Birthday [POL/ENG]

Wczoraj skończyłem 34lata. W tym roku postanowiłem sprawić sobie na urodziny prezent o którym myślałem już od prawie roku. Na początku 2024 przez parę miesięcy miałem okazję od czasu do czasu pobawić się pianinem u sąsiadów. Spodobało mi się. Bardzo przyjemne brzmienie i motorycznie mega prosty instrument. Taka na przykład gitara jest nie do ogarnięcia, a tutaj wystarczy wcisnąć sobie przycisk i dzieje się dźwięk. Jak ten dźwięk brzmi w zestawieniu z kolejnym i poprzednim to już inna sprawa, ale nie od razu Rzym zbudowano.

Przez ostatnie parę dni starałem się rozeznać w możliwościach wykorzystując to, że i tak siedziałem chory w domu. Jakieś dwa tygodnie temu ktoś sprzątnął mi sprzed nosa pianino na katowickiej grupie śmieciarkowej. Pianino byłoby super gdyby było za darmo, ale jak już mam płacić to mogę powybrzydzać. Fajnie jakby dało się ten dźwięk bardziej pozmieniać, albo zapętlić sobie jeden dźwięk i grać inny. Czat gpt, pomógł mi wybrać odpowiedni instrument, tworząc przy okazji tekst mogący zapełnić niewielką książkę. Dość szybko znalazłem ofertę na popularnym scentralizowanym serwisie z ogłoszeniami i dziś rano jechałem już do Ustronia.

Wybrałem instrument Arturia MiniFreak, głównie ze względu na bardzo duże możliwości eksperymentowania z dźwiękiem i tworzenia nowych brzmień i ogólnie dobre opinie. Jestem absolutnym amatorem, ba, dzieckiem we mgle, ledwie rozumiem czym są akordy i umiem zagrać może ze dwa. Ten instrument nie będzie dla mnie narzędziem, ale zabawką. Mam na celu zgłębienie przy okazji teorii muzyki i pojęć z zakresu produkcji muzycznej i eksperymentowanie z falą dźwiękową wydaje się być bardzo przyjemną i praktyczną drogą do tego celu. A jeśli mi się nie spodoba (za późno, już się zdążyło spodobać) lub się znudzi to zawsze mogę sprzedać instrument. Okazuje się, że syntezatory całkiem nieźle trzymają wartość.

Na wycieczkę do Ustronia zaprosiłem przyjaciółkę i jej obecność wprowadziła bardzo dużo ciepła i serdeczności w tę transakcyjną wizytę. Wypiliśmy razem herbatę i chwilę pogawędziliśmy z ostatnim właścicielem i jego mamą. Później wjechaliśmy jeszcze na pobliską górę Równicę i zjedliśmy bardzo dobre naleśniki.

Mam wciąż trochę przeziębieniowych objawów i piesza wycieczka w góry to mogłoby być za wiele.

ENG

Yesterday, I turned 34. This year, I decided to give myself a birthday present that I had been thinking about for almost a year. In early 2024, I had the chance to play around with a piano at my neighbors' place from time to time for a few months. I really liked it. It has a very pleasant sound and is an incredibly simple instrument in terms of mechanics. A guitar, for example, feels impossible to grasp, whereas here, you just press a key, and a sound happens. How that sound fits with the next and previous one is another matter, but Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Over the past few days, I tried to explore my options while being stuck at home with a cold. About two weeks ago, someone snatched a free piano right from under my nose in a local Katowice giveaway group. A piano would have been great if it was free, but if I have to pay, I can afford to be picky. It would be nice if I could modify the sound more or loop a single tone while playing another. ChatGPT helped me choose the right instrument, producing a text that could easily fill a small book in the process. I quickly found a listing on a popular centralized classifieds website, and this morning, I was already on my way to Ustroń.

I chose the Arturia MiniFreak, mainly because of its vast sound experimentation possibilities, ability to create new tones, and overall good reviews. I’m an absolute amateur—no, a child lost in the fog. I barely understand what chords are and can maybe play two. This instrument won’t be a tool for me but rather a toy. My goal is to delve into music theory and concepts of music production, and experimenting with sound waves seems like a very enjoyable and practical way to do that. And if I don’t like it (too late, I already do) or get bored, I can always sell the instrument. It turns out that synthesizers hold their value quite well.

For my trip to Ustroń, I invited a friend, and her presence added a lot of warmth and kindness to what was otherwise just a transaction. We had tea together and chatted for a while with the previous owner and his mother. Later, we drove up to the nearby Równica mountain and had some delicious pancakes.

