I kept one synth (and you won't believe what I just bought...)
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Hope you're all well, just a quick update from the new shack and my thoughts on playing music in smaller spaces. I'll reveal which synth I kept, plus demonstrate two shocking new purchases!
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My favorite thing is that you put most of your instruments in storage and directly afterwards you buy a guitar and a banjo
so true, as i said in the video "i'm an idiot!"
It's funny when you scroll trough Woodys comments and see a familliar name from the Discord server :)
To my way of thinking, it makes a lot more sense than selling them all and then regretting it months or years later.
Analog, five oscillators and a pitch drift - that gave me a good laughter! You are the most positive person I met on RUclips. It's a pure pleasure to watch any video from you, I love your sense of humour. I think that next months and years could be the most interesting period of your channel. Synths aren't everything. You can also consider a 17-key kalimba in your new analog acoustic rig :) regards
argggh, the kalimba is in storage (true) :) glad to entertain somebody with my nonsense, thanks for the kind words.
Personally I would've kept the MODX myself, the sheer number of thousands of presets from so many of their other keyboards is really appealing to me. But I also make early 2000s-style game music, and I'm not focused on super realistic samples or instrument emulations lol
ah, i think the reason I personally didn't choose the MODX was the sheer number of thousands of presets! :D
@@WoodyPianoShack Absolutely! “Less is more” as they say. I own a similar variety of synths and workstations to Woody as far as I can see, spanning 5 decades, but if I was restricted to one synth forever, it would be the Yamaha DX7 mk1. I can play that thing for hours for some reason. I get way too distracted with all the options and sounds in my modern synths.
That flip to the Yamaha at the beginning is smooth tho
Welcome back to YT! When you play massive instruments like organ and piano, the guitar is liberating and highly portable, and inexpensive relative to our main instruments. I added acoustic guitar 10 years after beginning organ, added piano too because I had access to a university. Then added synths 10 years after that. Today I play all these in my little space studio. I live and work in 73square meters of space; an 88Dpiano, synths, hardware recording studio, 3 guitars hangs on the wall, and 3 computers for graphic design. I custom built the keyboard/mixer/recording desk to fit the corner of the room and my gear. ( have slept on the floor now for 14 years :)
way to go wilderness!
......and having watching this presentation to it's conclusion, it really is pretty damn funny, and I hope others get as much a good laugh out loud as I did ! Thanks for the smiles (O;
No matter what, at least you're still making music at the end of the day! That is what's important.
well said, and I know you do the same!
You look so happy and that is all I care about! I like your new guitar and your banjo, too! I wish you all the happiness there is!
and the same to you my friend!
It's the synths and music that brought us here in the first place - more of the same please, keep them coming! (Love the edits btw)
Im glad that your back playing with your synthesizer... It's been a long time since I watched your performance
Woody, and it's great to see you back! You were missed! Wow! You've significantly expanded your musical palette for new songwriting inspiration and both your new instruments sound great! Well done! This COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns here in Southern California have really taken a toll on my songwriting inspiration so I similarly made some recent purchases as well to help remedy that: an Arturia Keylab Mk II 61-key MIDI keyboard, I upgraded to Arturia Vintage Collection 8, and purchased the Korg Collection 3. Let's see how this goes! Cheers!
Hi sean, that should keep you busy over christmas! nice pickup!
Congrats on your new location...looking forward to more musical videos...always entertaining.
Dear Woody, You're such a lovable dude my good man. It is refreshing to see such a down-to-Earth person just showing his natural state of affairs, decision making, blunders, humor, and great video editing. I never tried a banjo and especially one on my knee. Errr, there's a joke in there somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if you could play a little bit of fiddle too. It certainly appears to be an exciting time for you Woody. A long distance move, new apartment, musical equipment with no access to it, a room that would put most ambient reverbs to shame, new inspiration to play gigs again, and new refreshing content previously on your YT channel with interesting historical landmarks here and there. ♬🍁 🤗 🍁 ♬
it's an interesting back story for sure when you put it like that. thanks for the comment @MBC, funny, fiddle is on my mind too, then I have my very own bluegrass old time string band!
The deliverance of this video was quite timely, nice one! 😏
see wot you did there
I love a good banjo. I'm glad you're happy and healthy and still playing music. Hope you find a local band to play with.
oh i'm sure the phone will not stop ringing now... :)
@@WoodyPianoShack they'd be fools not to.
