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#181062 - 05/08/07 01:33 PM
Re: What made Technic's OS so good?
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 14376
Loc: East Greenwich RI USA
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Diki, Perhaps your question would be better answered on the 'technics' page by players who have 'gotten into' their kbs more than I have, but... I have only owned 2 kbs - technics kn1000 and kn6000 ... I really have not played any others so I cannot comment on them, but as far as technics is concerned, I can only say that it is extremely user friendly, especially for finding/changing styles and voices ... many of the features that some other kb owners have wished for (based on conversations on S-Z) I have on the kn6000 ... I can change voices/volumes/pans/effects/etc. in a midi file 'on the fly' while playing that file, ... I can easily 'edit' an SMF while it resides in the kb and save my changes ... the kn6000 has a hard drive where I save SMFs registrations, etc. which can be 'edited' and saved with ease ... each style has 2 Intros and 2 endings and 4 variations at the pressing of a button ... I can 'Easy Record' a song, or parts of a song, and then through 'Realtime Recording' add other tracks as desired ... I can easily edit single notes in a song ... and on and on ... One feature the technics does not have, which I wish it did, is the ability to 'mark' an SMF to return to the beginning, or the bridge of the song ... I'm not saying technics is better than any of the others, but mine has served me well, and hopefully will continue to do so ...And it's a damned shame Matsu***** stopped manufacturing this board ... Hope this helps ... t.
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#181063 - 05/08/07 02:27 PM
Re: What made Technic's OS so good?
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Senior Member
Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 6020
Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Diki, I think it ended up with sort of a cult following. I bought my first one back in 1988, then kept upgrading. I had the Kn800,kn2000,3000,5000 ,7000. I also owned the module version of the kn2000, & was probably the only person that bought the one & only Synthesizer they produced in the mid 90's ( model name escapes me at the moment W???)
They were a good solid keyboard, easy to use, sounded great. You didn't require a computer if you wanted to edit styles. They even came with their own Style Conversion disk so one didn't require EMC for a pc, you could do it in the KN itself. KN7000, I think they were he first ones to use a memory card ( sd). The Kn7 could actually be used as an audio soundcard . The pianist chord recognition was brilliant. Luved the styles. They just had very innovative ideas. It was the end of an era when they closed down. Update Actually forgot to mention my favourite function. The KN7 Pads. They actually stayed in sync no matter when you hit them. Psr pads do some sort of a catch up if you hit them at the wrong time. Technics were brilliant. 2 intruments per pad so you could have bass & piano rythm going or whatever you liked ,sort of a mini style if you added drums from one of the styles. Also pads 5 & 6 had a chord progression, so you could take a break & the pad would do a solo.
Dikki , wish you hadn't brought up this topic, memory lane is making me melancholy again ( haa haa) best wishes Rikki [QUOTE]Originally posted by Diki: [B]
[This message has been edited by rikkisbears (edited 05-08-2007).]
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