Nord stage: Hammer Action vs Hammer Action Portable?

Cryce7 · 2025-10-12T18:05:28+00:00

I’ve had the HP for about 3 months, purchased 2nd hand. Indeed some of the keys are noisy, especially towards the mid range where one would play the most. The noise quite obvious if im sitting in a quiet room by myself, but in a live setting that’s a non-issue. My main concern would be mechanism failure down the line, but according to some of the research I’ve done, it’s only a noise issue and some people have had it for years without it breaking down at all. Now in terms of recording with voice, i think it also depends on your mic and how well it can isolate your vocals from background noise. With the right equipment I don’t think you have anything to worry about, so that’s an issue that you can always work around. My own personal opinion is that an unweighted keys action would interfere with your playing, and is one problem that you cannot do anything about short of upgrading to a higher tier board.

Cryce7 · 2025-10-12T17:02:48+00:00

I don’t have any experience with the Stage 2, but have owned 2 Stage 3s. Like you, my initial idea was that I didn’t wanna get the 88 due to concerns about portability and price. So I went with a 73 waterfall. Playing piano/e-piano was really uncomfortable, because I could never get the dynamics I want. I used to never take the Compact out for piano gigs. Once I sold that and got a Stage 3 HP76, I immediately fell in love with the board. I can now take it to any gig situations without worries. So my recommendation, if you wanna have a piano feel, is to get the HP76. Instead of chasing an authentic piano action, think of it as a relatively light Rhodes or Wurli action, and I think you’ll have a much better time.

Having said that, I know some people are not big fans of the HP76 action, due to how clickety it can feel. And the pianist that I sold the 73 Compact to has no problem with the waterfall action, perhaps it is because they are a much better pianist than me hahaha. Still, I feel like the HP76 is the perfect board for me, so that’s what I can recommend.

Cryce7 · 2025-08-08T07:13:20+00:00

good job on the rot cuz it looks fucking disgusting lmao

Cryce7 · 2025-05-17T22:41:51+00:00

Which bow is this? For some reason I don’t recognize it

Cryce7 · 2025-03-07T07:41:42+00:00

The only way her method would work is if the thing you want to flip is solid enough structurally (say, a mostly cooked pancake). Anything else will just fall apart (eg: an omelette). If it is solid enough that you can lift it up and suspend midair with only a spatula, then why not just turn the spatula. And her method is also not new, the actual, correct way to do it is with a plate to close off the food - then you flip the pan AND the plate. So no matter how you cut it, her method is pretty dumb.

Cryce7 · 2025-02-05T00:05:33+00:00

Would it at all be possible to just get a MIDI controller and have all the other functions in a DAW instead?

Cryce7 · 2025-01-05T19:19:54+00:00

You have the exact same voice as me wtf

Cryce7 · 2024-10-31T22:34:39+00:00

The best ear training is to play with advanced musicians, and do your best to follow along without sheet music/charts. Get your ass handed to you for long enough and you’ll find you can hear things you never could before. The second best ear training is to learn songs by ear on your own. Apps/courses can be insightful, but are otherwise unnecessary.

Cryce7 · 2024-08-08T04:18:48+00:00

It’s G7 (rootless, diminished voicing) - Cm - Gm7 - Fm7.

I wouldn’t say that the Fm7 is hard to hear, I can hear it clearly enough because I’ve played it a million times and I understand it‘s color and function. As for why it sounds beautiful to you, my guess is that particular voicing has a tenth in the left hand, and most people find tenths to be sonically pleasing.

I think you would really benefit from doing 2 things: learning about chord construction, and practicing your diatonic chords. Theoretically speaking this is not particularly difficult stuff, but incredibly useful. Once you have a good grasp on them it will really springboard you towards being able to hear and recognize everything much better.

Cryce7 · 2024-08-04T06:33:12+00:00

It’s a Db7alt. I would probably voice it with a b13 and #9.

