose compact
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478231 - 10/17/19 05:50 AM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: bruno123]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 43703
|
My thoughts about Donny:
He is OK, he is doing fine. He does spend a lot of time on the computer ---- and why not. I understand his story about him selling his two Pa4x, and getting another one, and then sending it back. I to sold two Pa4x, and almost bought a third. Does this show poor character, a man who does not know what he is doing or saying, or a man who has lost his creditability? HELL NO!
I see a man who loves what he once did. The excitement of playing for people. The adrenalin, the highs, he misses every bit of it. And he was good at it. Donny is looking for excitement he misses, he is looking at a new keyboard to fill that missing exciting. He watches the video demos of the Pa4x and he begins to get excited again, and what he finds is disappointment – so the new Pa4x gets sent back.
I picture Donny watching a demo and picturing how he could have done that part better, or maybe different. There is more than a video of a keyboard going on.
My wife passed away in 1994, my memories of her are slowly leaving, many of them are gone. Not so with music, our keyboards keep our blood flowing. He longs for the feelings he once had.
A new keyboard, or a demo he just watched brings him excitement, he shares that excitement and receives fun blows. Most of the fun blows are not very funny.
My thoughts for Donny: keep buying those keyboards; keep sharing what you are feeling; and keep being the crazy guy you are, perfect, it’s special. The first time I listened to this guy play I said, this guy is a musician.
Sorry for the long page, but I like this man, John C.
Thank you John & all for the sentiment....I really appreciate it.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#478247 - 10/17/19 06:59 AM
Re: Pa4x the good, the bad, the ugly
[Re: Dnj]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 01/01/09
Posts: 2195
|
My thoughts about Donny:
He is OK, he is doing fine. He does spend a lot of time on the computer ---- and why not. I understand his story about him selling his two Pa4x, and getting another one, and then sending it back. I to sold two Pa4x, and almost bought a third. Does this show poor character, a man who does not know what he is doing or saying, or a man who has lost his creditability? HELL NO!
I see a man who loves what he once did. The excitement of playing for people. The adrenalin, the highs, he misses every bit of it. And he was good at it. Donny is looking for excitement he misses, he is looking at a new keyboard to fill that missing exciting. He watches the video demos of the Pa4x and he begins to get excited again, and what he finds is disappointment – so the new Pa4x gets sent back.
I picture Donny watching a demo and picturing how he could have done that part better, or maybe different. There is more than a video of a keyboard going on.
My wife passed away in 1994, my memories of her are slowly leaving, many of them are gone. Not so with music, our keyboards keep our blood flowing. He longs for the feelings he once had.
A new keyboard, or a demo he just watched brings him excitement, he shares that excitement and receives fun blows. Most of the fun blows are not very funny.
My thoughts for Donny: keep buying those keyboards; keep sharing what you are feeling; and keep being the crazy guy you are, perfect, it’s special. The first time I listened to this guy play I said, this guy is a musician.
Sorry for the long page, but I like this man, John C.
Thank you John & all for the sentiment....I really appreciate it. Now get back in that saddle. Like you often say: "Life's too short."
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index