Hello SZ-friends,

I have made some new demo's on the korg pa1x-pro. made with "vocoder" function,
chord "expert" function,etc..
see on my site www.notlos.com and go to the
notlos-education link.
Note: All mp3's are recorded on the pa1xpro with the optional mp3 board!!!
Regards,
notlos
www.notlos.com

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Dirk,
I am listening right now to your songs; my favorites are easily "Laura", "Raindrops" and especially "Blues". "One note samba", on the other hand, is interesting as an idea (the use of the vocoder), but sounds less good, maybe because the style does not sound as authentic as the ones you used in "Blues" or "Raindrops".
Speaking of "Raindrops", I loved your arrangement a la George Shearing; the style is also very good (our friend Scott Yee should really consider this keyboard, given his love for jazz styles ).
Speaking now of the two Gerswhin tunes, my favorite is the orchestral one, because I really don't like the acoustic piano sound of the PA1 X pro; by the way, the final part, that starts at 41 sec, is much better than the first one.
All in all, I would say that you are having a lot of fun in your home studio!
Keep up the good work! "Blues" is really awesome!
Andrea

Hello Dirk

My congrats from Brasil.
Your performance is a trade mark.
I loved all songs specially the new fashion to "one note samba" with vocoder (nice idea) and drums that shows a present tendency of new brasilian bossa players (Bossa Cucanova, for example).
I think that your bigger merit is the cleanness and subtlety of arrangements.
I am working in my CD with my own songs, recording with Psr3000, Korg PA50 and Roland Alpha 1 (Brasilian model).
Can the PA50 record rootless chords ?

Cheers
Chico



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Hi Dirk.
I'm with Chico in this one: loved your original rendition of One Note Samba. Delicious! The jazz and bossanova styles in the PA1X are excellent. However the transitions between the different parts could be more natural. Thanks for sharing! -- José.

Hi route 66,
I have the piano part reduced in some jazz-styles for this demo to let you hear the "roothless" voice played on the left side of the keyboard. That's the way you hear in some intro's and endings another balance of the style.

Thanks to dreamer and Chico for the comments on my demo's !!!

Chico: I don't think that the korg pa-50 has the "expert" mode for "roothless" chord.

Warm Belgian greetings,
Notlos


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Well done Notlos! This is some of the best playing I've heard on this forum, especially your lovely jazz improvs.

The other night I downloaded all the various styles converted to Yammy format for my PSR-3000. I must admit I like the Korg PA80 styles the best, especially the OTS's.

Can anyone tell me if there are any PA1x styles available which have been converted to Yammy format?

Thanks,

Carrie

Hi, notlos
Your performance is superior. It seems that the band is in front of you. EXCELLENT.
Abraços de Lisboa
Franky



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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Carrie-uk:
[ This is some of the best playing I've heard on this forum,

Yes,yes and yes.....
Dirk is one of my good friends and believe me he is a fabulous musician....Hey Dirk I like especially the chords in Laura.... Do you see what I mean..Londonnery Air (or Danny Boy) is one of my fav's and I love the chords progression here...Good job..
Sorry guys, here a (short) private message in Flemish : Vergeet niet dat ik volgende week in uw winkel zal komen...
Have a good day
Daddy_JJ

Excellent excellent excellent Notlos!!!! Iwas already sold on the PA1X but boy !!! you do one hell of a great sales job!

Thanks for your reply's to everyone.

To daddy jj: Ik zie je volgende week wel in de winkel groetjes.

Regards,

Notlos

Hi Bart (Notlos). Finally had chance to checkout your new website song additions. Nice grooves & keyboard playing renditions showcasing the Korg PA1X Pro. I liked all your songs, but of course appreciated most, your jazz swing inspired (rootless chord acoustic piano voicing demo) called: "Blues expert Function". Can I assume that you played rootless chords in your left-hand while filling out the piano parts (upper structure chords & melody & fills) concurrently with your right hand? Was this performed in full keyboard or split mode? I'm quite impressed with the PA1XPro except perhaps for the acoustic piano. Was the one you used the acoustic piano included in the PA1XPro or the one on Korg's PA1X expansion card? The only thing that's keeping me from purchasing the PA1X/Pro is that it's a bit heavy weight for frequent gigging & current lack of sufficient funds. It's moments like these that I wish I was working at a music store to gain the benefits of employee discounts. - Scott

Hi Scott,

Nice to hear you !!!
I have played this song (blues expert) in split mode (left sound piano also and played the jazz chord voicings left) while on upper the sound is also piano and play there the improvisation and chords that's fit on the left side playing arranger.
left= expert mode(arranger)+ piano sound
right= piano sound.
The piano that i used is the "standard" sound on the pa1x/pa1xpro (like the performance sound 1 (grand piano).
I have no card expansion at this moment, only the optional mp3 board (that's record all normaly: vocals, styles, effects,etc...).
Scott, I know the pa1x/pa1x pro is heavy, but I also play piano gigs and for me it's much better to have the pa1xpro that's better for playing piano otherwise i must always use a piano and keyboard on a gig, now i only gig with the pa1xpro to compensate this.
Nice to hear from you,

regards,
(dirk !!) Notlos. www.notlos.com


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