Best discription of a banjo to date. Fully analogue with five oscillators. 🤣. That guitar 🎸 fitted with six as standard has a built in percussion mode if willing to do the menu diving. 🤔😉
Most importantly, does it have aftertouch?
after and beforetouch!
Ah Woody, you've been holding out on us all these years by not revealing your wonderful singing voice - combined with the acoustic guitar, sounds great in your new space!
for once, an echoey room maybe improves things... :) thanks very much, your kind comment means a lot.
what interesting video Woody :3
looks like were getting the Piano Shack back together!
hello sam, thanks! well, a step in the right direction I suppose!
Great video! Glad to see you happy, healthy and back at it!
I have been thinking of getting a Harley Benton banjolele but I have used up my need a new instrument excuse quota on a Behringer Pro-One and have been playing with my new toy virtually non-stop, I have some mono synth plugins but there's nothing better than having the real thing and filling in a patch page and taking a photo of the settings when I come across a patch that is particularly good
have fun with your pro-one! there's a space in my heart for banjos, guitars and monosynths!
I was expecting a drum kit 😂😂
Great to see you back Woody and that infectious style 👍
thank you, the drum kit was bought just before the move... and now in storage!
Love the guitar and banjo playing, it suits you 😆
Great fun!😄
If you ever move to the states, ill pitch in for a house for ya. Lol. You're the best woody!
haha, appreciate that, and I would love to move there, but too complicated!
Classic Woody entertainment. Thanks mate, much appreciated in these trying times. Would love to see some more !!!
Awesome new flat woody. Nice to see you're still able play music in there😁
thank you jon, yeah, it's we are very comfortable here! it'll be great in the summer, can take my new portable instruments to the beach and entertain the tourists... :)
@@WoodyPianoShack Wow that's cool
That was gold. Thanks woody. You are always so passionate. -anyone you knows you wouldve picked the Nord as your choice. I did. Am happy with that.
yes, wouldn't come as a surprise to the regular and most loyal viewers! glad you liked the vid!
interesting you made the move. I left Oslo for the South West of Norway some years ago... seems many are moving from the big cities now as they become less and less affordable to live in. I think many of us become slaves to the gear and just end up with lots of stuff without having the time to use it. I spend most of my time playing piano nowadays... hope you are well and Happy NY!
hi neil, nice to see you! yeah, you're right, plus we've proved we can work remotely, but prices of property in country rising faster than the cities now! :)
Good choice, I've got a NE6D as well, it's fantastic! I took it to a gig yesterday where I totally f****d up and embarrassed myself because I was so nervous.
Well I'm sticking around Woody, look forward to the new videos!
Cheers from Denmark, like 100 or 200 km's from you ;)
the first 10 gigs are the worse! rock on buddy!
@@WoodyPianoShack I truly hope you're right. Thanks man 🤘
Modx has the advantage of pitch and mod wheel and built in audio interface. In small house and room You may use it with MacBook Air M1 ( I have bought recently) without any need for studio equipments such as audio interface.
right on, tempted a little bit buy the Mini for those reasons. yeah, NE lacks the controllers, but could always splurge on a compact USB midi keyboard...
Good to see you back playing instruments again :)
The new acquisition is fine, except that it sounds like a banjo! 🤣
haha, you're on point! :D
Hey there, Woody; I didn't realize you have a Korg Kross 2...as do I. I originally bought it as an affordable companion synth to the smaller Minilogue XD, and still have it, though in a way it's been excess to need and also in storage. Part of me wants to sell it (better than being left unused), but I also take your point about its many great (not just good or decent) sounds, especially considering the price point. It's probably one of the more unheralded, but quite competent, offerings by Korg--and this is why I've also been hesitant to sell it. The versatility is amazing; can't wait to see what you do with in in the future and see how you might incorporate it into a live or studio set-up. Be well.
HI Robert, yes, had it for a year I think but barely used it. I see it as an multitimbral sound module with all the bread & butter + synth sounds with a bonus 61 note keybed, to use with my PC sequencer as an alternative to VST plugins, but havent' started experimenting yet. yes it has onboard sequeencer but my initial explorations found it to be quite tedious to use.
Woody's Guitanjo Shack!
Haha... I just settled down with a MODX6, a cheap nylonstring guitar (the 1st one, I´ve ever owened!) and a Mandolin. The rest is stored in my basement atm. Maybe, we should meet up for a crossover electro-synth-classical-country-folk-rockband. Too bad, I live in the german "highlands"... Oh... We need a bagpipe player :D:D
would be fun, just a ferry trip over the baltic!
