Originally posted by kbrkr:
I find this thread to be the essence of arranger keyboards. I've had very limited exposure to a variety of manufacturers arranger keyboards, but it seems to me
manufacturers have not drilled this vein much deeper.
Imagine if some keyboard manufacturer would put something like "Band in a Box" with expandable 1000's of templates into an arranger so that you can synthesize a style by taking 1000's of small midi clips of drum tracks, bass riffs, left hand riffs, strings etc. and morph them into any beat and tempo and assemble them into a brand new style quickly and easily!!!
This to me would be a HUGE incentive for purchasing a new arranger.
I don't use UD's method of 10 simple styles for all my songs, but instead try to get as close to the original song as possible. In this regard I find arranger keyboards very frustrating when I cannot find the style that is the most appropriate for a given song.
The other point here is that, if you use the same few styles, you get that cheezy "Oompa" scenario going. With a creative style maker in the arranger, you can create endless flavors of styles to keep things fresh and interesting.
Anyone else feel this way?
To me that is the whole point of having an arranger. That is the power of an arranger.
Creating styles by the method you described, or from scratch just makes it more refreshing to play a song.
Just think, to day you could be playing a song with style A and six months down the road you have an idea as to how to play that song differently. You create your new style B and now that song has a fresh feel.
Also, by creating your own styles, you can make a style that can be used to play 8-10 songs in a medley. You know if you have a groove going you may not want to break up that particular groove by changing the style. However, you have to use that technique carefully because if you don’t it may sound cheesy.
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