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Re: AJ announced a price drop on his Pro Packs by Tapas @ Yesterday at 07:48 PM

Now that I have spent some time with AJ’s Pro Pack 1 ELITE package here are my observations. I took advantage of the temporary price drop from $370 to $250. https://ajamsonic.com/product/pro-pack-1?id=607 You need to email AJ a screenshot of
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Diki @ Yesterday at 04:03 PM

I have been saying for DECADES how there's nothing intrinsically wrong with arrangers for younger players EXCEPT THE STYLES. You wouldn't buy an arranger if the vast majority of the ROM styles were from the 1920's or 30's. And kids today don't want t
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Re: OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by Diki @ Yesterday at 03:24 PM

I wouldn't bet the farm on it (haven't seen the specs in English yet) but those jazz drums sounded AWFULLY like an audio loop thing.
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by TedS @ Yesterday at 10:03 AM

Originally Posted By Tapas Let’s face the hard truth. The era of Arranger Keyboards will probably end with our generation. The younger crowd does not want to spend 2 years learning how to read music, spend two more years studying music theory, lear
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Re: OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by Tapas @ Yesterday at 07:20 AM

Wow! Watch Daiju Kurasawa perform a jazz version of Londonderry Air. The sound of the drums is such a big improvement over the ELS-02 series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWEm34O2fY
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Tapas @ Yesterday at 05:47 AM

Having played around the KOALA SAMPLER iOS App for the past few hours, I decided to expand the capabilities by downloading the ABLETON NOTE App. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ableton-note/id1633243177 I am impressed how much power Ableton has em
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Re: OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by abacus @ Yesterday at 02:26 AM

Originally Posted By DikiNice. And it's good to know that hokey organ demos aren't unique to western players! Londonderry Aire?! Really? 🤣 Here's an older demo, but far more contemporary than those! https://youtu.be/WsUxxJQcnX0?si=C8gtXt2Yu5TqV
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Re: OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by Taike @ 01/21/26 10:49 PM

Price in Japan is about $14,000.
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Tapas @ 01/21/26 08:20 PM

Wow Diki! Thanks for introducing me to the Koala Sampler iOS App. I downloaded this app on my iPad Pro and it opened this Tutorial Video that explains the basic functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2p4qdJhRYI I couldn’t believe how eas
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Jump to new posts Re: GEM Promega3 assistance by DaveMcM @ 01/21/26 01:36 PM

Try swapping the boards around in their sockets. This probably won't help but it's worth a try. If you give me your email address I'll send you the needed files and instructions on performing an update to the Promega 3. Some of these files are too la
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Diki @ 01/21/26 12:43 PM

That's a hefty chunk of change when you can do it all in software with a launchpad controller nowadays..! I'm having some fun doing beats with Koala Sampler on an iPad Pro. $4.99 app, lol 🤣
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Re: OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by Diki @ 01/21/26 12:37 PM

Nice. And it's good to know that hokey organ demos aren't unique to western players! Londonderry Aire?! Really? 🤣 Here's an older demo, but far more contemporary than those! https://youtu.be/WsUxxJQcnX0?si=C8gtXt2Yu5TqVXkF Nice to see real dra
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OT: New Yamaha Electone released in Japan by abacus @ 01/21/26 01:45 AM

You will need to use your browser to translate, however the videos are universal. Enjoy Bill Yamaha ELS-03- Electone



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