Rog, members fade away from Synth Zone because many have not bothered to LEARN the capabilities of the KN keyboards. There are many questions that could be asked on how to do certain tasks. Starting with learning how to change sounds – taking a sax sound and adding “Breath” to it to give it a sexy and more intimate sound. Using Drum User Kit for correct placement of drums. Have you ever really listened to some of the drum patterns and hear a cymbal played to the far left and a high hat played to the far right? Think about it! In reality, a drummer would have to have octopus arms to play like this. It’s cute for a stereo effect but not believable for those who know better. Learning to “cup” notes on a sax or bend notes on a guitar. Most of you never use a foot pedal to bend notes. You don’t play a sax sound like you play piano. One needs to FULLY UNDERSTAND how a musician plays his instrument. Another example: When in COMPOSER and doing a bass track, when going from say, C to G, you don’t just play G – you BEND THE NOTE. When a bass player plays, he moves his fingers up to the G and puts pressure on the string (bending it) to bring it in tune. Gee, you never thought of that.

Audrey, it is, indeed fun to play the keyboard but it is also TOTAL JOY to be able to create something entirely on your own. We only have to ask people like Bill and Larry and others to know this. You don’t do this until you psyche yourself to knuckle down and take the time to learn how to do some of these things. Members taking the time would be asking a million questions and the forum wouldn’t be drying up, as it clearly is.

Kn7