Instruments and whatnot

subbastard · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:01 pm�� Post subject:

^yeah it's one handed device for sure. I was a bit disappointed in the 8 touch pads though. Bit iffy to use for programming drums. I just use the drum editor in Reaper these days.
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AllSchoolGamer · Status: Offline Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 874 $poons: 7.80

im a drummer and man i love me some drums. really gotta give the pro kit a try for rockband
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Lobbyist · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:03 pm�� Post subject:

I have been playing Guitar for a few months.. got 3 guitars so far. I love playing it, such a great instrument. I want to play because i enjoy it, and I'm inspired by a few of my favourite musicians, such as James Hetfield and Jimi Hendrix. Cant wait 'til i can shred.
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Buttmouth · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:56 pm�� Post subject:

Speaking of drums, this is me drumming last night at The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle. (sorry, large)

Its an OCDP drum kit, and its the nicest kit I've played. The kick drum is very powerful and punchy. Lovely.
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Appel · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:29 pm�� Post subject:

Whoa.

Who's is it and how much?
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Buttmouth · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:49 pm�� Post subject:

My friend Joseph owns it. He plays guitar in the band I played with last night (Young Pretties) and he plays bass guitar in my band (I Am The Agent).

The kit without snare and cymbals was something like $2000.00 - The snare itself I'm told was $1000 alone - and I'm not sure how much the cymbals are worth, but I think they're standard Sabian range, nice and bright, lots of shimmer.

In all honesty, the snare drum sounds fantastic through recordings, but has a horrible ring when miked up on stage and put through the P.A.

I find it really strange that it can lead two separate lives like that.

FYI, the grandpa cap I'm wearing cost $1 at an op-shop.
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Jedi_Amara · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:38 pm�� Post subject:

I always wanted to play drums. Too bad my mum'd probably kill me. The thought of drumming/drummers is incredibly attractive to me >_>

This is my setup:

He's a Johnston, and although I've had him for a few years now I still haven't found the right name for him - my previous violins were all named "Violiny", but that doesn't seem to suit him

(he is a "him" because he's a bit bigger and wider than my previous violins). I've played violin for coming up on 16 years now and took lessons for the first 13 of those, until I got too busy with uni and stopped. I've also played piano for a bit over 16 years but stopped lessons eight years ago (has it really been that long?!) because my parents didn't want me to deal with two instruments at high levels (I did my A.Mus. before I stopped) as well as VCE all at the same time. Always planned to go back, but never got round to finding the time

These days I really only dabble in both instruments, although I'm still good enough at violin to teach, and I go to a nationally-auditioned music camp most years (next year will be my last, I'll be too old after that :'( ). I think I lost interest slightly when I discovered a social life, although I've wanted to form a band for years, just couldn't find people to do it with. Most of my friends don't share similar music tastes, and the one that does is, um, completely tone deaf.
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Buttmouth · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:04 pm�� Post subject:

*drummers* ey?

looks like a very nice Violin you've got there. and the case has a hygrometer built into it?? I wish I had that for my guitar cases.

in that 42 degree heat a couple weeks ago, my friend Bert opened his guitar case and his guitar was SWEATING. craziness I tell ya!
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Jedi_Amara · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:20 pm�� Post subject:

Most violin cases above the most basic ones have hygrometers these days, since violins are so sensitive to humidity - I think even more than guitars, since the wood is thinner/different kinds? You can probably get guitar cases with them though, I'd be surprised if they didn't make them. I do need a new case though, as you can probably see mine's falling apart.

I think it's just the awesome coordination drummers have to have

and also their intensity. Wish I could play like that! (That's why I like Rock Band so much...)
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Till@ · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:59 am�� Post subject:

Yay! Instrument thread!

I've been playing drums myself for the last two years or so, teaching myself via self-tech books and YouTube (which really is invaluable for such things) I'm still not very good but I can keep a beat and I've been steadily learning basic fills, all this is only on a bog standard cheap 5 piece, which is all I really need as a beginner.

Thing is I have always been a little intrigued by guitars, and whilst I never really want to learn how to play one on any significant level (like I do drums) I was thinking about picking up a cheap, bog standard beginners acoustic guitar on which I could just generally screw around on for s**** and giggles. Mainly because as a drummer it's a bit of a pain in the behind trying to find time to play drums without upsetting housemates and/or neighbors, particularly when you are of no skill as well. Not only that drums don't exactly lend themselves to portability. Basically I want to play whenever I feel, and I think an acoustic is quiet and portable enough to be able to do when I can't drum.

Here comes the dumb question though (and please be gentle, I really know very little about such things so this could be downright retarded to ask), but most of the stuff I'd really like to play on an acoustic would fall under "Classic Rock" Queen, Floyd, AC/DC et cetera. Now from what I can gather this is actually quite easy (not in actual execution, that isn't what I'm asking) on an acoustic what with guitar tabs and such. My question is though: Do songs by artists like those actually translate over to an acoustic? or doesn't it work like that?

Got my heart set on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen and "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd (which I actually think might be acoustic anyway), and then would go on to to other things...

Thoughts?
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Kashizzle · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:52 am�� Post subject:

Violin - 13 years
Piano - 8 years
Trombone - 5 Years
My parents' patience - 24 years and counting.

When I decided not to persue a career in music, I was forced to stop all my music lessons. I still get out my violin every now and then though.

subbastard · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:41 pm�� Post subject:

Bought myself a Roland TD4 kit, Pearl 902 double kick pedal and superior drums 2.0 with the metal foundry add on. Pics to come.

As a result I gotta sell a guitar preamp...
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RJ144 · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 1:52 pm�� Post subject:

Been Playing The Guitar for 10 years or so and had the opportunity to build my own acoustic guitar for a uni assignment. Ive never done anything like this before but i had the access to the necessary tools so i thought id give it a crack.

This is what i ended up with.

I was pretty stoked with how it turned out.

Princess_Pwnage · Status: Offline Joined: 31 May 2011 Posts: 9 $poons: 3.20

Flute be my main since i was bout 8.
My sister did a bachelor of music so played pretty much every instrument she brought home haha.
Turned to clarinet in year 7, got bored so moved to tenor sax, then baritone when I found out my local concert band had one. I shall try find a photo of me with it, I'm 5'2" and it came up to my shoulders XD

My flute be named sapphire, she's just a student Yamaha, never could afford anything higher with all the bells and whistles.

Edit:
Found a pic of me a couple years ago LOL! Flutes my sapphire, sax is my sisters alto.

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Pai Mel · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:27 am�� Post subject:

I have a Grade One in Piano. Never really wanted to become a virtuoso pianist though so I never kept up the lessons. I know enough chords and theory, and with the aid of MIDI I can record pretty much what's in my head and I get enough gratification from that.

I have a small studio setup consisting of:

Roland A-800Pro MIDI keyboard
Sonar X1 Producer with Rapture, Dimension Pro, and Garritan Personal Orchestra running on an Intel Q2Q 6600

The DAW is a recent purchase so I'm still trying how to learn how to use everything. Keeps crashing on me though. I think it must be the z3ta plug-in.

subbastard · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:04 pm�� Post subject:

Crappy ipod pics of the crap I have in the music room.

PC with KRK Rockit 5 monitors, and output switch box

POD HD
Engl e530 preamp
BBE sonic maximiser
M-Audio DMP3 vocal pre

Lexicon MPx100 effects unit
ART SLA-1 poweramp

Roland TD4 e-kit

Blackstar HT-20 amp, Avatar 2x12 cab

2 x PRSCE24 guitars

Yamaha RBX bass, Godin Radiator guitar

All barely fits into my tiny little room. Does the job though.
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