Originally a keys player here, who has branched off to around a dozen other instruments so far, with fretted strings being the one group that I keep brushed up as much as my keyboard skills. Oddly enough, of all the fretted string instruments I’ve learned, the banjo fretboard is the one that’s felt most natural when it came to transferring over music theory I originally learned at the keyboard.
hi hector, cool to read! yes, it feels more natural and quicker to pick up than guitar, i remember the early struggles!
Eat up the jam on your toast😁 that’s an interesting take on the classic from Technotronic! The beat is spot on.
hi dyko, indeed that song came immediately to mind!
Yes, I’m a picker of a 21 key Windsor banjo from 1923. Glad you’ve found the Stephen Foster songs.
that's awesome., it's such a fun instrument to play. especially this old-time stuff!
Thanks Woody, you are just great and a good British comedian living in Sweden, cheers from New Zealand.
hello down there, have very fond memories of my travels down under (is NZ included in down under)? thx for the comment, chers barry!
😂 5 analogs oscillators. 😂
THANKS WOODY
i wish i could afford a Nord
maybe you can, I bought mine used, and and older model can be had for $500. In many ways I prefer the older nords.
I've never heard you sing before. I still love your channel though.
lol! hmm :)
Goes to show; you can hide your tools, but you can't lock up your mind and hands.
if i need to choose one of mine it sure would be the nord, just love my nord piano4
Nice to see you back again.
Well howdy pardna...........sure likin the country vibe you got there pickin on yor banjo, ye ha.
I've been bringing my keyboards, modules etc back from storage, still alot to go....... The thing is they were in my room before, now it's like the room's shrunk so don't know how they'll fit back in. I bought one new keyboard, an old Roland GW8 I couldn't resist. Maybe I should invest in a DR WHO TARDIS....then I'd hopefully have more space? 😂
Hi Woody, with your small apartment I thought you would just have a comb and paper to make music with. Look forward to seeing you using the Nord again.
I bought an M-audio Oxygen 49 midi keyboard to use with the free included software. Might be Ableton live lite. But after taking it apart to repair some dislodged keys I realised how cheaply made the keys are. A strip of about 6 keys in one injection moulded piece of flimsy plastic.
I will see how it goes.
Cheers Rob
darn Rob, are we talking a new oxygen here, and already broken? i always liked the oxygens but will think twice before buying another. although most midi controllers seem to be terrible cheap plastic excuses of a keyboard to be fair.
Hey there Woody, looks like you are getting back in the game (O: The gigs, the GIGS !
i'm sure the phone will be ringing off the hook now that the word is out.
I am a roadie/foh engineer for a southern gospel quartet. Since the pandemic gigs are so hard to get.
@@Uneedhelp91 Hear you there! Our Neil Diamond tribute band (9 members!!) and founded in 2000 for which I was with them the last 16 years lost a complete season of shows for 2020! The leader of our group decided to retire the band. )O: Now, if I could find another blues band looking for a Hammond organist, I would jump back into that !
@@garysmith8455 our leader retired the quartet, but decided to get it going again before I joined.
@@Uneedhelp91 Very nice happy 'beginning' for you, enjoy the ride! I'll just stay at home, keeping the fingers limber and see what comes next (O:
Great stuff Woody 👍
echo in this small room is epic lol
great for singing, not so much for talking!
Woody, what’s going on with the music? Ah you’ve answered my questions! Best of luck mate.
You had so many synths to choose from. A synth and it's features/sounds can be very personal. I would have chosen the JD-XI myself, because it is compact and you can also use it as a midi controller for VSTI's. But again, the choice is personal and that Nord is superb. I didn't expect a banjo though :-)
hello george, you're right the Xi would be an excellent choice for the situation, for the sounds and its excellent pattern sequencer. glad we could surprise you!
Nord Electro, amazing keyboard. As it is your only keyboard, how to you handle pitch band and modulation?
i have a korg kross that I can dig out if I need that, but tbh not playing either at the moment!
Is he back?
Living in southern Indiana, I see the guitar and banjo a lot. Nice playing. :) Cheers.
i really need to do a musical pilgramage to the mountains, cu then!
