Well I started out thinking I would get into Karma when I bought my M3 and then I would become the Logic Pro 9 guru and then I needed a keyboard controller ; ( Axiom 25 2nd gen ).
So I am 59 with an old Motif 7, Triton Studio, M3 61, and a new iMac I7 27"...the list goes on. I need a lot of stuff...
The more stuff I got the better I will be right? I was very sick for many years and now I can do a little so I need to know what I should really do. I got a Alesis SR-18 drum machine setting here gathering dust, Superior Drummer 2.2, and I need to know what the right stuff to get... or to get rid of. Is the M3 easily set up to be a keyboard controller or should I keep the Axiom?
I know I sound like I'm nuts, but I am. I love my old original Motif and Triton Studio even more than the M3. The M3 just sounds too clean, but maybe it could work as a keyboard controller, but if it doesn't " plug-n-play" into Logic Studio 9 better than a dedicated keyboard controller, than I will just leave it where it is, collecting dust on the top of the third tier.
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Yeah, thought I might as well answer my own post, since it was was getting so much interest.
Many years ago, I thought I was awesome and maybe I was in a way. I was given a new Hammond B3 to use when I was 16. Mind you I had learned to play by matching up keys to a guitar player and finding a C chord. I was playing professionally in three weeks. Back then every song was a three chord of sorts and I played with same three fingers on my right hand jumping from C to F to G with no inversion. When I discovered inversion, I thought I was Einstein and wasn't going to let the world know my discovery. Soon I was using all my fingers and even my left hand too.
I am still in love with the B3 and can tell you there is a great difference in the soul and sound of various models and years. I drilled holes and soldered into my Fender Rhodes the original classic preamp and vibrato box needed to have the the sound I needed for that great Rhodes sound. Each night before a gig I arrived early to tweak each tine using a Conn tuner; no digital tuner back then.
My low serial number MiniMoog required the same sort of tweaking before each gig, but because of the oscillators that gave it the killer sound, I had to leave small screw drivers hanging out of the back of the adjustment holes, because the heat of spotlights would cause them to drift wildly during a song; I would adjust them on the front durning song and on the back between the song. I had all the great keyboards Oberheims and the like. Because of the oscillators, filters, VCO's, etc. I decided to go to college and learn all about these things and I did.
Durning the many years that pasted I played now and then, invented digital things now and then, but my ego went of the charts and I partied year after year, thinking I was invincible. I used a lot of drugs and drank more and more and I still was able to climb the corporate ladder.
Believe it or not I had learned how to program and work with MIDI because, if something went wrong with my wrists, I would still be able to create music. Now my wrists are shot. It's because I tried to get my hands out of handcuffs years ago in my party days. Now at 59 I can't remember much, it's because I take a lot of meeds because I took too many drugs and drank too much for too long. I have been sober and straight for almost 5 years. Now my PSA is going up again, I have Prostate Cancer.
Back when I was designing digital equipment for companies, my goal was to make things idiot proof. Push a red button and this would happen. Push a white button and that would happen. In a couple of weeks I will have my wrist operated on an only have one to use. I will have another PSA test in three months. It would be great to have a lot to be proud of before I go, but I don't want to have to program all the buttons before I can use the buttons to use the buttons first. I guess my original question about my M3 was not very smart, I am not on top of things you know. I bought it for the KARMA mostly and find it may be a little time consuming. Maybe I will have some time to dust it off and learn about it now.
Many years ago, I thought I was awesome and maybe I was in a way. I was given a new Hammond B3 to use when I was 16. Mind you I had learned to play by matching up keys to a guitar player and finding a C chord. I was playing professionally in three weeks. Back then every song was a three chord of sorts and I played with same three fingers on my right hand jumping from C to F to G with no inversion. When I discovered inversion, I thought I was Einstein and wasn't going to let the world know my discovery. Soon I was using all my fingers and even my left hand too.
I am still in love with the B3 and can tell you there is a great difference in the soul and sound of various models and years. I drilled holes and soldered into my Fender Rhodes the original classic preamp and vibrato box needed to have the the sound I needed for that great Rhodes sound. Each night before a gig I arrived early to tweak each tine using a Conn tuner; no digital tuner back then.
My low serial number MiniMoog required the same sort of tweaking before each gig, but because of the oscillators that gave it the killer sound, I had to leave small screw drivers hanging out of the back of the adjustment holes, because the heat of spotlights would cause them to drift wildly during a song; I would adjust them on the front durning song and on the back between the song. I had all the great keyboards Oberheims and the like. Because of the oscillators, filters, VCO's, etc. I decided to go to college and learn all about these things and I did.
