Happy Easter To All - A Fitting Song...

[danorob1]

Hello All -
Just wanted to wish everyone a Very Happy Easter -
Here is a little Judy Garland Classic for Easter -
Danny

 

[countryguy]

Nicely done Dan!

Gary

 

[tolivac]

EXCELLENT!!!More,PLEASE!!

 

[cuffs054]

Dan, I have played this over and over! You are a talented man, wish I could do something that beautiful. Post more, I'm sure everyone would enjoy!

 

[danorob1]

Gary, Rex, and Tom -
Thank you so much for the kind words -

Here is an updated one I just did tonight -

I hope you Enjoy…
Dan

 

[tolivac]

Another excellent song!!what kind of camcorder are you using-it does a supurb job of recording your music!

 

[countryguy]

Another song well done Dan! Did you use song set up for the rhythm & registrations? If not, what rhythm style did you use?

Gary

 

[danorob1]

Hi Rex -
I never really have anything to ask for at christmas other then clothes - This year though I did ask for a Digital Camcorder - I actually picked the one I wanted, and my partner gave it to me as on of my gifts…

It is a Canon Vixia HFR500 - I use a splitter from the Headphone jack, and record listening through headphones, and then i use a patch cable to connect from the organ directly into the "MIC" in port on the camcorder… I do want to get a set of adapters and try recording from the two outputs on the back of the organ… I want to see how that effects the recording level on the camcorder..

Gary -
Yes - I did start with the song setup, but then I tweaked it to my liking - I changed the variation, added a string tab, lost two flute tabs, and changed the bass tabs… I also turned off the AOC - Used a Duet Harmony -

I manually played the bass pedals on the songs I posted thus far on You tube, but on Tie a yellow ribbon, I played them manually for the first half of the song, but switched on the auto pedals for the boogie style bass in the second half of the song… The day I recorded this, it was damp, cold, and rainy in NJ -

The damp weather aggravates my bad left hip (yes at 48 yrs old, I need a hip replacement) and makes playing the fast boogie portion of pedaling hard to do without any mistakes… That Combined with the fact that I did about six recordings before I got one I was happy with, made matters worse… By the time I was done playing, my hip was killing me…

I am glad that people are enjoying them…

Dan

 

[tolivac]

Your camcorder does work well even if you are feeding the organ headphone signal into the mic input on the camera.Surprized the headphone level out didn't overload the camera.It works well.The line outs on the back should work as well,too.They are meant for a higher inpeadence input-like on an external amp.Despite your bad hip-you play well anyway-just don't play so much it pains you-after all playing the organ should be fun,not painful.

 

[countryguy]

You will find that the audio levels coming out of the aux outputs on the back of the organ are not very loud. This has always been and still is, a problem with all Lowrey organs and has been a huge complaint by everyone that does any recording. Some people use a pre-amp or mixer before connecting to the recording device.

Gary

 

[tolivac]

Figure Lowrey doesn't know what kinds of devices the organ would be connected to-so they kept the aux out low so as to not damage external devices.better to have to turn the gain up,than not being able to control it if its too high.At least if you connect the outputs thru a line amp or mixer-then you can control the organs level how ever you want it.Like you there are probably other users that connect these aux outs to some sort of mixer that has other instruments connected to it than to a recorder.

 

[danorob1]

Hi Guys -
That was what I was afraid of…

I will stick with feeding the sound from the splitter off of the headphone jack..

I will put up two more songs tonight - I did them last night for a dear friend who's last day working with us is today - Had to wing it when I played them because I did not have time to work them into a more fancy multi-fingered piece -

This time I let the organ do some of the work - PLus it was simply too emotionally draining even playing them…

Dan

 

[danorob1]

Two More - Enjoy… I hope...

My Way:




And the Way We Were…

 

[tolivac]

The headphone jack method works well for you-stick with that-and you don't have to move the organ to connect up.Both songs Excellent-your own private one man orchestra!!

 

[miskini]

Wow

That was great Dan. That organ has so many buttons, and lights, it looks like an 747 cockpit.
Is their a button to fire the nukes. J.k.
Awesome job, keep the music coming

 

[danorob1]

Hi Rex -
Thanks to Gary's post telling me that the jacks in the back are a low output, I will not even bother with the adapters - I will just keep going the way I am with inputting the sound signal to the camcorder from the headphone output -

Alphonse - Thank you for the compliment - It does have a large number of features - and many different presets - Plus the sound of each preset can be modified… It can all get a little overwhelming at time -

But I do enjoy it - Now that I know I like the Lowrey's, I have been thinking about an upgrade - I will have to see what things look like at the end of the year… My dealer is on notice to keep me in mind if something very recent comes in…

I will try to put up a few more over the next week or so…

Dan

 

[countryguy]

HI Dan,

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying your Lowrey! It does get habit forming to want to keep upgrading to a better model - I've done it 4 times! LOL

Gary

 

[tolivac]

If you like the Lowrey you have--stay with it!What better would a new one offer?But a HIGHER PRICE!!Would the new ones have better features?Better sound system?Sounds like the headphone output works well in feeding to your camera.Does your present organ have the Thumb drive "player" or the CD player-recorder?

