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Joined: 03 Apr 2015 Posts: 11 Location: kolkata, india
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:17 pm Post subject: how to make sounds beautiful
hi,
i'm a newbie here. i had a yamaha psr 550b. i dreamt of a pa900 for a long time. yesterday i have bought pa900. but when i played it i found that yamaha's voices were nicer than it. styles were great. i can not express myself properly. somehow when i play a music voices are not blending with styles. but it must not be the case. because before buying it i watched a lot & listened a lot of pa900's music video. those were superb. i want to know what are the basic settings which can make sounds richer. in my yamaha main voice is of live grand piano & it is backed by strings (most commonly used). though it is a low end device, it's sound is rich & good to hear. in pa900 i have plethora of choices. i want to know where i am doing wrong & what are the basic changes should be done. i am not a professional. it is my hobby. i am eagerly waiting for your response. thanks in advance.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: how to make sounds beautiful
sidhu1990 wrote:
.. had a yamaha psr550 ... yesterday i have bought pa900. but when i played it i found that yamaha's voices were nicer than it.
.. i want to know where i am doing wrong & what are the basic changes should be done.
Hello,
the differerence between Yamaha and Korg maybe:
Out-of-box and play without to do much customizing - but if familiar after short time if you want to change some parameters to customize - you will not find important or effective parameters for customizing (that is Yamaha - system simple to apply), to be used as it is.
Out-of-box and play - there seems be possible so much to do for customizing - however if familiar with some tools and discovering parameters gradually you will be satisfied with your keyboard for a long time (thats Korg - advanced system for experts) and still one will customize with extensive amount of parameters after years.
It seems not to be you did something wrong - but as there is a great amount of features to customize sounds, performances and background, you can not get an information for basic change do be done with one switch.
Its recommended to use manual and reference guides to learn how to select styles, sts, performances, songbook-entries, effects etc and how to lock/unlock parameters. So you can listen how styles, performances, sts, songbook-entries are sounding with factory-settings and can learn step-by-step how it would sound if you change parameters. _________________ kind regards
- siebenhirter, austria -
Interesting facts about styles and stylePlayer functions can be found at http: www.elmarherz.de
EQ settings, master eq setting etc you need to change to sound to your taste. Out of the box, KORG sound flat. That's normal behavior of a pro instrument. _________________ Life's music - www.myoozic.com
Joined: 03 Apr 2015 Posts: 11 Location: kolkata, india
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:24 pm Post subject:
hi,
many thanks for your kind response. yes it's very much true that i must have patience & have to learn how to make sound beautiful. lets see how can i achieve it. thanks once again.
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 1613 Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:35 pm Post subject:
The Korg Pa3x/3xle/900/600 have amazing sounds, styles and tweakability, but their weak point is the piano sounds and it looks like you play a lot of piano. Fortunately Antony Sharmann has provided a a really nice piano that you can download from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m79xyu991iorrni/SteinwayPlusMarch2015.SET.zip?dl=0
Just unzip the file (Right Click, Open with...Windows Explorer) and load the .Set folder. It contain various versions of a really nice sampled Steinway. This will not affect any of the Factory settings (it is a Sound set only) and will add the pianos to User 1 sounds.
Believe me you wont look back once using these new pianos.
The other thing that Korg does is understate the global reverb compared to other manufacturers so I suggest you turn up Global Reverb (Menu, Global, Reverb Offsett) a few notches.
John
Joined: 03 Apr 2015 Posts: 11 Location: kolkata, india
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:01 am Post subject:
Grrrreat..... Many many thanks to John. Surely I will download it & let you know. I eagerly waiting to come back home to tweak the settings. Thanks once again. I did not know where to start from. Now I some clue to go on.
Joined: 03 Apr 2015 Posts: 11 Location: kolkata, india
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject:
can you please tell me how do i copy? after plugging the usb stick i pressed 'media' button. there after pressed copy, then chose copy to disk. after that whenever i press copy it shows warning' are you sure". at this stage i don't have that much courage to do that. should i go ahead. korg's manual does not say anything about it.
even if i tried to make full resource backup, it said 'are you sure'. so i didn't. there should be some encouraging line for it. why it is giving warning even for backup!!!
my os version is 1.01 jun 24 2013. how can i update to latest version. is there any tutorial for it?
sorry for lots of questions together at one place.
thank you all.
Joined: 27 Jan 2014 Posts: 1725 Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 8:50 pm Post subject:
Making your sounds beautiful is all about understand how sounds, effects works, then you customize, saved as new and got it
I can tell you if you get there you can make what you need on pretty much all keyboards which give you access to tweak it.
When my Pa600 was in repair shop I did video on my old $150 Yamaha PSR-E423 and sounds came not bad
Take look yourself
_________________ Nemik
Korg Kronos2-61, Korg Pa600, Novation UltraNova, Akai Professional MPK49, Akai Professional MPK225 , Alesis QX-49, APC25 Keys, Launchpad MK2, Korg nanoPad2
MOTU Midi Express XT, FCB1010 with UnO, Behringer X2222 USB, TASCAM Model 24 Mixer, Presonus AudioBox96, M-Track Plus
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Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 1613 Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:33 pm Post subject:
Sidhu,
To load a set you need to use the Load tab not Copy. So once you have the set on a USB stick then Media, Load.
"Are you sure" is a general warning you will see often. It sounds more ominous than it is. Just do a Full Resource backup or a Save All before loading a new set just to be safe.
Cheers,
John
Joined: 14 Jun 2014 Posts: 27 Location: Palm desert
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:28 am Post subject:
John, you lost me on loading these Steinway sounds, can you go thru it again, I followed the best I could but nothing arrived at user 1. _________________ Leedslad
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