Must say I would have guessed you would keep the P121 at hand, with its inbuilt speakers it is easy to sit down and jam. And it doesn’t take up much space….
yeah, something i considered,. but I'm glad i stored it. there's not any free wall space to push it against tbh, and with it gone I was given good reasons to try some other insteresting instruments!
is that menora behind you at 5:15? :)
When you mentioned the pianos in the Nord I immediately went to check and indeed, it had hammer action. Piano is not my forte, but I think keys on piano and organ/synth are very different. Isn't it hard to play string ensemble sounds on hammer action? The Korg will be very tempting, I guess. Smooth operator.
note that my nord doesn't have hammer action, only the larger models have that, but it's undesirable for playing organ so I'm happy with the semi-weighted 61.
So was the guitar matching the pillow (your wife came with you shopping for the guitar) or was the pillow matching the guitar?
just a lucky coincidence! i was bored of sunburst guitars... :)
Nice. I have tried banjo- but didn't keep it up. Ironically I have very much got into folk music since then so I'd be much more likely to stick with it now.
Maybe I'll copy you at some point and get myself one.
hi scott! 100 quid from thomann, what you waiting for!?
Eat up the jam ……Eat it up. Ha ha.
Your neighbors must love you woody! You need to get yourself a finger pick.
if i got picks, they would love me even more, not!
It would be nice to find that locker on Storage Wars. Pick it up for $500. Look for the clues on the boxes.
there's everything you need to start a synthtuber channel!
Was that Pearl in the shell I detected there ?
i refuse to rewatch my old vids, but highly probable, I'm a fan :D
If I can try playing a Uke… I guess you can can play a banjo - but I’d love to see a lot more guitar! Long live the blues and jazz!
well said rebecca, i was going to buy a uke originally, but always enjoyed sound of bluegrass, so went down that rabbit hole....
As a former professional acoustic guitarist, those Recording Kings are fantastic guitars.
that's greaet to hear Rod, and somewhat embarrasing that a pro guitarist would be watching this nonsense! actually my RK has issues, but I'll save that for another vid...
Nord and Reason... keeping it in Sweden, lol! But definitely good choices imo. Between those two should have plenty of sonic firepower to create anything you need to. Also, good call on the acoustic. Using this time to tune up your guitar skills. Best of luck to you moving forward. Cheers!
home bias for my software hardware and software instruments! china for my banjos and guitars, it would seem!
7:12 You should start a new channel called Woody Banjo Rancho
be careful what you wish for...
Woody, you sound a bit like Pete Townshend when you sing playing the guitar. You should practise the windmill move! :)
that's funny and strange, paople have said that a few times on this channel. i'll take it!
@@WoodyPianoShack So you should. It's a massive compliment! ;)
You go Woody
Maybe I need a banjo
i'll make it my mission to convert key players to banjo pickers!
@@WoodyPianoShack I’m more of a guitar player anyway :)
Can I buy a metal case like that for my modx 6?
yeah sure! i don't know which one though.
Eventually to make a real change could be the right moment for a handpan ?!?
Woody Banjo Shack.
I literally laughed out loud when you played Dueling banjos; yep production not as polished but content beats ‘gloss’ every time. Sorry but you would have to prise my MODX from my dead fingers to part me from it, still whichever you enjoy most, that’s the main point, it’s what suits you.
I would’ve kept the DX7
a bit restrictive perhaps for general purpose use, but fine piece to admire!
Even if you hadn't mentioned all of the houses and moves, Nord would have said enough; pricey. Dude, you're loaded.
i'm doing alright thanks, but I always buy my Nords used :D
@@WoodyPianoShack aha! That's smart! Now, you've got me curious. Being mostly an amateur, I'll likely stick to what I know; that is arranger keyboards ( mostly Casio and Yamaha ). But I am curious to see what a used Nord Lead would command. I'll definitely do a search on that
You know the best sound the banjo can make is when it hits the accordion in the dumpster on the way in. (Just kidding.) (Maybe)
lol, that's a really good one actually! we just need to work in a trombone into the gag...
Woody Clawhammer
Take advantage of having few instruments and just play music instead of what I see a lot of people doing " Playing whack a patch" . Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify "Thoreau" 😏😏🎶🎶
"whack a oatch", must remember that! yeah, 100%
Yes for keyboard players its just stuff,stuff,stuff,
Woodie Guthrie livin in a Swedish socialist utopia with his guitar and banjo......perfect!!!
living the dream!
Crikey, next time,let me build a rig for you.
hmm, what rig?
Why the NORD?
didnt i explain it well enough in the vid?
You can’t be serious 😂
And what will be the big surprise for your next video?
How about a real bass, electric or acoustic.
i have made one other significant purchase, that mrs woody might demonstrate for you.... stay tuned :)