the french for cocka-doodle-doo (ie the noise a rooster makes) is cocarico!

might be a little above budget but what about the rme fireface 800?

good technique: - fingers curved so you can't see your nails, except your thumb which should be on its side with thumb nails facing each other - lift each finger before you play it - practise being able to play from the finger (knuckle), wrist, forearm and whole arm, gives different tonal possibilit...

thanks for those hopefully at some point ill get it over to london and get it sorted out. totally agree about modern keyboards. im far more used to playing acoustic piano than any other type of keyboard and even though the wurli action is completely different its just as easy to get a feel for playi...

im near dublin. all the music shops in dublin only seem to like shiny new things and the repairs generally seem to involve sending things back to the manufacturer with an original receipt. im sure there might be some specialists somewhere but no one has been able to get me in touch with anyone. id c...

unfortunately i haven't been able to find anyone in ireland who would have a clue or even take the instrument seriously. the one place i found who agreed to have a look at it didn't seem to understand why i wouldn't just chuck it out and buy a triton. they charged me about 40 quid to clean the pots ...

hey folks i have an old wurlitzer 200a electric piano. it has a lovely tone and i have all the parts including original pedal, legs, music stand and stool. the only problem is that its so noisy. its not unplayable but id love to start using it live and it would be a sound engineers nightmare. it hum...

i wish i was that witty:) i knew id seen it somewhere: http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/test_new/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=4724 USA clocks would lose 10 minutes per hour USA items such as razors/kitchen based appliances with motors, would operate at a faster speed shop clearly owned by a bunch o...

i read that a digital clock designed to run at 60hz in the US would go through an hour in 50 minutes if plugged into an EU 50hz power source.
is this a load of rubbish?
if true could it affect midi sync or anything like that if using a US audio interface in the EU?