He became a prolific user of the Hammond T-102 organ, Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist and Yamaha CP-70 piano. In the band's earliest years Banks would play acoustic guitar for some of the mellow and pastoral songs. In 2010, Banks was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a ...
February 20, 2008 at 05:09 AM ·Here in Japan, Yamaha operate a large network of music schools and they use their own "silent violins" which are electric violins. So when I started I wasn't exactly sure which way I should go, although I did have a preference for an acoustic instrumen...
Your computer’s sound card may be good for gaming, but it’s not designed for making music. This means you won’t be able to plug in XLR cables or guitar leads (though if your gaming rig can do this, send us a pic and we’ll post it here). The D/A converters on any interfac...
A goodstand for your Casio Priviawill make it look better overall. You also have options for attaching apedal boardfor your Privia Piano to make it look like a real acoustic piano with three pedals. If you don’t want a pedal board, go in for auniversal piano style sustain pedalfor bet...
so keeping your strings fresh is a good idea (this also promotes better intonation). Better quality guitars tend to have the strings positioned closer to the fret board, which allows the fingers to move more smoothly over the strings without getting sliced (as tends to happen more with strings...