Hello Hivers!
Anke here aka Anna-NewKey.
Hier geht's zur Deutschen Version
I bought a new keyboard which was delivered on Friday, a Yamaha CK61.
It's considered a stage one and will hopefully feature at our gigs soon.
I'm loving it with its ease of use and sound, it gives me a right boost. It's got built-in speakers, can be battery powered and is very light.
The only problem is, that for some bizarre reason did the designers not think it necessary to provide the ability for a music rest.. what? 😠
I took it for granted that it will have at least some holes or something, but no..
I had to go on the hunt for a solution and I found a lot of people online complaining too, but also some who provided ideas for work arounds, some better than others.
Someone designed some brackets that can be printed on a 3D-printer and he put a file to download online.
OMG, what a life saver!
@steevc had told me the other day he had a printer, and, yup, he went straight on it to print them for me!
Thanks, Steve !
They work! They needed a bit of padding and slide off when you pull them backwards, but they hold the weight of a book and tablet and more with no problems!
The rest from my Roland FP-30X fits right in.. Yay!
I'm so happy!
Ich habe mir ein neues Keyboard gekauft, ein Yamaha CK61, das am Freitag geliefert wurde.
Es ist ein Bühnen-Keyboard und wird hoffentlich bald bei unseren Auftritten zum Einsatz kommen.
Ich bin total begeistert von der einfachen Bedienung und dem tollen Klang – es gibt mir einen richtigen Motivationsschub. Es hat eingebaute Lautsprecher, kann mit Batterien betrieben werden und ist sehr leicht.
Das einzige Problem ist, dass die Designer aus unerfindlichen Gründen keine Möglichkeit für eine Notenablage vorgesehen haben … echt jetzt? 😠
Ich bin einfach davon ausgegangen, dass es zumindest ein paar Löcher oder so gibt, aber Fehlanzeige …
Ich musste mich auf die Suche nach einer Lösung machen und habe online viele Leute gefunden, die sich ebenfalls beschwert haben, aber auch einige, die Workarounds vorgeschlagen haben – manche besser als andere.
Jemand hat Halterungen entworfen, die man mit einem 3D-Drucker ausdrucken kann, und die Datei online zum Download bereitgestellt.
Wahnsinn, was für eine Lösung! @steevc hatte mir neulich erzählt, dass er einen 3D-Drucker hat, und ja, er hat sie sofort für mich ausgedruckt!
Danke, Steve!
Sie funktionieren! Sie brauchten etwas Polsterung und rutschen ab, wenn man sie nach hinten zieht, aber sie halten problemlos das Gewicht eines Buches, eines Tablets und mehr!
Die Notenablage meines Roland FP-30X passt perfekt hinein. Juhu!
Ich bin so glücklich!
That's it for today; Thanks for looking!
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Anna-NewKey, one half of Steve O and Anke
A great example of how future household technology (3D printing) helps people in one of the oldest entertainment sectors. Thanks to @steevc, the circle was created entirely within the HIVE community. Hear hear 🙏
Very useful indeed!
I was amazed when I found the file online, what a clever guy to design them!
And lucky that Steve's got that printer.. let's see what I need next.. 😁
Home 3D printers are getting better and better.
One can also order 3D prints from print factories. Imaterialise is a big one, from Belgium (https://i.materialise.com/en). Shapeways is another one, originally from the Netherlands (https://www.shapeways.com/industry/consumer). These printing factories have all types of printers, with many of them able to print in higher resolutions than 'home' printers. Different materials and all that. They can even print metal objects and such. Am sure Steve knows about these as well.
I've not used those services yet, but maybe I'll have a need some day. I met a guy who 3d printed parts for a guitar, but he needed some done in metal. At least I can prototype in other materials.
To allow for all types of printers and materials, the trick is to get the design such that it doesn't leave open spots where they should not be. But of course, depends on the printer and material type they use. I believe iMaterialise checks the design for the printer of choice. My experience with them is like 6 or 7 years ago when I tried a few designs. Back then got myself a tour through their factories and design departments. Impressive. They exist already for like 30 or 40 years. Materialise is the B2B arm of the company. iMaterialise the consumer arm, which they started later. BTW, metal printing means they print the mold. Then use traditional methods (metal casting) to create the object, ie pour the (fluid/heated) metal into the mold. Metal also includes gold and silver and such.
There are lots of techniques now. I know in some aerospace projects they lay down metal directly a bit like welding. Getting the design right really matters, but some software can analyse for strength. Having this sort of thing at home was the stuff of dreams when I was a kid. It has gone from being a DIY geek thing to an appliance in the last few years.
3D printing exists for a very long time. Was hyped like 10-12 years ago or something? At least what that hype caused was the design of smaller, low-cost printers for use at home and (small) design offices. I suppose this also driven more accessible software. Must admit, didn't look into this segment for the last so many years. Back then I tried all sort of design software, including Maya, Rhino and Blender. These days Maya is owned by Autodesk as far as I know. But also sculpting software. Even talked with Uform (https://uform.co/) to get something of the ground together in the B2C space. This was back in 2014/15/16. Eventually, I shelved the idea/concept/project, but still sometimes think: "What if I pulled through back then?" I know part of the answer: Challenging, since it was in effect too early for a proper B2C play.
Das Set-up erinnert mich an meine Vor DJ Zeit mit Keyboard, damals gab es aber noch keine Computer und dieses komische Internet Dings :-)
😂🤣😂 jo, das war auch meine Zeit!
Ist alles so anders heute, und der Chip im Kopp kommt als Nächstes.. 😜
That looks neat and I was happy to help. The printer is proving to be very useful and I've made things for other people.
Wow, that's cool you've made things for other people.
What sort of stuff?
I made a tablet stand for a mutual friend and some drumstick clips for my drum teacher. I did model ship as a birthday present for a friend. I am happy to do others on request as it's generally easy if the models already exist.
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It's awesome that Steevc 3D printed the brackets 👌 Enjoy the new keyboard 🎶
Brilliant, isn't it? Thank you, I'm very much enjoying it, can't keep my hands off actually 🤣