I really appreciate the shared experiences related to my module/keyboard dilema. This afternoon I spent several hours learning the keyboards at Sam Ashe Music. "Learning", because no one there knew the first thing about the boards, so it was "do it yourself".

Many impressions... first, those guitars on the PSR2000 are really cool! Guitars are not easy to emulate on a keyboard. Second, lots of button pushing! I can see, as some of you pointed out, that close proximity (to those buttons) is critical. Using a pedal for fills and variations makes sense... except for the fact that foot pedals need to be controling so many other things - sustain, volume, Vocalist, Rotosphere (leslie simulator). Hmmmmm, busy foot, any thoughts?

Probably my biggest frustration is not being able to locate a Ketron board or module around here. After reading so many positive comments on this forum about their "live-like" sounds, I'd really like to hear one live. I called Ketron and they led me to a dealer who has none. Anyone know of anything in my area (Northern Ohio), let me know.

Glenn


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José (matias):
MANY thanks in advance. As confucious say: "A picture is worth a thousand words". How's that for your fortune cookie of the day? - Scott

(I didn't know that Confucious worked for Polaroid...)

Sounds good... but what's an flr2002?

Glenn

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On my flr2002 arranger system I have two choices. I can use a computer keyboard to control everything. Alternatively, I can program the lower octave or more to do most things such as fills, variations, endings, etc. This is the alternative I use most often. When I want to use the full range of the controller keyboard (e.g., playing organ, etc.) I will use either the computer keyboard or my Roland PK5 Midi Bass pedals to operate the arrnager functions. It's a breeze and works well.
I change voices using the the Roland A37 Controller program buttons.

So you can see anything is possible.

Frank L. Rosenthal

From Confucious, and sponsored by Polaroid...




Scott, tell if the pictures aren't clear enough.

-- José.

Oh my God, pictures are so big!... Sorry, it's my first time posting pictures!

Another one...



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José,
Indeed, your 3 pictures are well worth 'over' three thousand words. With your setup, I can now clearly see that the arranger buttons & screen are within reasonable reach from the keyboard.
btw: Is that a Quick-lok double tiered stand? Model number? MANY thanks, - Scott

Hi, Scott.

The only down side of this setup is that all the control has to be done in the module only. If I want to use the buttons of the controller I can always slightly increase the distance between both platforms, with a slight loss of performance efficiency (actually negligible for my performance level).

Yes, it's a Quiklok double tier stand. Model Number: QL-641. You can find it here:
http://www.quiklok.com/search_list.taf?_function=detail&Layout_0_uid1=29

Maybe you will reconsider the module route in the future?

-- José.

Scott,
Since I know you are very curious, the two strips on the left side hiding the name of the brand (Kurzweil) are velcro white strips, which I use to fixate my feedback destroyer (Behringer Shark). Once again, this velcro solution, I got it from you guys . BTW, I recently upgraded my vocal setup. I exchanged my Shure Beta 58a (Dynamic) for a Shure Beta 87a. I couldn't be happier with my upgrade, 87a is a terrific vocal mic!

-- José.