Funeral For A Friend - Live 

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Thank you!! I just upgraded to the CP88… it’s amazing! Some reviews said the sampling isn’t as good and there are less voices compared to the CP4, but that’s completely false. There are actually more choices, just less of the redundant ones. In the CP4, there are like 15 versions of the CFX with different EQ’s built in, stereo vs. mono, etc.… now, you get one CFX but you can control all the EQ-ing, effects, etc. It’s amazing, I’m so happy with it!

eltonjohneltonico, I like your user name. I'm a 51years longtime fan of My Main Man Elton. Too bad I can't play piano.

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Thank you so much! So, I first learned to play by ear... and I still pick up a lot of songs by ear, using recordings and chords for reference. There is an Elton John Piano Book called To Be Continued and (to my knowledge) it is the only book of his that has Funeral For A Friend written out. It's an incredibly good transcription. What you heard here is a more of a Live cover emulating his One Night Only concert. MusicNotes is excellent too... Here is the link to the sheet music for FFAF: www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0038645

There’s definitely some EQ-in involved. The MKS-20 is actually quite flat sounding, so it needs a lot of boosting in all areas. The Soundcraft frequency knobs go +/- 15 db. I have the Bass cranked at +15 db, the Mids at +13 db with the mid-frequency Hz sweep at around 2.5 kHz, and the Highs at +14 db. For effects, yes, I was using the built-in lexicon reverb. I’ve since upgraded the rack and got my hands on an actual Lexicon MX200 Dual Reverb Effects Processor to supplement as well. These are highly sought after because you could get one for really short money. Only way now is through eBay, that’s where I got mine. I wish RU-vid allowed photos to be attached to comments, because I’d show you a pic of the mixer for better reference.

@@20gravedigger11 Awesome man. What do you feed through the lexicon & what do you set that at? I’m going to pick one up. Another thing I’m missing is the natural sound from the CP4 mixed in… Are you on social media? We could get in touch via instagram or twitter if that suits for photos etc.

@@WillEvans_ So for the Lexicon, it's not so much what you feed through it, but rather, it's applied to. You utilize an input channel (typically a 1/4'' stereo pair) and an AUX output channel (like a monitor mix) to have effects be heard and applied. To do this loop (for lack of a better term) through the hardware, you need a Y Insert Cable (Hosa sells them for like 10 Bucks on Amazon, that's what I bought and it does the job). What is your Insta? I'll look you up. Are you in the U.S.?

Hi! Thanks for reaching out… glad you enjoyed the video! I did a short video on this very topic a few years back. I suggest you take a look at that and then let me know if you have any more questions… it’s proved helpful for some other musicians as well! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-klWNVp-ivOU.html

@@20gravedigger11 hey! Thanks for responding, ive watched ur video and I do have a few questions. One, beacuse i have a rd1000 keyboard does that mean i need a mks20 aswell? And 2, could the motif rack be connected directly into the midi ports?

@@JohnPaul-yc2nv Got it! 1. Since you have the RD-1000, you do not need the MKS-20... that is just the rack version of the actual piano you have. For me, having a Yamaha piano, I needed the MKS-20 MIDI box to get the sounds. 2. Yes and No... Yes... any time you wish to use a MIDI box, you must connect it to a piano's/keyboard's MIDI Output because the instrument becomes the "controller" of the MIDI unit. No... you can't hear both just by plugging in/out the MIDI. MIDI is "Musical Instrument Digital Interface"... it just a data signal that's recreating the built-in samples through the "controller". MIDI does not send audible audio... for that, you need a mixer to take the Outputs from both the RD-1000 and the Motif into mixer channels, and then start blending the two to make the "Elton Mix". The Motif Rack uses 1/4 inch Outputs from the unit into a 1/4 Input on a mixer. Your RD-1000 has both XLR/mic or 1/4 Outputs in the rear. You can go with either, but note that XLR is going to generate a "hotter" channel in your mixer. From there, you can start blending the sounds to get the "Elton Mix". I only use Piano 1 on the Roland and PowerGrand on the Motif. Hope that helps!

@@20gravedigger11 this helps a whole lot thank you so much but one more thing, what mixer do you recommend?

@@JohnPaul-yc2nv I use a Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK. It’s reasonably priced, has 8 mic inputs (12 overall when you include the 1/4 inputs), and has one of the best features: the ability to record to software in multi-track (MTK) format. If you’re new to that, what it means is you can record via USB to a computer each individual input channel separately… pre-EQ. So each channel records independently and dry, ready for you to mix in software on your own. It’s been a great console for me for 7+ years now… never an issue and the Ghost pre-amp is dead silent.

This is the first comment I've received since we initially messaged 2 weeks ago.

@@20gravedigger11 That’s annoying. I’ve replied about 5 times with my instagram handle but it keeps disappearing. Maybe it’s getting nerfed by an algorithm for some reason.

@@20gravedigger11 handle is willevans98_ Hope it works this time 🤞🏼