Originally posted by seanbaker:
Actually, I'm more interested in working from "the ground up" as you said. So probably I would be better pleased with something like the MOTIF, EX5, or Triton. My problem is not with building the orchestrations, but I am not good with sequencing fantastic drum parts beyond ordinary, easy things.
Sean ....Motif ,triton will only arpegiate a drum kit . Motif or triton does not give you drum tracks that have the musical aspect that an arranger has . What I mean by that is no fill in's , no variations or intro's and endings .
Another very useful tool with an arranger keyboard is the ability to make your own loops (patterns or styles ) and have them follow chord changes . Now ...the Ketron SD1 has a unique feature and that it can syncipate .wav files from acid to loop that you have made AND ....be able to record direct to the 6 gig hard drive !
But I was thinking just today that with a sampling workstation, I could easily import ACID loops that are already "fantastic" and then simply orchestrate on top of that.
Again....the Ketron SD1 had .wav sync !
I love the ease of arrangers since my only experience really has been the PSR-500, but my problem with the arrangers is the (I hope I don't offend anyone) generic quality of the arrangements which seem tailored more towards traditional pop music than cutting-edge stuff. Though I don't know whether or not this is the case with the 9000pro since I can't seem to demo one hear in my town, but I guess either the MOTIF or the 9000pro will be a big leap in learning for me. If there was an arranger workstation that also had arp features I would be most pleased.
Only one arranger that I know of with an arpegiator .........CASIO MZ2000 .
dano ...........ketronguy ......
[This message has been edited by seanbaker (edited 07-27-2002).]
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