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[Salto]

Hi all....

1st time arranger owner, Pa4X....Fairly accomplished overall semi-professional/professional musician who is looking to get insight sooner rather than later on capabilities and usage of my arranger for worship services and other engagements as well. I am looking for your best advice/tips & tricks on what I should be doing with this board.

Eg. If on acoustic guitar at an early age if I KNEW I could tune down a whole step & Capo up life would have been so much easier playing in "F" as a young man....

There is a wealth of knowledge here from seasoned live OMB entertainers here that I want your best tip or two that you "wish you knew" when you first started playing live....

Such as what to assign to foot pedals? How do you get no drums to play in the beginning of a style while everything else is? To split, or not to split? Memory function when to use, when not to? How do you use 2 or even 3 styles together in a single performance, and how do you set it up? How & why I should set up "Registrations" (Yamaha) & "Performance" (Korg)?

Anything about an arranger in today's musical arranger climate you would impart to me if I was sitting on a keyboard bench with you.

Though I use the PA series, others please chime in.....please. Though I do mostly worship I am really interested in how the veteran performers go about their craft. Whatever your venue...

Yes.....I am asking for your secrets that separate you from the pack.....

So, if we were together in my studio sitting in front of my board, and you could give me a couple of "must-have" arranger techniques, what would it be ???
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SteveA

www.stevealtonian.com

Korg PA 4X 76-Korg Triton Extreme-Breedlove American C25-Fishman Artist Acoustic Guitar Amp-Tascam DP 24 Digital Multitrack

[Minneapolis Musician]

Think of pads as additional styles.

Try using pads only, sometimes with drums, for sections of songs.

Edit an existing pad to use a different sound source and save it into your Pad user area.

Use endings in the middle of a song for variety...then don't end, go back to another variation

Same for intros, drop them after a bridge for a lead-in back to a verse.

Use extended Breaks...holding it causes it to latch and keep doing a break. Hit it again to unlatch it.

Also try latching intros and soloing with it. Maybe endings, too. Experiment.
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Synth song of mine: https://www.reverbnation.com/glenngalen/song/21469847-searching-and-believing-synth-beat

PA4x harmonies, Beach Boys song: https://youtu.be/3drsnU6j8Po?t=3m25s


All songs: http://www.reverbnation.com/GlennGalen

[Salto]

[Nemik]

check this topic :
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=92612
Is some tips and tricks you can learn from.
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Nemik
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