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#340194 - 02/18/12 04:48 PM Roland BK5 demo English
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	BK5 Demo English BK5 Demo Spanish Edited by Dnj (02/18/12 04:50 PM)
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#340196 - 02/18/12 05:51 PM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Dnj]
Jose Pereira Member Registered: 06/27/02 Posts: 214 Loc: Funchal Portugal	I have a good feeling about this keyboard... reading the manual is capable of a lot of things, but there�s a lot hidden in menus and sub menus... For example: there�s not a fade out button, but it�s somewhere in a menu. Just curius: Does Roland uses key "shortcuts" like Yamaha? I mean, for example, in Yamaha, if you press 3 contigous keys, it deactivate the backing tracks except drums. Does Roland does something similar? Thanks!! Jo
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#340221 - 02/18/12 11:10 PM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Dnj]
DonM Senior Member Registered: 06/25/99 Posts: 16735 Loc: Benton, LA, USA	The BK7 has a dedicated button that will mute any parts you want with one press. The default setting mutes everything but bass and drums. When in midi player mode, it mutes the melody track, also assignable. Fade-out can be assigned to a button on controller, as can just about everything. Sorry, I misread the post, this is about BK5. DonM Edited by DonM (02/18/12 11:13 PM) _________________________ DonM
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#340225 - 02/19/12 12:53 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Dnj]
Tony Hughes Senior Member Registered: 01/30/06 Posts: 3944	Originally Posted By: Dnj BK5 Demo English BK5 Demo Spanish Donny, Not the best demos in the World buddy, but thanks, lot of background noise or is it my ears again. Tony _________________________ Tyros 4/Pair SR 350/ PC with a i8 intel chip, XENYX 802, Ford Focus 2 litre/Tascam DR07/Brother printer/Designjet 500/ our Doris/5 Grandchildren/ white boxers short Kymart shipped over and Typhoo Tea Earl Grey
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#340226 - 02/19/12 01:13 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Tony Hughes]
Jose Pereira Member Registered: 06/27/02 Posts: 214 Loc: Funchal Portugal	Yes Tony Not the best video demos because of not optimal recording setup. I found a few actual demos of BK-5 that sounds interesting, also heard a few BK-7m with excellent sound. Once again, I�m following very close this keyboard... Audio Demos BK-5 My german is worse than english, I used a translator but they seems to like it!!!
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#340228 - 02/19/12 01:27 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Dnj]
Jose Pereira Member Registered: 06/27/02 Posts: 214 Loc: Funchal Portugal	By the way, i think this is a good alternative to the mini keyboard of Korg MicroArranger. 1.-There�s lot of power (24w rms) (my Fp4 piano with 14w at half volume is enough for a room with 100 persons using backing tracks) 2.- Is bigger, at least, seems more "pro" than a toy size keyboard... (my thinking) 3.- The keys are bigger. This one I can imagine are not a good keybed, no aftertouch, probably shorter than my Tyros4 keys, but bigger than accordeon keys. For persons with big hands form years studying piano as myself, the accordeon keys is beyond the confort zone... Just some thoughts, What do you think, People?
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#340241 - 02/19/12 06:03 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Jose Pereira]
Tony Hughes Senior Member Registered: 01/30/06 Posts: 3944	Originally Posted By: Jose Pereira By the way, i think this is a good alternative to the mini keyboard of Korg MicroArranger. 1.-There�s lot of power (24w rms) (my Fp4 piano with 14w at half volume is enough for a room with 100 persons using backing tracks) 2.- Is bigger, at least, seems more "pro" than a toy size keyboard... (my thinking) 3.- The keys are bigger. This one I can imagine are not a good keybed, no aftertouch, probably shorter than my Tyros4 keys, but bigger than accordeon keys. For persons with big hands form years studying piano as myself, the accordeon keys is beyond the confort zone... Just some thoughts, What do you think, People? Thanks for finding these, like you say a good alternative to the mini keyboard of Korg MicroArranger. Tony _________________________ Tyros 4/Pair SR 350/ PC with a i8 intel chip, XENYX 802, Ford Focus 2 litre/Tascam DR07/Brother printer/Designjet 500/ our Doris/5 Grandchildren/ white boxers short Kymart shipped over and Typhoo Tea Earl Grey
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#340248 - 02/19/12 08:14 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Tony Hughes]
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	Been listening to these demos ...nice live sound,but style parts really need to be balanced & they would sound so much better eg: drums & bass way to loud drowning out piano, lead guitar and everything else.. http://www.tastenwelt.de/uploads/media/Roland_BK-5_Style-Demo_03.mp3
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#340253 - 02/19/12 09:27 AM Re: Roland BK5 demo English [Re: Jose Pereira]
Machetero Member Registered: 08/21/09 Posts: 359 Loc: Tampa, Florida, USA	Originally Posted By: Jose Pereira By the way, i think this is a good alternative to the mini keyboard of Korg MicroArranger. 1.-There�s lot of power (24w rms) (my Fp4 piano with 14w at half volume is enough for a room with 100 persons using backing tracks) 2.- Is bigger, at least, seems more "pro" than a toy size keyboard... (my thinking) 3.- The keys are bigger. This one I can imagine are not a good keybed, no aftertouch, probably shorter than my Tyros4 keys, but bigger than accordeon keys. For persons with big hands form years studying piano as myself, the accordeon keys is beyond the confort zone... Just some thoughts, What do you think, People? For me, to consider an alternative to an arranger it has to be in the same price range. The Roland BK5 or BK7m ($1000.00 can't be an alternative to the Korg Micro ($499.00). Now, we can compare the BK5 to the Korg PA500. Same size, same price. In that regard, I think that the PA500 blow way the BK5 in almost all aspects. _________________________ Machetero
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