I recorded some songs. I plugged in my microphone into the tyros played/sang and recorded it in one take

Here they are: http://members.lycos.nl/paulbraak35/Demo's/

Have fun

Paul van Braak
Holland www.paulvanbraak.nl

Paul,
Great use of the features on the kb, and nice playing technique as well. You got the balance just right between lead and vocal harmony.....lots of players have trouble with that. Well done.

Paul,

Very Nice!! The mix is just right thru the KB. It sounds so good Uncle Dave might now have to try a Tyros too... Yikes!!!!

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www.donnypesce.com

Hello Paul,

The Tyros sounds great and so do your vocals!

I'm glad you choose Route 66...I've been meaning to ask a Yamaha owner to record that song so I could hear it using XG voices. That song appears to be the 'Styles & Music' version.(?) Anyway, they use an XG Brush drum kit that my GEM WK8 simply does not play right. I keep getting the Laser Zapp sound instead of a drum beat. All my drum kits do this except one, the POLY_DK. That one gets it somewhat right (read, no laser). Even if I play that midi file using VanBasco and my sound card as the midi mapper, I get the laser. Obviously midi files with XG voices require something special.

Bottom line, your sound was wonderful.

mike

Paul,

They sounded great! Thanks for sharing.

Peter

Good sound. You are very talented. I like the photo on the home page a lot too.
DonM

Paul,
One of the best stereo field mixes I've ever heard. Interesting rendition of "Take It Easy" your pacing and phrasing turned it more into a 60/70's R&R version rather than the folk rock original version.

VEry impressive overall.

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jam on,
Terry http://imjazzed.homestead.com/Index.html

If you go to:http://members.lycos.nl/paulbraak35/

you'll see my new photo from my photocard.
This is a tempory website
When you press it yo'll go to my original website.

Thanks for all the compliments

Paul

Paul nice touch on Tequila Sunrise...
it sounds great! Keep up the good work.

Donny NJ

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www.donnypesce.com

Hi Paul,

great songs. The Tyros and your voice sound great.
I also enjoyed the songs on your webside.
Did you record them with the Psr-9000 or the Tyros?
Did you use Midi files or styles?

Again very fresh and enjoyable.

Jam on

Eric

Wow Paul-Your Route66 is a darn good one..it's almost like a carbon copy from Nathalie Cole's "unforgetable" CD. I had to listen to a few bars before I figured it out

I didn't find "tequila sunrise" though...

Paul,
great songs (especially Route 66), great sound, great website (beautiful pictures and graphic layout).
Congratulations.
Andrea

Paul,

Just to satisfy my curiosity.....what kind of mic did you use on these songs?

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www.donnypesce.com

Paul,

Really enjoyed your pro sounding Tyros song renditions. Fresh sounding vocals & nice keyboard soloing.

You say you played, sang and recorded your songs all in 'one take'. Did you sing, play & record everthing live while performing in 'auto accomp' arranger keyboard mode, or did you play the keyboard and sing along to a 'pre-recorded' "Styles & Music" (?) midi song file?

Please share with us your recording procedure & techniques as well as which Yamaha arranger kb style(s) you used or midi song (.mid) files was used , especially on Route 66. I'm also curious how the 'stop chorus' sections on Route 66 were triggered, and how the full keyboard piano comping chord voicings was achieved, especially if the song was performed in (split/full KB) arranger keyboard (auto accomp) mode.

Looking forward to hearing more music from you.

Scott



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http://scottyee.com

Scott,

The way I mostly play on stage is with a midifile, because I also then have the lyrics with me. i can play by head but not recon all the lyrics.

route 66 is indeed a Styles & Music midi and it's the best. I've tried the style (acoustic Jazz, try intro 3), but it doesn't have the impact as the midifile.
I played full keyboard and switched between jazz guitar and piano ( so where you hear the high notes a ran out of keyboard). I'm thinking of getting an 88 keys masterkeyboard and attach this at the Tyros, because the piano is so wonderful.

For the other two songs I played a guitar part.


For Donny I use a Shure beta 58 A Microphone and my eq on the mic is:
eq low 160hz -7db eq mid 800hz -4 db eq high 14 khz +5db

I'll try recording a new song using a style as soon as possible and I will let you know

Greetings

Paul

Hi Paul,

Thanx for the mic info, Itoo was wondering about what Scott was asking. Thanx for clearing that up.



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www.donnypesce.com

Hi Paul, just wondering if you have those songs as midis. As always, you did an outstanding job with the songs. They sounded very clear and the vocal was great too. You now convice me to go purchase the Shure Beta 58 Mic instead of the Rode NT1A Mic, although I know I am the one that sounds ugly. Thanks!

Johnny

@Paul
Just to clarify how you recorded the MP3's which sound great, am I right in thinking that you used a pre-recorded commercial karaoke-mid with you adding piano and guitar solos at the same time as your vocals?
If that is correct, this was great work and I would like to be able to get some more of the mids. But where can I get them, please?
cheers
Eddie



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