ATom2

First of all, it's been a looooooooooooooooong time since I stopped by. So, hi to everyone who remembers me, and hi to those who don't. That being said...One of my favorites comes from an Indie back around 2000. His name was Zallen, and the line was: "Oh you're never gonna know just how it feels, To be a kid on a bike without training wheels, Stuck in the rain for the very first time.... Love that!

Message to Washington D.C.

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Saturns, Purple Planets, and Eclipse for me please!

Hope all is well John. For some unknown reason I have developed joint stiffness all over. I've had this for about a month now and it came on quick. Bloods OK, X-Rays OK. ? Tom

My kid gets mad at himself to often.

As I get older my voice had improved quite a bit. The problem here is it has improved along with becoming more lead emphisized. It also has increase in vibrato which is OK for lead but not for multiple harmonies. (No John, I am not recording again) I can not atribute all of this to age because for the first time in my adult life, I like how I sing. When I was young, smoking hadn't affected my voice yet. On the other hand, I didn't have a mature singing voice. Now that I am 6+ months free from those cancer sticks, and I am in my late 40's, my range and depth of my singing voice is the best it ever was. Hell, if I could get someone locally to record an entire song and in need of vocals, I'd sign up. However, no one here records music, let alone my kind of music. Cheers, Tom

Hmmm, let's see. Now this is going way, way back. I had a Moog but I cannot remember which model. I wasn't even poly. Yup, one note at a time. I did however have a great slide function and would do the beginning of "Riding The Storm Out" to a tee! I miss the Old Girl. I had some early Korgs and let me tell you this. They never went back together like they came apart. I lost two of them that way. I guess I am a fan of the XP Roland generation. Even though their (All) owners manuals suck I still like their sounds. For touch (I being a piano player) I always loved my Alesis. Tom

I could talk to my wife to see if she'll take a picture of me nude atop my piano. $$$$?

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I cut my teeth on one of those. I then moved up to 88 keys.

Here's some more information about Mics and Pickups Mikes and Pickups

Hello Olivia, and hello to your first entry. I am Tom (aka ATom2) and I am from your neighborhood (Wisconsin) and I too am a piano player. I'm a few days younger than dirt (dirt being Steve's age) and I am at the end of my musical life. If you ever need any help, just give me a yell. Tom

The 58 is actually a slightly better mic. The only problem is it will tend to pick up more sound around it. The 57 is more directional. As far as the hug goes,.....just respect me in the morning!!!

You may be pressing on top of the raised area. Press just behind (to the left of) the raise part until the sound clears up. If the guitar is somewhat set up, you should not have to press very hard.

Not exactly like this but the location is correct. From The Keyboard guy!

Hello Rudi, Welcome to the wonderful world of Roland. As some know, I use the Roland 1680. It came with 2 owners manuals, (quick start & Novel) and also an addenum which did little to correct the mistakes in the original volumes. Anyway, these manuals are quite good if you can understand Greek. I chose to learn by trial and error. Mostly error. Moving on, I downloaded the owners manual for your unit. It is my understanding that you do not need a condensor mic. You can use your standard stage mics if you wish. You can connect a plug-in powered condenser mic to the LINE IN/MIC jack. This is just an option for using such a mic. Not a requirement Perform the procedure given below to use the plug-in powered microphone. 1. Connect the plug-in powered microphone to the LINE IN/MIC jack. 2. Turn the power on as described in “Turning the power on” (p. 24). 3. Press [iNPUT] and then press [TR4] (EXT). 4. Press [uTILITY]. 5. Use CURSOR [ ][ ] to access the PlugInPower screen. fig.06-020 6. Use VALUE [+] to turn value ON. If you want to turn value OFF, press [-]. 7. Press [uTILITY] (or [EXIT]) to return to the Play screen. If you select TR1–TR4, the data will be imported in monaural, and if you select TR12 or TR34, the data will be imported in stereo. For example, if you select TR12, the left channel of the audio file is imported into TR1, and the right channel of the audio file is imported into TR2. If you want to listen to these tracks in stereo after it has been imported, set the pan for TR1 to “L50,” and set the pan for TR2 to “R50.” (p. 44) Using plug-in powered microphone • A voltage of approximately 2.5 V can be supplied from the LINE IN/MIC jack. Unlike phantom power, this cannot supply 48 V. • If PlugInPower is turned ON, you must connect only a condenser mic that is compatible with plug-in power. Connecting any other device (dynamic microphone etc.) may damage that device. Leave this power source "off" if you use a "non-powered" mic. The PlugInPower parameter is stored individually for each song. Rudi, I could be totally wrong here, but I don't think so. This is similar to my 1680.

Hello everyone, I know it's never a good thing to brag, but I have to tell someone. My company Stora Enso, based in Finland, employing just under 50,000 is doing a story about photographers who work for them, in their next magazine. They selected one from Finland, one from Germany, one from China, and one from North America. Well, yours truly was informed today that I will represent North America. Seems that a fellow employee, and all around good egg, Shelly Ghere submitted my name to corporate and they liked some of my stuff. Apparently they don't have very good vision insurance down there. Anyway, I hope by announcing this I am not jinxing things. Take care all, Tom