I still have some lingering cold symptoms, and a full-on mountain hike would have been too much.
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07/02/2025
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Happy birthday @deepresearch, I am glad you got yourself a keyboard!! 🤩🎹
Enjoy playing it and playing with it, I will come come to turn the pages when you will have a concert 😉

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Thank you! Ha, it's on the blockchain, now I just need to bookmark this comment :D

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Happy birthday! Piano is cool, or music in general. I played it when I was young, that is 20 years ago hehe, today it will be a little guitar here and there :)
!BEER !PIZZA

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Happy birthday, Dżemysław!!! 🎉 🍻

Be cautious with the keyboard to not go into "higher" levels and buy a real piano... Talking from personal experience living with the pianist... 😃

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Thank you! I mean, you can at least listen to the real music, my neighbours or future flatmates would be tormented :D

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Hahahaha...

My biggest concern is always when we have to change apartments... I have some traumas from taking a piano to the 8th floor by the stairs (as it didn't fit into the elevator 😱) 🤣

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I know what you mean, recently my neighbour had his piano brought up by me and 3 other people, that was 4th floor and it was challenging enough, but 8th?! Insane! 😅

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100 lat zdrowia! :) Klawisze to magia. Czasem wciska się randomowe klawisze i nagle okazuje się, że to jakaś znana melodia ;)

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Dzięki! Tak! Co jakiś czas wychodzą jakieś urywki "Panie Janie" albo marszu pogrzebowego :D

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    Happy Birthday! 🤗 What a nice present you gave to yourself 😉 Hope to hear you play next time we're in Krolewsto 😁

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    Thank you! :) Actually are there any Hive meet-ups planned in @kbk @krolestwo ? I might be not ready for the next one, but if I'll produce something satisfying I'm definitely going to share it here :)

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    I'm not aware of any meet-ups being planned.. This year we wouldn't be able to come anyway because we're renovating an old house, so we can't really travel other than to see our families. So I guess you have enough time to practice until we see each other again 😉

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    Congratulations on your 34th. I'm going to be 33 in October and I'm not sure I've celebrated a birthday since I was born. Mostly because I have a chronic condition and somehow it has brought some chronic depression as well.

    As for music instrumental, at least you understand the basics. I like music a lot, I mean, I wish I can play some instruments but unfortunately I know nothing lol.

    That's some nice looking pancakes

    @tipu curate

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    Thank you! What condation do you struggle with? Yeah, I know how health restrictions can influence the state of mind. I hope you are able to find some joy anyway.

    As for the latter

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    It's called sickle cell disease, it's incurable. It's very rare and it's genetic. I stopped working in 2017 because the disease could no longer let me.

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    Happy past Birthday to you! I stopped celebrating my birthdays at 29, it was my last. To me, it's just a new reminder that I'm one year older, nothing to celebrate really. :)))

    What you got yourself there is so much more than a simple piano that you were looking for, that's a complex sound machine, I've seen some demos done with it, many techno/house Djs use it.
    Let us know when you launch your first demo! :))

    btw, a new one goes for about 500euros around here.

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    Thank you! I not a big birthday-celebration person too, I guess I needed a pretext to have a break and reward myself after long period of work and endurance.

    Yeah, I'm starting to wrap my head around what it possible with it. Sound generation capabiliteis are virtually endless. While I researched these machines I thought about potential ways of developing with available options, and I wanted more. This synth is recommended to be bought as a second instrument since such wide array of available options might be overwhelming for a beginner. I take a slow approach and hope to learn continously :)

    I paid around €430 for it, lightly used and still within warrancy period. There is still plastic screen protection attached :)

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    Get yourself some software like Reaper(I think you can still use it for free even after the trials expires), record your own generated sounds, make mixes... wohooo :)))

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    The time will come for that :) Thanks for recommendation. First basics, I've got most of wave modification things, changing and saving new presets (I've already lost 3 very interestind sounds because I didn't learn how to save these b4). Now I'm learning sequencer, and on my way to update firmware.

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    I hope you'll post a video soon :)) getting the techno beats out!

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    Wszystkiego dobrego!

    Miałem klawisze jako dziecko i przewrotem kopernikańskim było dla mnie odkrycie i zrozumienie akordów. Wczesniej jednym palcem potrafiłem ze słuchu ogarniać melodie. Akordy i to, że tonacje można sobie dowolnie przenosić okazały się kompatybilne ze stosem śpiewników w domu.

    Od tego czasu więcej gram niż słucham choć teraz już na gitarze itp

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    Dzięki!

    Tak, niektóre dźwięki lepiej brzmią z innymi, też miałem taki "aha moment" jak to odkryłem. Teraz jeszcze zrozumieć. Wydrukuję sobie infografikę, bo na razie to gram jakieś dwa najprostsze. W ogóle dla mnie wciąż przedziwne jest to, że są molowe i durowe, w sensie to nie tak, że ktoś sobie to wymyślił, one po prostu mają takie lub inne brzmienie!

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    Oh gosh I’m sorry for only seeing this now😭

    I wish you a happy (late) birthday! May all your wishes come true and health & good vibes always be around :)!

    That’s an amazing gift you got :)!

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    Thank you. This might be late, but I can tell it's from the heart.

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    Of course :)
    I had a lot going on so I wasn’t on hive much🙃

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