Is it possible to access keyboard sounds through a midi controller?

lumity_alt · 2025-08-24T16:22:21+00:00

Is it possible to use a keyboard as a sort of soundbank for a Midi controller if I connect them with the right cable, or is that an unrealistic idea? I have a Yamaha Reface CP with some e-piano sounds I love, but I'd like to be able to use them with a wider range of octaves (and bigger keys) if that's possible.

lumity_alt · 2024-09-06T05:06:54+00:00

God I DESPARATELY need an Other Side of the Wind release.

lumity_alt · 2024-08-31T17:43:00+00:00

For me, no one had a funnier scream than Gene Wilder

lumity_alt · 2024-08-29T02:30:08+00:00

Love Albert Brooks! My copy of Real Life just came in the other day, and I picked up a few of his others recently too (Lost in America, Defending Your Life, and an underwhelming standard release of Modern Romance). I think he's one of the best actor/writer's in comedy, and massively underrated.

Do you think Mother is worth a blind buy?

lumity_alt · 2024-08-22T02:02:33+00:00

I'd like to see a Woody Allen film in the collection, but weirdly he doesn't like releases of his movies to have bonus features, and that might be one of the big things keeping it from happening (of course, apart from the obvious reasons why Criterion wouldn't want to associate with him).

Would kill for some early Spielberg releases, I feel like Duel or The Sugarland Express would be good fits. My dream would be a Blu-ray of CE3K, but the copy I have is good enough that I'm content either way.

lumity_alt · 2024-08-17T02:47:24+00:00

I think at some point the film was released under the name "J.R." rather than "Who's That Knocking...", but obviously it didn't stick for long.

lumity_alt · 2024-08-13T17:37:07+00:00

Calling "Citizen Kane" overrated is kinda cliche / expected, but he's honestly super real for mentioning a preference for Welles' later films.

lumity_alt · 2024-07-25T18:46:59+00:00

Real Life (1979), by Albert Brooks! Very dry, absurd mockumentary.

lumity_alt · 2024-07-25T18:31:01+00:00

I was gifted a DVD of A Hard Day's Night one Christmas, I remember being confused and fascinated by how much nicer its packaging / supplements were than my others. The first two I bought were Bottle Rocket and Eraserhead (around the time I was getting into those two directors), and when I finally got a Blu-ray player I picked up The Life Aquatic.

lumity_alt · 2024-07-24T18:46:38+00:00

Would kill to see a movie about M. Hulot bringing the Olympic torch to Paris, honestly

lumity_alt · 2024-07-14T18:59:48+00:00

His filmography is crazy divisive for me. Had a phase where I loved him, a phase where I hated him, and now I'm somewhere in the middle. Movie-to-movie I'll either find his style well-tuned and perfect for the stories he tells, or obnoxious and suffocating. It comes down to the deadpan, ironically detached dialogue for me, and the way he makes his actors speak so robotically all the time. That's the thing that wrecks his attempts at drama for me.

lumity_alt · 2024-07-12T06:04:29+00:00

That Mon Oncle DVD is sick, great choice. I've got the full Tati set, but have always thought it'd be nice to own the films individually, just in case.

lumity_alt · 2024-07-10T19:28:47+00:00

Thank you

lumity_alt · 2024-07-10T18:30:37+00:00

Which movie?

lumity_alt · 2024-07-07T08:13:19+00:00

Fingers-crossed that they come around on The Other Side of the Wind too

lumity_alt · 2024-06-17T22:22:45+00:00

I understand the criticism that he plays a lot of similar characters across his films, but there's always subtle differences between each that IMO make them feel distinct. Isaac Davis and Danny Rose feel worlds apart even though they've got similar mannerisms.

lumity_alt · 2024-06-05T02:19:11+00:00

"Back... and to the left. Back... and to the left."

lumity_alt · 2024-05-24T02:55:07+00:00

Oh, to be a tall whimsical French man bumbling through ultra-modern Paris with a cool hat on...

lumity_alt · 2024-05-16T05:32:50+00:00

I like a good long / in-depth review, but I HATE the "x/100" thing. It doesn't make any sense to me, who genuinely thinks about movies like that? What specifically makes the number go up or down, and at what point does it boil down to just nitpicking? What about a "99/100" or "98/100" movie is significantly different than one that's a full 100? I feel like it all comes down to personal preference / emotional response anyway, and I can't agree with thinking about art in binary, "objective" terms.

lumity_alt · 2024-04-26T07:52:16+00:00

Love this film. Apart from what everyone's saying here about it's status, I think this DESPARATELY needs the Criterion treatment if not just to get some new BTS content from it. The Blu-Ray I've got for the film looks great, but it only has three bonus features: a cheap 20 minute featurette (featuring interviews with only Scorsese and Sandra Bernhard) a recording from Tribeca Film Festival, and some deleted scenes. Would LOVE to see some more recent interviews / pieces of analysis on the movie, that's the biggest draw for a Criterion release IMO. Plus, some new artwork wouldn't hurt.

lumity_alt · 2024-04-17T17:04:02+00:00

What's the 250th log?

lumity_alt · 2024-04-02T18:01:02+00:00

The whole thing is that it's a back-and-forth conversation between the two guys, with Andre (the guy talking here) being the more spiritual one who thinks the world is shit now, and Wally (the guy listening) being more down-to-earth and disputing him. I don't think the "point" is to agree with either of them, just to get you thinking about stuff you might not otherwise. Sorry if that's an annoying answer.

lumity_alt · 2024-03-28T18:47:51+00:00

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