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summers2
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:38 pm    Post subject: 73 Key Krome. Reply with quote
How does the 73 key Krome fit within an 88 key board? In other words, which keys are missing from both ends? I have never played a 73, and am just curious. Thanks for any info.
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TkWall



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can move middle C up or down, but generally you have 3 octaves above and 3 below
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summers2
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, TkWall. Then the 73 acually goes lower in the bass and cuts off more treble notes than the 76. That seems to be a more useful layout. Thanks again for the info.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, the highest and lowest notes on the keyboard are a C (going from photos).
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, the old thinking seemed to be make "E" the lowest key because that is the the guitar player's common key and of course you'd want a bass "E". But enough keys players griped that they changed it to C to C. Which is also perfect for me too.

I don't know about other keyboard players, but I started on piano with key of C (a very long time ago, it seems) and still feel most comfortable there when playing impromptu accompaniment, playing by ear, or jamming with others. If it's in a key I'm not great at, transpose it. Which, after a lot of jabber, brings me to my beef with synths marketed as "for gigging" and "live friendly" etc. Why can't they add two buttons, transpose up and down. I know, I know, global/transpose. With Korg, it's always the second option so you gotta move there first. Why is the first field "tuning" or whatever they call it. If you need to de-tune a little (aren't bands supposed to be in tune already) make it the flippin second choice.

OK...I feel a semitone better.
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SpecialFX



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
do you find the added lower notes better than if they were the higher ones?

Also is semi weighted better for fingers?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
TkWall wrote:
Yeah, the old thinking seemed to be make "E" the lowest key because that is the the guitar player's common key and of course you'd want a bass "E". But enough keys players griped that they changed it to C to C. Which is also perfect for me too.



I think it has more to do with where middle C ends up on a 73. If you go C-to-C, middle C is either quite a bit lower or higher (depending on octave transposition) than it is on an 88, where it's approximately in the middle of the keyboard. On an 88, 61 or 73 (E-to-E) middle C is approximately in the middle. It bugged me when I had a 73-note M3. It felt like I was either playing too low or too high on the keyboard. For other people, they prefer it C-to-C.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
TkWall wrote:
Why is the first field "tuning" or whatever they call it. If you need to de-tune a little (aren't bands supposed to be in tune already) make it the flippin second choice.


It's because the people who design them don't gig them, or those who gig on their behalf don't ask the right questions or carry enough 'weight'. Not just crit of Korg on this point.
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