Post by organgrinder on Jun 13, 2017 9:41:23 GMT
Am I alone or do others miss the 8 Panel memory buttons which used to be found on just about every keyboard.
The one touch setting button seems to have replaced these functions on many boards these days and I hope that they don't disappear entirely.
I raise this question because I have always used modules along with my current keyboards and have always been in the habit of setting panel memory 1 to quiet -
in other words, when on panel memory 1 no voice will sound from that particular instrument and no style will sound either.
I might be using 2 keyboards and a module or maybe one keyboard and 2 modules so on each instrument, the other 7 memory buttons would be set up so that I can choose a sound or style from each of the 3 instruments and any of these can be played solo or together with another one or two sounds at the same time.
Using the one touch settings restricts me to only 3 available sounds instead of 7 and, as I like to change sounds a lot, when playing most numbers, I have always thought that 4 sounds to each style, doesn't give enough choice and makes it too predictable and boring and makes it harder to make any performance your own.
My Technics KN7000 and Tyros 4 are fine in this respect at the moment but I shall be upgrading to a new board before long and hope I'm not going to be left without the 8 panel memory buttons I am used to.
I quite fancy an Audya but would have to wait until Ketron put the new (and very good) operating system as on the SD7 onto the Audya and update the board a bit.
Yamaha's Tyros6 / Genos1 should be on the market soon but the Tyros5 didn't impress me at all so theres a question mark about Yamaha being my next main board.
Korgs offerings have never instilled any desire in me ( with sounds generally no better than my old Technics and my Solton MS40 module - going back around 15 years)
and Roland seem to have abandoned the high end keyboard market completely so the choice becomes smaller as time goes on.
OK - I've rambled on a bit but would like to know what others favour in regard to 8 panel memories versus 4 one touch settings and am I alone in thinking that 4 voices are not enough to keep performances from being stale and repetitive.
Tony
The one touch setting button seems to have replaced these functions on many boards these days and I hope that they don't disappear entirely.
I raise this question because I have always used modules along with my current keyboards and have always been in the habit of setting panel memory 1 to quiet -
in other words, when on panel memory 1 no voice will sound from that particular instrument and no style will sound either.
I might be using 2 keyboards and a module or maybe one keyboard and 2 modules so on each instrument, the other 7 memory buttons would be set up so that I can choose a sound or style from each of the 3 instruments and any of these can be played solo or together with another one or two sounds at the same time.
Using the one touch settings restricts me to only 3 available sounds instead of 7 and, as I like to change sounds a lot, when playing most numbers, I have always thought that 4 sounds to each style, doesn't give enough choice and makes it too predictable and boring and makes it harder to make any performance your own.
My Technics KN7000 and Tyros 4 are fine in this respect at the moment but I shall be upgrading to a new board before long and hope I'm not going to be left without the 8 panel memory buttons I am used to.
I quite fancy an Audya but would have to wait until Ketron put the new (and very good) operating system as on the SD7 onto the Audya and update the board a bit.
Yamaha's Tyros6 / Genos1 should be on the market soon but the Tyros5 didn't impress me at all so theres a question mark about Yamaha being my next main board.
Korgs offerings have never instilled any desire in me ( with sounds generally no better than my old Technics and my Solton MS40 module - going back around 15 years)
and Roland seem to have abandoned the high end keyboard market completely so the choice becomes smaller as time goes on.
OK - I've rambled on a bit but would like to know what others favour in regard to 8 panel memories versus 4 one touch settings and am I alone in thinking that 4 voices are not enough to keep performances from being stale and repetitive.
Tony