 

[countryguy]

Being older technology from the SU series, the Rhapsody has neither a CD player/recorder or a USB port....it uses 3.5" diskettes. When a song is recorded, it is the keystrokes, buttons pressed, etc. that are recorded, not a music file in .mp3 or .wav format so you cannot use the diskette on anything other than the organ. The newer models have both the USB drive and a CD recorder. The USB drive works the same way as the 3.5" diskette but the CD recorder actually records the songs in .wav format.

Gary

 

[danorob1]

Hi Rex -

Gary did sum it up correctly - The Rhapsody is in the SU series of organs -

Most did not have the CD Recorder or the USB Drive - The last one made in the SU series was the Palladium SU630 - That model did have the CD recorder, and the Floppy Drive -

I am going to replace the Disc Drive with the USB conversion kit - Very easy to do, and very inexpensive - Not that I really need it - And that is only if I don't trade up -

I would only do an upgrade if it was an inexpensive upgrade (less then 2-3K) - As far as the sounds go, the ones that carry over from Model to Model are identical - The song set ups seem very similar if not identical as well -

When I was down at the Lowrey dealer two weeks ago, I played the death out of a sterling that he had taken on trade for a liberty - He also had a Rhapsody and a Stardust - To me, and a few of the people in the place, the Liberty DID NOT sound as good tone wise as the Rhapsody or the Stardust - Could be the cabinet construction, the difference in the wood from the USA made to the ons made over seas - Just did not sound as deep or as rich...

Lowrey USA Has a new YouTube channel dedicated to showing the different rhythms, and styles of the new Liberty - For the ones they they show that are on my Rhapsody, they are absolutely identical -

Are there more on the newer ones yes - Enough to matter - Not really - How many can you really need...

I just have a personal issue with liking to upgrade - That is why I usually get a new car every two or three years-

The other issue is that we decided we wanted to move the organ from the front foyer, to the upstairs living room - I figure the 350.00 to move it could go on a newer model. and I would just negotiate the moving as part of the package price!!! I can rationalize anything!!!

 

[countryguy]

Hey Dan,

What is the link for Lowrey USA on youtube? I've searched but can't find anything.

Thanks,
Gary

 

[tolivac]

The replacing the floppy drive with the USB one makes a lot of sense-even if you should decide to trade-the USB upgrade may make the trade in organ a little more appealing.Like Who uses floppies anymore??Interesting how the Sterling,Rapsody,Stardust sound better than the new Liberty.Wonder if the Liberty being built in China or Malasya or whatever could be the diffrence?The wood used-cabinet design?Think on an organ as expensive as the Lowrey they should have separate amps and speakers.On cars----Its taking it in for oil changes where the salesman gets you-happened to me in Janhuary I was thinking of keeping my 2012 Toyota Highlander.While waiting a salesman asked if I wanted a new car-said no.He then says"Come take a look at this 2015 model sure you will like it!""Lets take it for a ride"Then it happened-change the oil and you change the car!Came home with the 2015.Guess its like those organs-you go to the shop to look around and do a test play--then you get hooked?Again the problem I have is the organ costs more than my car!Sadly can't play the organ to get me to work!Good luck with your decisions on the organs.Replace the floppy drive or end up with a new organ?

 

[danorob1]

Hi Rex-

A million things could be causing the difference in the tone - On The SU series, the Tone is very deep and very mellow - Same on the Prestige I had played before getting mine…

The Sterling just seems to have a very shallow sound to it - Could be the wood used oversea's - Could be the
Base enclosure was changed - Different Speaker's - the list could go on and on -

If one did not play them back to back, and only played the Sterling, it may not be something anyone would even notice because the Sterling does sound nice, but just a totally totally different tone -

Only my opinion…
Dan

 

[countryguy]

Hi Dan,

On the Prestige there are 8 different graphic equalizer settings that can be chosen and I'm sure that the Liberty has them as well, possibly even more choices. Could it be that the setting chosen on the Liberty when you heard it was a sharper setting?

Gary

 

[danorob1]

Hi Gary - I did know about the Equalizer - I have 6 on the Rhapsody - Plus the changes that can be made through the screens…

I did 5-factory resets in a row - Then played with the equalizer and the panel settings - Still was not thrilled with the sound on the sterling…

And to be honest, the new EY400 Inspire sounds even worse to me - It has many more bells and whistles over even the Liberty, but the sound lacks any real punch… You can have volume, but still no punch if that makes any sense… I was not impressed - Especially for $30K…

 

[tolivac]

Seems like in order to accurately judge the sounds of these instruments-the equalizers must be adjusted to the same settings on each instrument.Sadly at 30K will stick with other musical entertainments.I do enjoy listening to the songs you play!I would still bet for the best sound-you should play the organ thru a seperate amp and speaker systems.A fellow here at the transmitter loves to play his guitars thru his Crown amps and vintage JBL speaker systems!Would love to hear one of those organs played thru a similar system.Vintage JBL-NOT the newer made in China and Mexico stuff.