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#167549 - 01/06/05 01:39 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
jamman Offline
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Registered: 08/24/04
Posts: 666
Loc: City of Angels in the golden s...
hmm.arrangers only?ok.

casio vl-1,some old mt series(80?)
pss 170, psr 32,36(on board synth sliders want be a DX but,,)good sounds ,OK great for that time

roland e 20,15 and 16(great pianos-put yams to shame)
E70 and 86(was the king for that time,hotter than I3),RA 90,g1000 (short time)and E96

yam qs300(not really an arranger),psr 510,550
korg I3,ix 300,Is 40,PA **
that's pretty much all for arranger since we can't talk about synths.

[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 01-06-2005).]

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#167550 - 01/06/05 06:02 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
N9FAL Offline
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Registered: 12/26/03
Posts: 51
Loc: Florida, USA
Hello everyone!

Its been awhile since I posted so here it goes.

I'm new to arranger keyboards and have had the KN7000 for 14 months. Before that, its been organs from Wurlitzer, Conn, Gulbransen, Hammond (Aurora Classic), two Technics organs, and then the KN7000. Late summer, I picked up the PA50 and prefer some sounds/styles over the 7000 and vice versa.
One local keyborad store here, in Orlando has the PA1X. What a sound! Just trying to figure out if I'll ever use everything it has to offer.
At this point, I'm putting together sets (songs) and may hit the assisted living facilities in my area, or Sunday brunches for pin money.
I need to ween myself from sheet music to get to the next level in playing but also find that the buttons on today's keyboards are sometimes more complicated than thoes black and white things!

Mark

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#167551 - 01/06/05 08:32 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
captain Russ Offline
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7302
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
Fran, I can play a LITTLE...I just can't count very well!


Regards,


Russ

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#167552 - 01/06/05 01:04 PM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
rikkisbears Offline
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Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 6020
Loc: NSW,Australia
Hi Fran,
me , I pretty much loved them all. With each generation they had new & exciting features.
Going back down memory lane ( arranger keyboards only newest to oldest , (had a few arranger modules in between, the ra series , korg i5m & quite a few synthesizers & samplers, but I won't bother with those) .
Kn7000
9000pro
va7
kn5000
g800
korgi2
Kn3000
E86
kn2000
kn800

best wishes
Rikki
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#167553 - 01/06/05 02:47 PM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
pasadoble Offline
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Registered: 11/30/01
Posts: 218
Loc: Portsmouth, England.UK
Ok here's my list... Arrangers first then non-arrangers, then current...

Arrangers....

Technics early keyboard arranger ? (circa 1984)
Roland ProE
Roland RA90
Gem WS2
Korg i300
Yamaha PSR730
Yamaha DJX
Yamaha PSR740
Yamaha PSR2000 now sold and awaiting delivery of a PSR3000 on Monday (please tell me I've done the right thing !)

Non- arrangers...

Lower Holiday Organ
Hammond M100P Organ + Leslie 145
Hohner Electronic Piano
Wasp Synth
Fender Rhodes Piano Stage 73
Solina String Machine
Korg 700S Mono Synth
Hohner Clavinet D6
Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano
Siel Mono Synth
Cavendish String synth/Vocoder
Roland Juno 6
Korg Poly 6
Korg Poly 61
Yamaha PF10 Piano X2 (1 in 1983 & 1 in 1990
Roland Juno 106
Korg DW8000
Yamaha DX100
Yamaha DX7
Ensoniq ESQ1
Ensoniq Mirage Sampler
Ensoniq EPS16+ Sampler
Yamaha EMT 10
Kawai K1m
Akai MX73
Roland U110
Rhodes 760
Dr Boss GM Synth Module
Peavey Spectrum Organ Module
Yamaha SY35 Synth
Roland RS5

Current..

Studiologic SL-880 88 note master k'board
Yamaha SO3 synth
Evolution MK-461c + Native B4 software organ
and soon to be delivered Yamaha PSR3000.

The End

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#167554 - 01/07/05 12:17 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
jamman Offline
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Registered: 08/24/04
Posts: 666
Loc: City of Angels in the golden s...
Quote:
Originally posted by pasadoble:
Korg i300



you mean ix300.

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#167555 - 01/07/05 03:06 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
Tom NL Offline
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Registered: 10/31/04
Posts: 181
Loc: Holland
This is a fun topic! My list is not as impressive as some of you posted, but here we go:

Technics KN-6000 (exp. to KN-6500): current keyboard. Acoustic piano’s and guitars not as good as on my previous Roland, but overall a better sounding instrument. Brass, saxes and flutes are very good. Good and very inspiring styles and lot’s of programming possibilities (I only use some of them). Midi file playing less user-friendly than Roland and needs lots of changing of settings to make midis sound acceptable. Impressive internal amplification and speakers!

Roland E-600 (hi Fran!): a lesser-known Roland arranger, but a very good one! Offered great value for money. Impressive stereo acoustic piano sample(s), guitars, vocals. Most of them perhaps better than of some keyboards currently on the market. Good midi file playing. Standard factory performance-memory settings poor, never used them.

Technics KN-1000: I think it represented a new generation of arranger keyboards. I had great fun with this one. In it’s time it was hard to beat and I can’t remember the competition offering anything better at the time.

Roland RA-90: not an arranger keyboard, but a module version of the Roland E-70. I used it connected to a Yamaha HS-6 electr. organ. Not easy to operate while playing, but at the time it was very good sounding with great styles.

Yamaha HS-6: ok, not an arranger but an electronic organ. I bought it together with my dad when I still lived with my parents. Had a lot of fun playing it. Played several organs that my father owned before that, but listing them would be really off-topic.


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#167556 - 01/07/05 11:04 AM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
pasadoble Offline
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Registered: 11/30/01
Posts: 218
Loc: Portsmouth, England.UK
Yes.. I realised I'd missed the 'x' out but I though it was to insignificant to go back and edit the page for the sake of an 'X' assuming that most people would know it was an i'X'300.

Thanks for bringing it to attention though.

Quote:
Originally posted by jamman:
you mean ix300.


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#167557 - 01/07/05 12:35 PM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
mc Offline
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Registered: 07/17/01
Posts: 870
Loc: New York
Ok, here we go:

My first keyboard was Korg ix300, then

Korg is40
Solton MS60
Roland EM2000 (still have)
Ketron X1
Korg PA60 (still have)
Ketron XD9 (still have)
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#167558 - 01/07/05 12:46 PM Re: Recapping our Arranger keyboard lists
ChicoBrasil Offline
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Registered: 06/09/01
Posts: 993
Loc: Belo Horizonte,Minas Gerais,Br...
It seems that I have I music store...
Voila:
Korg:I3,I4s,I30
Technics:KN 800,1000,1500,3000,5000
Casio: MZ 2000 ( I cannot remember the old models)
Roland:E20,30,70,66,86,96--Em1B(Brasil)Em5B(Brasil),Alpha1 (Brasil),Em2000,G800,G1000, VA7
Yamaha:
Electones:Bk4,B75n,D80,FX20,FX30,HX1.
Arranjers:Psr6100,6300,70,90,410,6700,5700,510,730,8000,740,B50(Brasil)9000,9000Pro,290,K1,295,3000.
The small models I owned in my Music School.
My Top five list:
-Roland E 70
-Roland G 1000
-Psr B50 (Yamaha Brasil)
-Psr 9000 Pro
-Psr 3000
My best bang for buck : Psr3000
Chico

[This message has been edited by ChicoBrasil (edited 01-07-2005).]

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