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#91001 - 10/18/04 04:22 PM
Re: Accordion + Arranger Nightmare! Help!
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Originally posted by The Accordionist: ...I have a really nice acousitc accordion that I would like to use as the centerpiece of my setup... If you plan/want to carry the acoustic around, there are a number of midi systems that can be added to your acc without interferring with the acoustic/reeds. Some will control up to 8 midi channels (3 poly, 1 mono, 2 LH bass, 2 LH chords). Sequencers, rhythm units etc can be controlled from the box and footswitches. I have heard very nice performances on setups like this. If the attraction to you and your playing is centered on the accordion, and you add keyboards, carrying that much stuff around can get old really quick. If you feel at home, doing your 'thing' on the accordion, I would look deeper into those alternatives. I think there are a variety of things that can be done using the acc but its based on your time-frame and budget you set. I don't know where you are located. If in the Chicago area, the Chicago Accordion Club meets tonight. If in the Phoenix area, the Arizona Accordion Club meets tonight. I know people at both who are doing midi accordion stuff and they also perform at some of the meetings. They can talk your ear off if your interested. I'm on the day job now but if you will be pursuing the accordion route, send email to my email (in profile) and I can get you some more details and names that may help. Whatever way you decide to go, best wishes. Ed
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#91006 - 10/19/04 12:29 PM
Re: Accordion + Arranger Nightmare! Help!
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Incidently, speaking of Petosa Millennium and Ketron, I was out last night being entertained by a guy playing dinner dance style music (standard ballads, jazz, swing ,latin stuff) on a Petosa Millennium with a Ketron X4, going thru a Bose L1 Cylindrical Radiator. He had a drummer though, so he was not using electronic rhythms.
I walked in and was at the back of the room. The sound was mellow and clear. Not loud, but full. I could not tell that he was playing a midi-reedless unit until he kicked in some other instrument sound combinations. With that Bose system, it was a quality combination. If I was playing to a group wanting that style of music, I would have been proud to be putting out that sound (proud to be that good of a player too). I'm sure the setup is pricey but this guy was older than me and only a fraction of my size. When he finished, he packed up in minutes and carried the stuff off, all by himself!
Ed
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#91012 - 11/10/04 08:58 AM
Re: Accordion + Arranger Nightmare! Help!
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Originally posted by MrEd: Incidently, speaking of Petosa Millennium and Ketron, I was out last night being entertained by a guy playing dinner dance style music (standard ballads, jazz, swing ,latin stuff) on a Petosa Millennium with a Ketron X4, going thru a Bose L1 Cylindrical Radiator. He had a drummer though, so he was not using electronic rhythms.
I walked in and was at the back of the room. The sound was mellow and clear. Not loud, but full. I could not tell that he was playing a midi-reedless unit until he kicked in some other instrument sound combinations. With that Bose system, it was a quality combination. If I was playing to a group wanting that style of music, I would have been proud to be putting out that sound (proud to be that good of a player too). I'm sure the setup is pricey but this guy was older than me and only a fraction of my size. When he finished, he packed up in minutes and carried the stuff off, all by himself!
Ed Great to see other people play midi accordions! I too use a midi accordion with a roland800 real time arranger, plus now the new Bose Pas speaker system. My Roland800 is great, but I would like to use other interactive styles. Midi files are to restrictive for me. I saw that ketron has a style works 2000 that claims being able to take other styles for any system and I could play them in my Roland 800 as a user style(real time arranger). Have any of you guys tried this and does it realy work this way?
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#91017 - 09/25/05 09:17 PM
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#91019 - 09/26/05 05:46 AM
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