Durning the many years that pasted I played now and then, invented digital things now and then, but my ego went of the charts and I partied year after year, thinking I was invincible. I used a lot of drugs and drank more and more and I still was able to climb the corporate ladder.
Believe it or not I had learned how to program and work with MIDI because, if something went wrong with my wrists, I would still be able to create music. Now my wrists are shot. It's because I tried to get my hands out of handcuffs years ago in my party days. Now at 59 I can't remember much, it's because I take a lot of meeds because I took too many drugs and drank too much for too long. I have been sober and straight for almost 5 years. Now my PSA is going up again, I have Prostate Cancer.
Back when I was designing digital equipment for companies, my goal was to make things idiot proof. Push a red button and this would happen. Push a white button and that would happen. In a couple of weeks I will have my wrist operated on an only have one to use. I will have another PSA test in three months. It would be great to have a lot to be proud of before I go, but I don't want to have to program all the buttons before I can use the buttons to use the buttons first. I guess my original question about my M3 was not very smart, I am not on top of things you know. I bought it for the KARMA mostly and find it may be a little time consuming. Maybe I will have some time to dust it off and learn about it now.
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Very interesting story. Sorry to hear about your wrist I would be really bummed out if my wrists started to go. I own a M3 61 key. I have been producing for 8 years. For 6 and half years I use a software setup with a midi controller. So I had no experience with hardware workstations. At first I liked it in some ways but, kinda disappointed because I was used to software and the way you work is different. Once I learned this board I could never go back to software. Yes there is a lot you can do with the m3 and it may seems to be too much going on but, take the time to learn. Once you learn is second nature. I am really getting into Karma. Amazon what you can do with it even without the Karma Software.champij wrote:Yeah, thought I might as well answer my own post, since it was was getting so much interest.
Many years ago, I thought I was awesome and maybe I was in a way. I was given a new Hammond B3 to use when I was 16. Mind you I had learned to play by matching up keys to a guitar player and finding a C chord. I was playing professionally in three weeks. Back then every song was a three chord of sorts and I played with same three fingers on my right hand jumping from C to F to G with no inversion. When I discovered inversion, I thought I was Einstein and wasn't going to let the world know my discovery. Soon I was using all my fingers and even my left hand too.
I am still in love with the B3 and can tell you there is a great difference in the soul and sound of various models and years. I drilled holes and soldered into my Fender Rhodes the original classic preamp and vibrato box needed to have the the sound I needed for that great Rhodes sound. Each night before a gig I arrived early to tweak each tine using a Conn tuner; no digital tuner back then.
My low serial number MiniMoog required the same sort of tweaking before each gig, but because of the oscillators that gave it the killer sound, I had to leave small screw drivers hanging out of the back of the adjustment holes, because the heat of spotlights would cause them to drift wildly during a song; I would adjust them on the front durning song and on the back between the song. I had all the great keyboards Oberheims and the like. Because of the oscillators, filters, VCO's, etc. I decided to go to college and learn all about these things and I did.
Durning the many years that pasted I played now and then, invented digital things now and then, but my ego went of the charts and I partied year after year, thinking I was invincible. I used a lot of drugs and drank more and more and I still was able to climb the corporate ladder.
Believe it or not I had learned how to program and work with MIDI because, if something went wrong with my wrists, I would still be able to create music. Now my wrists are shot. It's because I tried to get my hands out of handcuffs years ago in my party days. Now at 59 I can't remember much, it's because I take a lot of meeds because I took too many drugs and drank too much for too long. I have been sober and straight for almost 5 years. Now my PSA is going up again, I have Prostate Cancer.
Back when I was designing digital equipment for companies, my goal was to make things idiot proof. Push a red button and this would happen. Push a white button and that would happen. In a couple of weeks I will have my wrist operated on an only have one to use. I will have another PSA test in three months. It would be great to have a lot to be proud of before I go, but I don't want to have to program all the buttons before I can use the buttons to use the buttons first. I guess my original question about my M3 was not very smart, I am not on top of things you know. I bought it for the KARMA mostly and find it may be a little time consuming. Maybe I will have some time to dust it off and learn about it now.
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There is scripture that says, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby many entertain angels unawares", or at least I remember it like that.
I am not so religious, but I will tell you that you have given me a ray of sunshine today. I will surely go to your website and see what you have going on.
Thanks Again.
James[/i]