I listened to pretty much every demo on the page. I thought the sounds was just good. Meaning it did not give me a burning desire to even demo one. I still haven't heard anything to my ears that compares arranger wise to the Tyros 1 or 2. My favorite acoustic pianos still come off my Fantom X8 though.

Terry

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jam on,
Terry
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Spalding1:
We are in agreement that marketing is important to help sell a keyboard. Some of the ways a keyboard can be marketed (and this is not and exhaustive list) is by the specs, online demos, pictures and word of mouth.

Whether or not musicians go to try out a board based on an online demo is really up to the musician.

What I do know is that some musicians have noticed a big difference between an online demo and playing or hearing a keyboard live.

I will give you just 2 examples. There were some musicians who heard the G-70 online demos and were almost going to buy it. But after hearing it in person, were not impressed with the sounds on it at all.

Another example is where some one came up to me after hearing me play the Genesys and was impressed by the sounds and styles. That person heard some online demos of the Genesys and said the sounds and styles did not move him. He was wondering if I was playing a different Genesys I told him know but I tweak and mix the sounds and create my own styles to suit my playing style.

Kind of like in another thread where persons said that in order to judge the quality of a piano sound they have to know who is playing the instrument.

My point in saying all this is the player should really check out the keyboard in person and see if the keyboard’s sounds, OS and physical lay-out fit his or her level of playing and programming ability.

Lets face it, with the technology today, sounds on any new keyboard are going to be good whether we like a particular keyboard will depend on our personal preference, our skill level for playing, how easy the OS is to navigate and our willingness to make the keyboard our own.

agreed !

I second that.

Bill

Ok,

I have just completed the other SD5 demos for you and tried to hit all types of styles (for now anyway) Got to go back to the project room, but ...

All recordings were done in REAL TIME and in ONE TAKE in KEYBOARD ARRANGER MODE (Left Arranger, Right Lead). Fills, Riff … voice changes were done instantly and not with Registrations or … . I wanted to give you all an idea of what the SD5 sounds like out of the box with minimum/no adjustment. These are UNOFFICIAL demos done on the prototype and so production units will sound even better (with the styles more carefully balanced … etc).

http://www.ketronus.com/downloads.html#aj

Thanks,

AJ

[This message has been edited by Ketron_AJ (edited 07-03-2006).]

Maybe uploading to a different site would be better. I keep getting gateway timeouts. Not to mention the wait time and the popups (notably: The Worlds Largest Sex and Swingers Personals Website) from this particular file sharing website.


Regards,

Dennis



[This message has been edited by TwoNuts (edited 06-05-2006).]

yeah same problem here

It's been revised. Pls. try again and let me know.

Thanks,

AJ

Thanks AJ,

Listening to the Blues song as I type.
Took me a minute to figure out the new website , but obviously I managed to work it out.


Thanks,

Dennis

Well,
I am listening right now to all the MP3s; as usual with Ketron, the strength lies in the styles. They are really realistic, thanks especially to the live rhytm loops (just listen to the ride cymbal loop that starts at 1:07 in the "Slow Rock" style). Yes, they are not smooth and polished like the Yamaha styles, but they have a more authentic "live" feeling.
On the other hand, I am not impressed with the sounds; they have the usual "metallic" quality, with a lot of emphasis on the midrange frequencies, that I remember well from my days with the SD1.
All in all, I guess that a Tyros 2 and an SD5 (or a Midjay) could be a killer combination.