Yep! I'm going through the synth sounds, and I've found everything except the Tom Sawyer Sweep synth sound - and I may be able to adjust something already there to get it. If not, I'll set it up on my Minimoog VST and sample it. Another day of just going through patchesand I cannot be more impressed with the sounds on this synth.. I will probably NEVER need another keyboard. Whats great is its integration with the VST's on the PC - I bought a bunch and also grabbed some pretty cool freewre synths, and the Yamaha really interfaces nicely with all of them. This is enough to make me become a Keyboardist. As I play, I get the urge to start learning more and more complex keyboard parts. - Like I dont already have my hands full with Drums, Bass Guitar and woodwinds(Sax and Flute). I've always kind of been a hack at keys, but I think this will motivate me to become more keyboard centric in my songwriting. They have always kind of been an after thought and "filler" - although I do use a fair amount of keys in my music.
Oh, In addition to the Key's I'm also purchasing a headless bass - A local store had one of these "Court" fake Steinburgers that was sitting under their stairs for 15 years without strings. I bought a set of strings for it and I'm having the Luthier set it up for me - All new active pickups and anything else it needs to be at least playable. I've been brushing up on my Geddy bass parts - and I simply can't keep up with him - He's such an incredible monster on bass. But I recall that I could play quite a bit faster on the headless bass than on my Ibanez. YYZ is almost impossible for me, but I used to play it using the Headless, and along with some really light strings, I bet can at least hit the notes - most of them anyway. Tone? Well, I'm not expecting much, but we'll see. My Boss ME-60 lets me dial in tones pretty well, and I get a great Geddy-Jazz tone with my Ibanez. I may have to turn the Boss up to 11 to get anything decent out of the Court, but we'll see. I'm paying 200 for it, so expectations are low. I may post some sounds once I get it dialed in. If I spend some real money to get some good pickups, Who knows?
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