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I'm dedicating my latest original tune to MTG (Original Post) Monsieur_Grumpe Feb 2023 OP
Well Done ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #1
Thanks Professor Monsieur_Grumpe Feb 2023 #2
Clever! ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #3
Never played a harpsichord. Monsieur_Grumpe Feb 2023 #4
I Had One That Didn't ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #5

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
1. Well Done
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 04:48 PM
Feb 2023

I like the chord choices a lot.
Good sounds & well-produced.
The addition of the harpsichord under the old Moog sound is a nice touch.

Monsieur_Grumpe

(110 posts)
2. Thanks Professor
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 09:12 PM
Feb 2023

The kind words are appreciated. The harpsichord is actually 3 guitars parts. It consists of finger picked arpeggios of different inversions of the chords.
JML

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
3. Clever!
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 09:24 PM
Feb 2023

It would, of course, sound like a harpsichord because that's how those work!
If you've never played one, it's a weird feeling.
The mechanism snaps over a pivot & the plectrum is very light weight, so you get pretty much the sane volume no matter how hard you hit it. It feels more like a Rhodes than a piano and has almost no dynamic range.
Of course, the early masters didn't know what they were missing, so they wrote music to match the capability.
At the University of Illinois, I got to play one that was from the 1600s. Beautifully restored old instrument.

Monsieur_Grumpe

(110 posts)
4. Never played a harpsichord.
Sun Feb 12, 2023, 09:55 AM
Feb 2023

I've only seen them in museums and they don't let you touch them.
I've noted that the realistic synthesizer harpsichord patches take out the velocity sensitivity.

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
5. I Had One That Didn't
Sun Feb 12, 2023, 10:29 AM
Feb 2023

That irritated me. I reprogrammed it to off. It's not supposed to be touch sensitive, darn it!
Oddly enough, the piano action keyboard with 16 bit velocity resolution had it stock programmed to off!
It was the 16 bit audio, 8 bit control keyboard that had it on. Silly!
One more note: the signature riff of Let It Rain was done the way you did it. That's why guitar players got frustrated trying to reproduce that riff. The string interaction when playing the 3 notes on the same guitar made it impossible to get that exact sound.

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