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#365417 - 04/21/13 11:25 PM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: MusicalMemories]
rikkisbears Senior Member Registered: 12/22/02 Posts: 6020 Loc: NSW,Australia	Hi my first decent arranger was the technics kn800 back in roughly 1988. I did have a funny little Yamaha a couple of years or so earlier, but it was more of a toy. _________________________ best wishes Rikki 🧸 Korg PA5X 88 note SX900 Band in a Box 2022
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#365431 - 04/22/13 07:17 AM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: Diki]
8TrackJoe Junior Member Registered: 07/07/11 Posts: 10	Originally Posted By: Diki Roland RA90. Wanted the arranger section for the drum machine part (no drum machine at the time did two variations, two fills and the intro/outro thing), wanted the Sound Canvas sound source for SMF's (already familiar with that from the SC-55). Diki, I started out with the RA800. Was looking for a drum machine that I could control/trigger different parts. Saw the RA800 in a Roland flyer went to my local music store and I played around with the RA90 or 95 and was hooked. Especially when I discovered all it could do. Joe
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#365438 - 04/22/13 09:22 AM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: 8TrackJoe]
tony mads usa Senior Member Registered: 01/16/02 Posts: 14376 Loc: East Greenwich RI USA	MY first was the technics kn1000 ... I liked the sounds, but the ease of the operating system is what sold me on it ... unfortunately is was the model BEFORE they started reading GM files ... _________________________ t.
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#365450 - 04/22/13 02:21 PM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: Duane O]
rikkisbears Senior Member Registered: 12/22/02 Posts: 6020 Loc: NSW,Australia	Hi Duane Gosh, I remember those, really takes me back, I so wanted one. On the teenie bit of money I was earning those days, couldn't afford one. Had to settle for a chord organ instead. haahaa. Originally Posted By: Duane O An Optigan I bought about 1975 from Monkey Wards. Had about 3 dozen disks. I didn't keep it long. But I got one for free last year, but only has one disk. Duane _________________________ best wishes Rikki 🧸 Korg PA5X 88 note SX900 Band in a Box 2022
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#365454 - 04/22/13 02:59 PM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: MusicalMemories]
Tonewheeldude Moderator Registered: 01/21/10 Posts: 1537	I was more into Hammond's but this was my first decent arranger: Farfisa DK250 Attachments Description: Farfisa DK250
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#365459 - 04/22/13 03:48 PM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: MusicalMemories]
scameron Member Registered: 06/20/12 Posts: 45	Mine was a yamaha pss 780 ...it had mini keys and drum pads with 100 styles with intro's and endings...also it was true FM like a dx7...the sounds were very thin but for the time it was fun...never used it to gig with. Steve mox8,psr s910, pa50sd, microarranger, psr s2000 and cx3
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#365466 - 04/22/13 10:45 PM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: rikkisbears]
sunster Member Registered: 03/10/03 Posts: 270 Loc: Mumbai, INDIA	PSR 520
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#365471 - 04/23/13 03:19 AM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: scameron]
Tonewheeldude Moderator Registered: 01/21/10 Posts: 1537	Originally Posted By: scameron Mine was a yamaha pss 780 ... I brought a few of those really cheep for friends - it had incredible on board speaker system for such a small unit.
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#365480 - 04/23/13 06:11 AM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: MusicalMemories]
montunoman Senior Member Registered: 10/20/09 Posts: 3208 Loc: Dallas, Texas	My first arranger KB was a Tyros 2. Before that, I was playing a Roland digital piano and I�d play along to midi file tracks that I created on a Korg N364. I was putting in an insane amount of time creating these tracks and was getting frustrated on following the same arrangement all each time I played a song. The arranger KB has lead me into playing styles I never dreamed I�d be covering and sounds I would have never thought of using. While I fully understand why many players view an arranger keyboard as sort of crutch, I have actually grown musically or least discovered new musical territories. I think it�s safe to say I�m totally hooked on arranger keyboards _________________________ It not the keyboard, it's the keyboardist. www.youtube.com/channel/UCV94i--V-A8kZShmGTKyDOw https://www.facebook.com/elgrupocache
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#365486 - 04/23/13 08:37 AM Re: What was your First Arranger Keyboard? [Re: montunoman]
captain Russ Senior Member Registered: 01/02/04 Posts: 7285 Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA	Played an Electone Yamaha (sounded like an arranger to me), starting in 1976. Had three different ones. Had an Auto Orchestra and a small Casio ($200.00-37 miniature keys-white). Lined out of the Casio and into the jack at the bottom of the Yamaha. Still have the last Electone, Auto Orchestra and the Casio! Russ (packrat) Lay
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