KORG Micro Arranger here tomorrow discussions questions?

Dnj · Post by **Dnj** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:57 pm

Thought I'd start a thread on the Micro Arranger..........I'll know more after I have it in my hands tomorrow...will be glad to answer any question & if I have time create a style/sound demo to post also..

Thanx

rikkisbears · Post by **rikkisbears** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:29 am

Hi Donny,
just be interested to know what the style format is & what earlier styles it might load.
I've been trying to track down a manual,but no luck.
Hope you had a lovely Xmas.

Dnj wrote:Thought I'd start a thread on the Micro Arranger..........I'll know more after I have it in my hands tomorrow...will be glad to answer any question & if I have time create a style/sound demo to post also..

Thanx

Dnj · Post by **Dnj** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:35 pm

rikki its on the truck to me as we speak for delivery today...I'll know more this evening........they say its a mini PA50sd.... dont know if Pa800, etc, styles will work at this point........I can let you know more as I continue exploring..

rikkisbears · Post by **rikkisbears** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:09 pm

Hi Donny,
possibly more likely PA50/80 as the PA800 has the 3 intro's/endings, anyway, be fascinated to hear about. One of these days I might manage to find an online manual.

Dnj wrote:rikki its on the truck to me as we speak for delivery today...I'll know more this evening........they say its a mini PA50sd.... dont know if Pa800, etc, styles will work at this point........I can let you know more as I continue exploring..

scottyee · Post by **scottyee** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:18 pm

Donny, congratulations

in advance on getting the MicroArranger from Frank @ Audioworks. I look forward to your review.
I ordered a Korg MicroArranger from him as well.
Mines due to arrive here on the West Coast from him next week.

Questions:

1) Like Rikki, I too have still yet to find an online MicroArranger Manual, so hope someone might locate & post a link to a PDF Manual for the MicroArranger soon.

2) How do Yamaha (T1,T2,T3, or T4) styles converted to the PA50 format sound on the MicroArranger using EMC Styleworks? Does anyone have any Yamaha or other keyboard styles converted to PA50 format to share? I'd love to try them out on the MicroArranger?

Thanks,

Scott

rikkisbears · Post by **rikkisbears** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:44 pm

Hi Scott,
don't know how well the T series would work . Megavoices are a bit of a problem.I converted a few of my psr1500 styles across to my PA800 and they worked reasonably well, though I didn't use EMC, I converted from a midifile.
I did try a couple of the T's, a lot more work though.
I have got EMC.

Here's a link to Korg's bonus styles

http://www.korgpa.com/en/support/bonusware.html

Main reason I want to get hold of a manual is to check out style editing creation/editing functions.

scottyee wrote:
2) How do Yamaha (T1,T2,T3, or T4) styles converted to the PA50 format sound on the MicroArranger using EMC Styleworks? Does anyone have any Yamaha or other keyboard styles converted to PA50 format to share? I'd love to try them out on the MicroArranger?

Thanks,

Scott

Giner · Post by **Giner** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:18 am

http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/pdf/pa50s ... UM-ENG.pdf

Here's a link to the Pa50sd, identical to the micro except for physical size.

rikkisbears · Post by **rikkisbears** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:12 am

Thanks Giner

Giner wrote:http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/pdf/pa50s ... UM-ENG.pdf

Here's a link to the Pa50sd, identical to the micro except for physical size.

Dnj · Post by **Dnj** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:22 am

Hi Everyone…..

Frank at AUDIO WORKS in Milford Connecticut http://www.audioworksct.com/ really came thru again & I highly recommend dealing with him in any of your your future gear buying needs for sure!! I have the Micro Arranger here in my studio and was able to finally get a hour or so to sit down and play it…my initial thoughts were skeptical as how can a
9lb arranger KB really sound, YES I said 9lbs!.. OMG how wonderful to carry around and at $499.00?……well those thoughts were quickly squashed as to my amazement this unit is really impressive in so many ways.
It comes with a Quick start manual & a CD owners manual/restore data disc also… first off don’t expect the on-board speakers to blow you away because they don’t as expected. but put on some good headphones or plug the unit into some good monitors or powered speakers etc, and you will be a believer. As for the bewilderment of the mini keys that also was answered as soon as I played the kb….yes, they are mini box keys but they are just shorter then regular keys but the width of the
white /black keys is just enough to make it comfortable to play, with nice action also…after a while you get used to it and don’t even realize it which makes all the difference…somehow KORG did it right and this unit has a quality feel to it also …nice rubber buttons with great placement location for easy navigation while playing too, firm sliders, big bright display screen . Some really nice features too like a manual bass button, & bass Inversion, +/- transpose, & octave buttons on deck too…….I went thru all the styles and I’d say for my performance needs on stage there is about 70% usable factory styles right out of the box…some are hidden with different names that makes you wonder why they did that but you can always edit & change the names as with KORGS you can change almost everything on the KB…the quality of the styles & most of the sounds really impressed me ……super Organs with great Leslie EFX using the joy stick, Guitars, excellent Pianos, Elec Pianos, Saxes are very good expect the Growl Sax which I didn’t care for at all compared top my Yamaha S910, and Trumpets, Brass, Flutes,…Accordions, Harmonicas were on mark too…The styles really have a “LIVE” sound to them also with a nice progression thru the variations too..Right out of the box you can go gig with this baby no problem………
There is MUCH more to discover and I will try to express my thoughts as I go along with all of you just a bit busy gigging till NYE …..
KORG will sell a ton of these for sure.

Happy New Year to All

Post by **Sharp** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:04 am

Hi all.

If this arranger becomes as popular as I expect it will be, I'll open a dedicated section here at KF for it. In the mean time people can post in this area of the forum.

Regards
Sharp.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:55 am

I'm interested, however, just curious since this unit is brand new, why is it utilizing older synthesis technology? I hope it doesn't have the same piano samples as the Triton...

How tweakable are the sounds?

miden · Post by **miden** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:25 am

No Songbook though

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:31 am

miden wrote:No Songbook though

What is that?

cassp · Post by **cassp** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:21 am

@ Donny, thanks for the heads up. I'm like a little kid waiting for Santa. Mine is scheduled to arrive from Frank@AudioworksCT.com on Friday. Unfortunately, my last gig of the year is tomorrow (Thurs). But I've got two more at the end of next week; maybe I'll be ready to try it on the job by then, just for fun. I've been scouring the PA50sd manual and have only one question - do you have to select songs by number all the time? If so, that's a bummer but I'll have to get used to it. Let's keep this thread going for a few days as a few of us get our boards. I know Scott is interested in exchanging reviews and Q/A.

miden · Post by **miden** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:35 am

Synthoid wrote:
miden wrote:No Songbook though
What is that?

Imho, arguably the single most important "live" tool on the PA series. For mine, it is what sets the PA's apart from all the rest.

Every single panel setting, every effects setting, even the resources used - be it a style, a SMF, or an MP3 - gets saved as a Songbook entry. Transpose settings, patch settings (even if it's patches setup for external modules).

And not only that, any Songbook entry can be remotely selected via a simple set of CC commands.

And all that takes about a 1/4 of a second to load...

It is a tremendous tool!!

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