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#367444 - 06/12/13 06:44 AM Re: style making on Psr 950 [Re: DonM]
tony mads usa Offline
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New to me also, Don ... maybe if i heard them I WOULD miss them ... wink
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#367447 - 06/12/13 07:27 AM Re: style making on Psr 950 [Re: Mockie]
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When I hear 'Township' I think of the South African term, as in Soweto Township. Can't say I've ever heard of a musical style of that name. Very applicable to Henni though in his location. Must be a very African style with loads of percussion going on.

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#367451 - 06/12/13 08:59 AM Re: style making on Psr 950 [Re: Mockie]
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I only brought up the township reference as an example of a world music you may be familiar with, not as anything I particularly use (although I'm a big fan of the style, from Ladysmith, Super Tens, all the way through to the stuff Paul Simon did in the style).

The dueling interwoven guitar lines are fascinating, in a way, a return to the Baroque style of two part inventions and the like. Hypnotic, inventive, irresistable!

I've got a couple of older Roland styles that sort of work, and can bring up that African duality between the two beat and the three beat that western music rarely uses, but nothing recently.

But the point that I've been trying to make is, yes, you can often find either factory or user styles in some fairly obscure styles, but if you bring them into the Audya to turn into audio styles, there isn't a lot of existing content in the Audya that matches it. So little chance of getting to the same high standard that the audio styles achieve.

I've got little issue with the Audya other than this, to be frank. It's a really, really good arranger, with a lot of innovative features that I only WISH other arrangers had... a different break/fill for each Variation is one of the big ones, the real arpeggiator is something ALL arrangers should have, to stand a chance of sounding reasonably modern, key triggered loops, whether audio or MIDI is something that Roland are only just starting to get into...

Don't ever get me wrong, Henni. I like the Audya in a big way!

But I feel that an arranger that uses audio loops is SO good, it obviously puts your MIDI only styles at a disadvantage, soundwise, and ONLY styles that suit existing loops can be converted.

For me to adopt this kind of arranger, I think the ONE thing I would need to see is a VERY user friendly way of computer editing existing loop libraries so that they could be incorporated into the Audya. There is a VAST number of ultra high quality loop libraries out there, in almost every conceivable style and ethnicity you could think of, easily available.

If an arranger lives or dies based on the playback of loops, having easy to use software to add your OWN choice of loops to the arranger is almost a #1 priority. Not just drum loops either, but the melodic ones. Guitar loop and bass loop (and most everything else) libraries are rapidly expanding, and being able to easily add these to the Audya is a must.

I have also noted that the Audya is finally available with a SSD... If this is tied to an increase in the width of the data pipe (speed up how fast the data can be 'streamed', not 'loaded'), this is great news for the potential to be able to have guitar loops that are ALL audio, not just audio for 3 simple chords, then MIDI grafted on (or completely replacing it) for more complex chords, also an initial issue I have with the Audya.

SSD's, as we have seen in the Kronos, really are the answer when it comes to rapid access to MUCH larger amounts of data, and if there's anything a loop based arranger needs, it is this!

But please don't misread my feelings for the Audya, Henni. It is a fine arranger, with superb styles. IF those are what you need! And the form factor and features are head and shoulders above most out there.

If there were more than a tiny handful of dealers over here in the US, I'm sure a lot more of us would have them.
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#367467 - 06/12/13 09:17 PM Re: style making on Psr 950 [Re: Diki]
Henni Offline
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Hi all,

Some non Western styles that come standard with the Ajamsonic Audya:

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There are really many more of those on the Audya, but unfortunately I could only find pre-recorded demos for those.

Keep well al my friends,

Henni
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#367469 - 06/12/13 10:03 PM Re: style making on Psr 950 [Re: Mockie]
Henni Offline
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Loc: South Africa
Originally Posted By: Diki
...Try this, though... How about a song or two in 'township' style? How many of those grooves exist in the Audya? Or live guitar loops in that style?

Imagine that your ministry involved playing less westernized music, and needed more along those kinds of lines... Would it be as good a fit for you?



Originally Posted By: Henni
Hi all,

Herewith all new(extra) AJAMSONIC styles, listed by genre for Ver 2.0:

BALLAD:
8 Beat Ballad 3
a Folk Ballad
At the Movies
An Old Beat
Electro Ballad
Golden Beat
Home Beat
Hot Ballad

PARTY:
Ethnic 5_4
Ethnic Dance
Ethnic Pop
Ethnic Tropic
Slow East

LATIN:
1 Drop Reaggae_R
a Bikutssi
a Compa Feeling
a Cuba Salsa
a Kazet Party
a Makossa Story
a New Soca
a New Zouk
a Salsa
a Soca Rumba
a Soca Slide
a Soweto Feaver
a Tropical Island
Another Bolero
An Afro Jazz
Banjon Tropicana
Bachata
Cha Cha Slide
Cumbia
Cumbion
Disco Chacha
Makossa 1
Ndombolo 1
Ndombolo 2
New Mambo
African Mambo
Afro Calypso
All Time Cha Cha
Beguine Train
Bolero Uno
Bossa Schlager
Bossano Dream
Cha Cha Man
ChaCha One
Lambada Brazil
Latin Schlager
Live Salsa
Love Samba
Raggaetone
Real Merengue

POP:
a 50's Pop
a 6_8 Pop
a British Pop
a Guitar Beat
a Hip Hop School
a Hip & Hop Mix
a Mega Rapper
a New Rap
a Rap 1
An 8 Track
An Afro Funk
Be Street Smart
Frank's Pop
Hip n Hop
Hip Hop
Hip Today
Midnight Blues
Midnight Dream
Moonlight Up
Our Beat
Phill Collins
Soft Beat

ROCK:
a 60 Blues
a 6_8 Gospel
a Blues Rhythm
a Blues Bro Rock
a Blues to go
a Country Rock
a Gospel Rock
a Gospel Hit
a Gospel_5
a RnB Fusion
a Shufle
a Soul Blues
a Soul Rock
a Soul Train
R&Blues_3
The Soulfull Bro

DANCE:
a 70's Disco
a Boyz2Men Dance
a Cool Dance
a Dance Fever
a Dance Room
a Disco Flavor
a Disco Heat
a Disco Highlife
a Fresh Dance
a Hot Hit
a House Dance
a Progress Dance
a Real Dance
a Schlager Heat
a Trench Tech
a YMCA Dance
An Electro Dance
An Indian Dance
Afro Generation
Ballad Techy
Dance Ibiza
Dance Schlager
Last Countdown

COUNTRY:
a 2 Step Ballad
a Contry Pop
a Country Rock
a Country Surf
a Slow Country
a Soft Ballad
Country Pop

SWING:
a 12_8 Flip Flop
a 5_4 Jazz
a Bepop
a Big Band
a Gentle Ballad
a Live Bigband
a Small Bigband
An Organ Hit
AJ's BigBand
Golden Swinger

R&ROLL:
a 60's Rock
a Rock Ballad
a RockRiffonAll
Rock Horses
Sister rock
Soulful
Downtown

BALLROOM:
Dixie Fox
Fox Trot
French Mussette
Hully Gully
Middle Fix
Moderato
Musette
Pasodoble 3_4
Polka
Tango
Tarantella
Waltz

FOLK:
a Charlston
a Friendly Polka
a Modern Polka
a New Orleans
A New York
a Polka Dream 1
a Ploka Dream 2
a Polka Dreamer
a Polka Fox
a Polka
a Polka Fox Band
Schlager Shuffle

Keep well all my friends,

Henni


Please note: All of the above includes audio!
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