I know that we have a few musicians on here. I am looking to rent a Roland VS1680 or 1880 for about two weeks beginning June 1. It isn't the type of thing I can get from a store or rental place, so I know I'll need to find an individual willing to rent it to me. If you know anyone, please give them my email and let them know it will be covered by my homeowners insurance against damage and theft and that I will take excellent care of it. It will sit in my studio during the entire time. Obviously, they will need to be in or near Houston, but I'd be willing to drive even to Austin if necessary to pick it up and drop it off. Thanks!
I cant help you with the Roland, but I have a related question I have been meaning to ask you.. I have an old Yamaha standup organ in near perfect condition just taking up space in my house. Do you know how I can find out what it might be worth these days? or even better, anyone that wants one? I will make a helluva deal for any of you guys here.. but basically, what I was hoping you might know is where or how to get a real value on it. music dealers? or some other way.. Thanks
I'm not sure. You'll need to find a vintage place. Do a search for the model number in Google or search for vintage keyboards or organs and see what you come up with. Keyboards, unfortunately, aren't my area of expertise.
understood, i figured it was a long shot. If it had been studio equipment or guitar/amps..no sweat.. I know very little about keybords also..never been interested in them. Ive tried the search thing..very little out there about one this old. guess Ineed to start hitting the varius dealers around town. Thanks anyway.
R2K what kind of speakers does it have. If you are pumping the Leslie I may be interested. You have a pic?
It 's speakers are self-contained.. but I think I'll start a thread over the weekend and put a pic up in it. I would hate to hijack Jeff's thread anymore than it already is.
I can't help you, Jeff. But, I do have questions for you as far as what home recording set-up I should use for what I want to do. I have a guitar effects processor I can feed the signal from in 24 bit sound. I currently record into a SB Live! card which only records 16 bit sound. It sounds pretty bad and I lose a lot of quality in the process. I am using the SPDIF input on the sound card with a digital coax cable or I use the piece of crap microphone that came with the sound card to record my guitar. Mainly, what I want to do is record guitar tracks and, in some cases, overlay my guitar tracks over my favorite bands' songs and use those songs on home videos and the like. I am essentially laying down my guitar track over the band's guitar track. I do this with various bands, including Rush , by playing along(using my guitar/processor/amp) with the song from the cd player/av receiver out loud and recording over the microphone...lol. It's pathetic...I know. How I have been doing this to date is just using a microphone with my SBLive!. I don't know what the hell I'm doing and the quality is terrible. I assume there is a way to record the guitar track and overlay it over the song(s) using some mixing software but I'm not exactly clear on how to do this or what software to use. I want it to sound good. I just want the guitar to be me . I don't want to lose the quality of the song in the process. So, knowing that, what would you recommend? A 24 bit recording capable sound card with some decent mixing software? Or, buy a separate mixer/recorder device? Obviously, I am a musician hobbyist who has not meddled much in recording. I would like a professional's input on home recording and doing what I want to do. Obviously, I don't want to break the bank. I am willing to spend a few hundred dollars, though, if I can make a huge leap in the quality of recording. thanks
hey jeff, there is a place up here in austin called Rock 'n Roll Rentals. its on congress, right in the middle of town. im not sure if they have exactly what you need but here is their URL so you can check for yourself. they are pretty cool people and the rental prices are fair. <p> <a href="http://www.rocknrollrentals.com">Rock 'n Roll Rentals</a> <p> hope that helps, Brian
Brian, Thanks. I called them but they don't carry the Roland stuff. I'll keep looking. Surf: To be honest, I would really go for a stand-alone machine if that is all you really want it for. The Boss BR8 would be a really good example of this. Digital quality, great amp, speaker and mic modeling as well as FX built in. Unfortunately, using your computer means a better I/O card and a decent piece of software. For what you are doing, that just doesn't make a lot of sense, but something like the Boss (or even a Roland VS880 or 840) does.
hey surfguy, i know you directed your question to jeff but maybe i can offer some help. i record a lot of music in my apartment, and ive worked a few times in studios (not as often as id like though). i use my pc and crappy soundcard that it came from dell with. i just use a shure sm57 and plug into the mic input. what makes it different though is that i use a editing/multi-track recording program called Cool Edit Pro. its like a baby Pro Tools. you can get rid of most of the extra noise by making your own noise filters and centering your wav's DC offset. you could just rip a cd, or use an mp3, plug the song into track one, and record your guitar track onto track 2, then with some creative mixing and fx use, you can get your guitar track to melt into the origional song. you can find programs like that on Kazaa, but ya know, you didnt hear it from me. If you are interested in spending a lil money you could purchase the DIGI 001. thats what im going to do very soon. its a neat input device made by digi. it has several inputs, as well as midi in/out, and monitor and headphone outs. it also comes with Pro Tools le. if you have no experience with huge programs like that, it might be a bit much for you to jump into unless you have a lot of time and a lot of patience. pro tools also requires a very fast processor to handle all the plug-ins. www.digidesign.com there are a thousand ways to do things when it comes to home recording. you just have to find what you are comfortable with while not taking away from the quality you demand of your recording. gotta fit all that in your budget too! ha ha. thats the most difficult part, ive found. anyways, hope i helped some. GOOD LUCK! Brian
man, i know this is 3 posts in roughly 45 mins, but this might apply to you guys. ive heard that there is a sales tax exemption (in TEXAS) on musical equipment as long as you are using that equipment to record and produce your own music. a friend of mine was making a purchase at guitar center and said he had to fill out a few forms to make it work. im not sure how much i believe him though. have any of you guys heard of this? it wouldnt help much on a guitar string purchase, but if you are buying an amp or $3000 synth workstation, it could really come in handy. lemme know if ya know Brian
Actually, that is completely true. It just happened like last year. I just bought a pair of new speaker cabinets last weekend and used the exemption. The rule is that you need to have a name - i.e. band name, studio DBA, etc - and fill out a few forms, but apparently a lot of musicians are doing it. It was news to me - very good news - considering it saved me almost $100. pasox2: Evans doesn't rent recording gear for the most part.
