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In case you missed it I'm just advising Pa700/1000 owners that the free Yamaha C5 Grand mentioned in the Pa3x/4x sections is also compatible with your keyboard.
This piano will suit those looking for a clean Japanese Grand piano sound.
It is a responsive piano with 6 velocity-layer sampling and even has details such as sympathetic resonance.
You can read about it, listen to demos and download it from this thread:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... p?t=113029
Enjoy,
John

I followed John’s link in the other thread a few weeks ago and installed his new piano sound on my 700.

It works and sound fantastic.

I'm very excited to try Reuben John's Yamaha C5 Grand on my PA1000, but when I attempt to extract either the "Yamaha-C5-JNv4.2.SET" or "Yamaha-C5-JNv4.2U2.SET" zip file on my PC (Windows 10), I get the following message:

Are you sure you want to move this system file.
If you move this file, Windows or another program may no longer work correctly.

RAM.KMP
type: KMP File
Size: 20.0 KB
Date modified: 6/5/2007 2:53 PM

choose: yes, skip or cancel

Is this normal to get this message, and what option should I take? Also, is there an advantage to loading into the Korg PA1000's USER 2 vs USER 1 sound bank?

Thanks,

Scott

Windows has an unzip operation that should work by double clicking the file. Perhaps you are using a third party unzip program?
The two file options (User 1 or User 2) are just for convenience and contain exactly the same sounds. If you already have some favorite sounds in User 1 then the second download link might suit you better as it will automatically load them to User 2. In either case it is still possible to load the sounds to the locations of your choosing.

Reuben John,

Loaded your 16 Piano samples into my PA1000 (sound bank 4, P1-P2) and they sound terrific. Nice collection to cover the wide variety of arranger keyboard playing situations: from arranger kb mode playing or with backing tracks, to playing with live musicians or full keyboard solo piano playing. I could hardly believe my ears to think such an impressive acoustic piano sound is coming out of my mid level model Korg keyboard, from the rich resonant bass, the mid range presence, to the clean clear highs. I esp like the Yamaha Upright sound. John, thanks so much for sharing your quality work with the Korg User Community at large.

Scott

An interesting comparison made by Sam CA:

1. Kronos playing the Kronos J.Rudess Japanese Grand
https://youtu.be/uv9ipLYbkGc

2. Kronos using the free Yamaha C5 Grand (Pa4x used as sound module)
https://youtu.be/hpENxDswpqA

I just downloaded and installed Reuben’s Yamaha C5 Samples...
WOW! Finally my PA1000 sounds like a REAL PIANO!!!!
I had decided to sell it and buy something else, but Reuben’s C5 changed my mind! It’s a keeper now!
Thank you Reuben for sharing it with us... you’re a Genius!!!!

Just posting a couple of live recordings using two of the piano in this set.
These are just amateur recordings made direct to the keyboard with open microphone and speakers but does show the type of sound to expect in a live situation using sounds from the Yamaha C5 Piano set.
Yamaha C5 Bright 1:
https://soundcloud.com/john-nebauer/was ... 5-bright-1
Honky Chateau Piano:
https://soundcloud.com/john-nebauer/can ... the-wind-2

John (aka: Reuben)

Very nice demos of your piano sounds and impressive piano/vocal renditions of the Eagle's Wasted Time and Sir Elton's Candle in the Wind. Bravo.

What Pa keyboard model (Pa1000 I assume? ) were you playing live along with MP3 (?) backing tracks to? I love how the Pa1000/700 is so equally at home supporting both arranger mode and performing along with backing tracks too.

Many thanks again for sharing your acoustic piano sounds with us. They remain my favorite 'go to' acoustic piano sounds.

Scott

I'm a big user of midi files. These were two midis performed on my Pa3x with the Yamaha C5 pianos loaded. I tend to either mute existing piano tracks or else change them to a very quiet EP for timing cues.
You can download these midis from here:
Candle in the Wind
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oDiGrl ... sp=sharing
Wasted Time
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u4aved ... sp=sharing
Both files include lyric and chord prompts.
Thanks for your positive comments and I'm glad you are enjoying the pianos.
John

Dear John, any chance that this wonderful piano could be loaded on my old pa2xpro?

Thanks anyway and happy Xmas. Simone

any chance that this wonderful piano could be loaded on my old pa2xpro?

I think this is achievable with a little bit of work.
You can download the PCM layers from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10VExZX ... sp=sharing
You will need 232mb free Ram. Once the PCM layers are loaded to your Pa2x you would need to construct the sound parameters (Velocity ranges for each layer, Amp levels and filters etc) and I could help here. (The easiest way is to start with a factory piano, create 6 layers [12 oscillators] and swap Rom sounds for Ram layers).
If this is a little beyond your expertise I suggest you publish the PCM layers download link in the Pa2x forum and ask for some help.
As mentioned once loaded I can give you the appropriate parameters for a good sound.

They sound super on my pa1000. Many thanks for your hard work.
MEL

Reuben wrote:

any chance that this wonderful piano could be loaded on my old pa2xpro?

I think this is achievable with a little bit of work.
You can download the PCM layers from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10VExZX ... sp=sharing
You will need 232mb free Ram. Once the PCM layers are loaded to your Pa2x you would need to construct the sound parameters (Velocity ranges for each layer, Amp levels and filters etc) and I could help here. (The easiest way is to start with a factory piano, create 6 layers [12 oscillators] and swap Rom sounds for Ram layers).
If this is a little beyond your expertise I suggest you publish the PCM layers download link in the Pa2x forum and ask for some help.
As mentioned once loaded I can give you the appropriate parameters for a good sound.

Thanks a lot. It's definitely beyond my skills. Anyway perhaps some other users can give a try. Thanks for sharing the pcm and for your help.

Hello Jhon
Where can I download professional quality midi files? Thank you
Robert