Ted, I was just rereading the thread you started on 4/09/03 ‘Recording Songs’. My kids were after me for the last few years to record something so when I croaked they would have something to remember of my music playing days. One night last year about this time I recorded about ten songs on my 6500 and then burned them on to a CD for posterity. After giving it much thought I decided to record exactly the way they are used to hearing old pop play live for some of their parties or the dances or restaurants I play at. After Ruthie went to bed one night I started this undertaking about 10 PM and finished about 3 AM. Every song was played just like the board came out of the box. Just like I would set it up at a restaurant and play for three hours. Ninety nine and ninety nine one hundreds percent of the time I use only the rhythms and sounds that came with the KN. Yes I use the pads some times for solos’ but with restraint. (Nos. 5 and 6) I also use them (1 thru 4) to add to the rhythms for variation. I also use the sound arranger button for more of the same. Do you realize that will give you more than a dozen almost new sounding rhythms for just one single rhythm? Now try muting some of the accompaniments and or increasing or decreasing the tempo and wow! You could play for better than an hour and sound like you never used the same rhythm. This is one reason I very very seldom use imported styles. Over the last couple of weeks, because of this thread, I have again tried many of these converted styles and have not been convinced of their need except maybe for ethnic styles of one kind or another. I have found very few that can even match the quality of our KN styles. However there are a few from the older KN’s that I have loaded into the customs or put on my hard drive on the 65 or the SD in my 7. Now, how do I use the sounds with the rhythms? For the most part I use the Music Style Arranger (MSA). Press and hold that button and a window will pop up. I have it set to ‘Sound & Rhythm’. Therein lies the combinations that Technics has spent thousand upon thousands of dollars, multi thousands of dollars for top quality professionals to program. That’s it? No, no and no! Now comes the programable ‘Favorites Button’. Peep into that button and you will see I have hid all my favorite sounds. Yes all my favorite sounds in one place. Quick and easy for my pleasure to push at my very whim. For the sake of time I’m not even going to mention what's in the Panel Memories. With the aforementioned setup is how I play and also record live with the easy record. What you play is what you hear is what you get when you record. Neat, easy and clean. I sent these ten songs to Bebop for the 20 for 1 thing. I didn’t put the rhythms in the composer or the sounds into the PM so some of them won’t work on the 7000. Live and learn. Next time.

Anyway Ted, the reason for this post is because some of your questions were never answered. Quote:
1- These recordings were NOT made just using "Easy Record" because they are too elaborate. Can anyone explain in detail how to record in this manner, since it sounds, to me anyway, almost like more than one person playing all the instruments in the arrangements! Ted, most of the recording were using Easy Record.

2- Does anyone have any banks of Performance Pads to share for insertion into the blank spaces provided for additional ones on the 7000 (and others, I'm sure). Yes, I do. These can be purchased form technote and I don’t think they would like it if I gave them to you for nothing.

3 - I especially would love to have some Christmas ones (sleigh bells, etc.) to add spirit to some Christmas songs. Ted, I have done some of this kind of stuff for Christmas music via the sound arranger.

There are two ways I could help you out. One is to try to explain some of these things on this forum. Maybe I could attempt this for number 3 but as for number 1 we would have to sit side by side so you could see how these things work together. We have many senses to work with, but seeing with the eye and hearing with the ear conveys much more than words can. Words have differences in meaning to different people but what you see is what you get. So with that thought in mind what do you think about this solution? Ruthie and me go up to the fireside dinner theater to see every new offering. Top notch stuff! We also go up to the Wisconsin Dells six or seven times a year to see and hear the ‘Wisconsin Opry’ performances among other things. My first wife Ruthie and me love these sort of things for we are simple folk at heart. Some times Ruthie gets a notion in her cute little wrinkled head, like last year, when she took me up for a helicopter ride. Anyway we usually make a two or three day thing out of these little mini trips, as Ruthie calls them. We many times stay at one of the Madison motels because at the dells or by the Fireside you have to reserve them in advance. Ruthie and me have always done things on the spur of the moment as we do to this day. Therefore! Therefore if you think you would like to spend an afternoon trying to murder your keyboard and share some music and thoughts together, it might be fun. Maybe I could even talk you and the wife into being our guests for dinner. Let me know if this strikes your fancy.

Grandpa Doug and his Ruthie