Using registrations
when playing live or recording.
My thought, old or new idea?? --- Create a band in the eight registrations. The choice instruments will depend on the style and song. But they will all follow the basic set up below.
Basic set-up:
1-Piano
2-Trumpet
3-Bone
4-Sax Section
5-Clarinet section
6-Solo Sax
7-Brass Section
8-Strong brass section.
Every set of eight registrations will have the same name instruments, but they can vary in type. For #1-Grand Piano or Elec. Piano, Vintage Piano– FOR #2- Silver Trumpet, Jazz Trumpet, Muted Trumped -- whatever is needed in the Band you are creating. The eight registrations compliment the style/song you are playing/recording. You memorize the list of instruments once, they will apply to all future set ups.
Value:
1-Piano – A band normally changes volume, some instruments do not play (parts of the style) and volumes of the instruments may be vary.
2-Trumpet – The band may get a bit stronger and different parts of the style are played or muted.
The questions I ask myself are: How should the band sound when a Piano is playing? How can the band become more exciting as I add the brass? Ect--
You get to customize eight different instruments with adjustments that compliment your song/style. For every part of the band you can select Volume, Effects, Tempo, Key Change and much, much more. The band can be customized to your taste in music.
Creating a set up using a style:
Play the style, select the Piano – then start to make your adjustments until it sounds the way you feel a piano player should sound when playing with a band. You do the same with all eight registrations. You can change keys and tempos. I raise the tempo on #8 registration, Strong Brass, just 1 for more excitement – back to 0 when playing other instruments.
I hate hearing all the instruments play (Style) when I played a solo instrument. Adjusting which instruments which is to play and the volumes and effects. Example: Flutes uses more reverb, a Piano uses less. Each step brings us closer to a real band. In the registrations we can also save an instrument change in the style. Another step towards being real. You’re limited only by your imagination.
Coming from a different make keyboard Yamaha is all new to me so I am open to whatever, I would appreciate your impute. I have heard people say “The sound of a keyboard out-of-the-box is great”, not so with Yamaha. But—Yamaha gives you the options to create and create so that you can hear what you want – The keyboard gets to sound better as you make your positive changes. After making some basic adjustments I was pleasantly surprised at what I heard. It goes from good to great.
I am just starting to work on this idea so I’m open.
John c.