Originally Posted By: Dnj
Dave great stuff as usual love your demos.....I hear they NEED good KB demonstrators like yourself over at KORG .. wink
hey Dan O are you listening also?..


Originally Posted By: ianmcnll
I agree Donny...Dave would make a great demonstrator for Korg...he's got the experience, personality, and the chops (arranger chops too!)...they sure need a good clinician/demonstrator like Dave.

Ian


That would be fun. Actually Rich Formidoni of Korg does a good job of presenting. I'm not sure if he has done anything on the PA series though. There are some videos of him demoing the Kronos and also the PS60 that are very good IMHO. But I would gladly take on the PA3X if asked. smile

In my view, there are several reasons for the lack of proper demo videos of some of the brands of arrangers. I think there may be a lack of interest from the distributor side to spend much time/money producing quality demos of the arranger instruments. This is likely based on the potential of low return on investment. But then again, I feel that if there was a change of tone and focus of demo videos the return could be greater. Instead of wasting time having someone press a button and then sit there for 8-16 bars while the intro or ending plays, the focus should be more on what the instrument is capable of in a professional setting. Granted a lot of potential owners want to hear the on-board styles, but those can be created by hiring a button pusher to record each intro, variation, fill and ending for every style and then place those recordings on the website as mp3's. Video time need not be wasted for that. There should be more emphasis on the sequencing abilities, sound editing and realtime control, etc. You know, just like what is done on the so-called workstation instruments. Then top it off with the live style capabilities.

Yamaha does a good job of offering good quality video demos of the Tyros. On the other hand and in my personal opinion, I would rather not be dazzled by a great player demonstrating his abilities but rather the abilities the instrument offers to a potential owner. "I hope that makes sense".

Dave


Edited by WDMcM (01/25/11 01:31 PM)