And the 10 year old korg pa1x http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XmMCr6sISUI

We are just waiting for the Audiofiles with a singer (male or female) made by Yamaha for the Tyros 5 .
Maybe there are other factories who see these opportunities .

Yes I know from the Audya and the PAX1 , I know this feature
was already there in a GEM WK keyboard but the difference is
that none of them had the AUDIO to MULTI PAD LINK .

These link is very special !

My Korg PA3X can import audio files into multipads (and loop them as well) and my old PA2X-Pro could do the same.

The BK-9 can also have up to 7 loops, triggered either from the top 7 keys, or the FC-7 f/s. They can either loop (in sync and key with the arranger) or be one shot recordings. It plays .MP3's, .WAV and .AIFF formats directly from the USB stick.

Still not quite sure I understand the intent of the OP, though. Are you seriously suggesting a band or OMB that plays everything themselves, but the lead singer is a recording? Best of luck getting an audience behind that!

Backing vocals is another issue, but no audience really wants to see either lip syncing or completely recorded lead vocals. Even karaoke, the performer 'sings' while the band is recorded. I've never seen an act where the opposite is the case!

At least there is an interesting aspect to this idea: Usually the singer is always regarded as much more important than the "accompaniment" by the audience, as generally people who don't play an instrument are rarely aware of how important harmony (and rhythm) is in music as opposed to melody. So this would somehow "turn the tables" and put the harmonic part into the focus. But of course I'm pessimistic the audience would accept it, as the playback aspect would be much more obvious than if a keyboarder in the background was playing midi files instead of playing live.

Hi all,

Not sure we're talking the same thing here. See this. Look at 1:20 onwards.

All the best mates,

Henni

I am happy to see the reactions to this Audio item .
The title of this thread is "The Musician strikes back" , and that
is what really can be done by musicians who dare to use the
facilities of there keyboard .

To Diki : I saw and heared the Band of Gilberto Gil playing
on a Jazz Festival in Vienna with a female singer on tape .
The audience liked it !

There is no fundamental difference between a singer with the
music on tape and a musician with the singer on the Audio Recorder.

Come on Musicians , show your skills !

Was the female singer doing the leads, or just backing vocals?

And if a jazz audience is OK with taped performances, all I can say is, that's a pretty poor excuse for an audience. At least where I come from, if someone tried to pull off a whole show with the lead vocals taped and no singer at all, they would be stoned off stage!

The female singer on tape was the leadsinger in that song
played by the Band of Gilberto Gil .
Diki , you are a good singer , I heard "How good it is to be
loved by you " a few years ago .
You could be the first Song-Fileproducer for keyboards with
Audiofacilities .
You could sell these Song-Files to Tyros 5 , Audya , Roland,
and Korg players when their keyboard has Audiofacilities .
If you do so we can say "Diki made it come true " because he
is a good and real musician and he is a good singer !
The musician Diki strikes back , and others will follow .

I think it's bad enough that we have to use arrangers . This would be a disaster. You are playing and someone is singing but you can't see them.People would probably think it's a joke..Ok for practice at home.