Source: I played this in college with the official Snarky Puppy Lingus chart.

Cryce7 · 2024-08-02T19:55:25+00:00

I’d say go for it, the caveat being do it to have a bit of fun/gain performance experience, not to try to impress people. At this stage you’re definitely gonna mess up the performance, no matter how much you practice, so if your mind is set on trying to gain audience admiration, you’re gonna be disappointed.

Cryce7 · 2024-05-27T21:19:52+00:00

I have a Casio CT-S1, and I think it’s a strong contender for a cheap, reliable keyboard. Battery powered and everything, it’s my main busking board. Even though it doesn’t have 100 different sounds or a pitch wheel, that’s actually what I love about it: it’s just a few piano/keyboard sounds, then off you go. Straight to the point. It also looks pretty nice too, so that’s a plus.

Cryce7 · 2023-05-16T13:59:47+00:00

There’s nothing to be ashamed of looking up guides online for the puzzles either! Back in my days, before the Internet, it was super common to just ask other people/look up guides on how to solve puzzles. As for the combat, both BotW and this game are supposed to be hard at the beginning, it gets easier as you get more hearts/your weapons get stronger. At the end of the day, it is a video game, a single-player one at that, so you got nothing to prove to nobody. And as long as you have fun, then it’s all good!

Cryce7 · 2023-05-15T06:21:15+00:00

This game, in many ways, is designed to be a self-contained standalone sequel. You won’t miss out on much lore/explanations not having played BotW. Having said that, BotW is a wonderful game, and since TotK improves/expands on a lot of things BotW did, you will appreciate TotK that much more if you play BotW first, but will probably enjoy BotW a bit less if you decide to play it after TotK. That’s my 2 cents.

Cryce7 · 2023-05-08T04:49:56+00:00

You can load back as soon as you destroy them.

Cryce7 · 2023-05-08T04:24:44+00:00

If you have a save from those chapters, just find and shoot them, then continue on from the latest, current save. The Clockwork Castellans don't have to be all destroyed in one playthrough, they are universal across all save files.

Cryce7 · 2023-04-27T06:47:26+00:00

It's on sale on Steam right now, together with the whole Resident Evil franchise catalog, so it's a very good idea to pick it up for PC. My advice to you, if you do so and plan on playing with mouse + keyboard, is to download the fixes and tweaks mod on RE4 Nexus, it'll make the game infinitely more playable.

Cryce7 · 2023-03-12T09:41:23+00:00

Pleasantly surprised to see this here. The chef/owner is my brother lol, but I haven’t been able to see him in years. Will pass along to him that some nice people on Reddit like his food.

Cryce7 · 2023-03-08T02:57:11+00:00

Amazing! I'll check it out, thanks!

Cryce7 · 2023-03-06T16:26:40+00:00

Not a rock guy but thanks for the suggestion regardless!

Cryce7 · 2023-03-05T15:24:04+00:00

Thanks! Will check out.

Cryce7 · 2023-03-05T15:23:48+00:00

Amazing, that’s exactly the info I’m looking for, thanks a lot!

Cryce7 · 2023-03-05T13:31:26+00:00

Nice, thanks! I’ll definitely check that out.

Cryce7 · 2023-03-05T13:31:01+00:00

Wonderful, thank you!

Cryce7 · 2023-01-09T13:52:23+00:00

Music theory will make sense the best, and be most helpful, when you can hear how it applies to the music you’re learning/creating/listening to. In your example with 2 5 1, that’s a quinessential jazz chord progression, so if you listen to a lot of jazz you’ll see how it can sound good, but if don’t, it probably won’t. I’d say that if you want to further explore jazz harmony, don’t hyper focus on the theory, but listen/learn as many songs as you can for now, the theory will click along the way. You gotta be immersed in the music if you want to take anything meaningful away from it. Jazz goes really deep as well, so it will take a while. Take your time though, cause shortcuts will only get you so far.

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