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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by BobbyP @ Yesterday at 03:46 AM

I can't find a way to delete my previous post. The simple answer is to use the Ketron module to play my midifiles Sometimes you just need to take a step back sorry for wasting your time
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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by BobbyP @ Yesterday at 02:26 AM

Midifile issues. First point is that some of them play perfectly, but others for no apparent reason have.... Wrong instruments/drum kits. Wrong volumes and sometimes reverb/expression. Some midifiles switch off or kill the v
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by abacus @ Yesterday at 01:31 AM

I moved into organs over 50 yrs ago so saw the decline of the home organ in the 8os, mainly because a lot of the organ manufactures did not (Or could not) transition to the digital age and those that bought the analogue organs were starting to disapp
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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by Diki @ 02/17/26 09:03 PM

What's the biggest issue converting MIDI files? I've never used a utility, just my ears... Plus, if you still have your previous keyboard (or can borrow one) and you're content with how that sounded, why not simply record the old keyboard and use th
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Diki @ 02/17/26 08:57 PM

Quite honestly, have any of you LISTENED to modern pop music? Do you see much of a burning need for an arranger engine that can generate half-diminished chords, or 7#9's, or augmented chords, or any of the chord vocabulary from the 20th century? Tod
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by Diki @ 02/17/26 08:36 PM

Aging arrangers aren't being snapped up by kids. They're being snapped up by US, as we realize that spares are rapidly disappearing and no new models are being created. The BK-7m is close to 30 years old. That they're being snapped up and not on a sc
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Tapas @ 02/17/26 05:59 PM

One of the most intriguing features of the Technics SX-KN1000 Arranger was its COMPOSER function. I could lay down a pattern in C Major using 5 individual MIDI Tracks: BASS CHORD/ACCOMP1 ACCOMP2 ACCOMP3 DRUMS I would push the DRUM button and cre
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by TedS @ 02/17/26 12:41 PM

Bill, do you (or anyone else on the 'Zone) have inside information or sales figures for various models? Particularly sales from Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe? It would be good to have some objective evidence to support our speculation.
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by abacus @ 02/17/26 05:34 AM

Originally Posted By TedS I also don't see evidence that the arranger market has "collapsed." Technics and Generalmusic (GEM) bowed out years ago. The pandemic closed the coffin on brick-and-mortar retail, so you won't see MOTL arrangers o
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by abacus @ 02/17/26 05:29 AM

Incorrect Post
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Tapas @ 02/17/26 01:31 AM

Hi Diki, I hear you. Yes, the algorithm behind generating musically pleasing voicings for Minor, Dominant 7th, Diminished, Augmented, Suspended, 6th, 9th chords, etc. derived from a Major Chord pattern is very complex. This is done through Note Tr
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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by BobbyP @ 02/17/26 12:40 AM

Thanks Diki, most of what you advised I'm already doing and the rest will follow. Yes it's a long hard slog getting set up for gigging but already I can see results. Biggest time consumer is transferring my midifiles via midifile optimiser. Some
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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by Diki @ 02/16/26 10:34 PM

The labeling on the FC7 goes back decades, so quite honestly I wouldn't pay it any attention at all. What you set the switches to do is very much up to you and what you need most. But, as I mentioned, there's only ONE 'global' setup for it, which ver
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by Diki @ 02/16/26 09:48 PM

EA7 was launched in late 2015. It received one OS update within its first year of launch. The other more recent update did NOTHING of any significance to the OS. As you said, it was merely an EU regulatory update. So, nothing for ten YEARS. It has a
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Diki @ 02/16/26 09:13 PM

The problem here is that an arranger doesn't just transpose a loop or adjust the 3rds or add 7ths, etc. for different chords. Most arrangers can have an utterly different loop for maj/min/7ths/dims etc. Plus there's a fair amount going on out of sig
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The only problem you have with something like the Montage M plugin is, you have to buy the actual Montage to get the plugin! In which case, if you have the Montage, why stress your CPU with the plugin?! Those of us who used the original synths under
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Jump to new posts Re: Roland bk9 mic is too quiet by BobbyP @ 02/16/26 12:27 PM

Hi Diki, I am now the proud owner of an FC7 footswitch and I see it is pre-programmed to plug and play. Do you have any suggestions, tips or tricks before I dive in at the deep end please. I have taken your advice and now enter the per
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Re: Looking for a new arranger by TedS @ 02/16/26 10:16 AM

I think you're being overly pessimistic Diki. I don't see any evidence that the E-A7 has been "discontinued." As I stated, Roland released an OS update for it in late 2024 to maintain EU regulatory compliance. It's still available new fr
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Re: Behringer JN-80 Demo by Bartek Krzemiński by Tapas @ 02/16/26 10:04 AM

I completely agree with your sentiments Diki. Software emulations have become indistinguishable from their hardware counterparts. They are far cheaper and convenient. All you really need to make music today is investing in a Mac mini M4 or the upco
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Re: AKAI MPC XL by Tapas @ 02/16/26 09:44 AM

Sweetwater posted my detailed review of the AKAI MPC XL standalone Music Production Center. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/...-center/reviews I mentioned I was 100% satisfied with the MPC XL and concluded my review with this request: I
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