Harping on my cheap Casio

[hearpe]

A little Celtic tune I came up with and put some pictures with-
3 tracks- two with harp, and one synth strings I think
The harp voice sounds more realistic in the lower ranges, and celesta-like too much up high.

Oh well, it’s an old WK-1200 I got used for $40 recently- I got one new back in the 90’s, lost it in a flood a dozen years back, and finally got to replace it via Marketplace.

The photos are just snaps I took the past couple of years. Wow, those were the days, huh?

I’m also practicing the tune on a real harp a bit. Spread too thin on instruments!

[Gretchen Cover]

This is a well-done, enjoyable video. Wonderful photos. Appreciate your sharing the clip.

[hearpe]

Thank you Gretchen-

It just dawned on me- the old keyboard has a crude synth function, and if I cut down the release time of the tones in the higher range- the first track I recorded- it would probably sound more harp realistic- the high notes ring on too long. It doesn’t seem inappropriate in the lower ranges- my second track.

I’m giving some time lately to better learning my newer board- a WK-6600, I’ve had for three years. The voices are much more realistic already and more control over tome editing- it records and mixes 16 tracks (don’t think I’d ever use more than 3 or 4 though, as compared to the 5 on the 90’s board) and it stores 5 songs- or works in progress- as opposed to the 2 the old one does.

The technology is cutting into my practice as much as being spread too thin on too many instruments, and I can’t seem to either shut up on computer or wasting time looking at stuff I don’t much intend to buy.

Then there’s the beach partially re-opened, and summertime. have a good one.

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