Sheepdog1969 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 An old friend stopped by this evening, and he came bearing gifts. He was at a thrift store and found this fully functional 1988 Yamaha DD-5. He said that the moment he saw it, he was reminded of the 1988 Yamaha DX-100 that I have. He dropped $20 on it, and gave it to me. I love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Very great gift!!🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Yes stuff like that can be fun. I don't normally use a drummer for recording, so I study drummers at venues sometimes to inform my 'programming'. I recall my son aged about 6 played once with a drum machine. Within a minute he was ecstatic; jabbing the pads & shaking his a$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, merciful-evans said: Yes stuff like that can be fun. I don't normally use a drummer for recording, so I study drummers at venues sometimes to inform my 'programming'. I recall my son aged about 6 played once with a drum machine. Within a minute he was ecstatic; jabbing the pads & shaking his a$$. Since the DD-5 is MIDI compatible, I think it will serve as a MIDI assignable "strike pad", (which I can use drum sticks on, vs. my Alesis SR-16 which only has "finger pads"), allowing me to lay individual percussion pieces onto individual tracks with a more natural feel. The SR-16 tends to sound stiff and robotic, even after manipulating the strike/attack variations. (Every 8 bar loop, for example, will always sound exactly the same.) The SR-16 will serve as a great percussion starting point, and then the DD-5 will be used to re-lay any or all pieces of percussion in order to create a more natural feel. And yes, I have already ecstatically jabbed the pads and shook my bum!😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Can it make that annoying descending "Boo" sound that was way overused in the '70's Disco swill? Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 11 hours ago, Whitefang said: Can it make that annoying descending "Boo" sound that was way overused in the '70's Disco swill? Whitefang Like in 'Ring my Bell'? That came on the radio while my wife and I were driving around car shopping. I cranked it because I know she hates it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 It covers every genre from hard rock to polka and nobody in the crowd can even tell it isn’t a real drummer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 8 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said: from hard rock to polka There's a phrase you don't hear every day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Brings to mind this: Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I still have (and use) my Yamaha PSR-400 polyphonic keyboard with MIDI, onboard speakers, multi-track recording, and layers of digital bass, rhythm, and harmonic 'accompaniment'. I bought it brand new sometime around 1990, over in Germany. Still works great.🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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