How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger

Posted by: DanO1

How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/04/02 08:06 PM

Hello to all ,

I believe that starting back at the KN800/1000 to present day , Technics developed " dynamic accompianment" or "dynamic arranger " . My understanding is that when you applied pressure to the left hand , the arrangement would become more "live" .
How many technics owners utilize this feature ?

dano
Posted by: Bob Hendershot

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/04/02 08:19 PM

I had dynamic accomp on my EA5 organ and loved it. It is sorely missed on my KN5000. It was trigered by striking the keys extra hard or by playing faster parts. I believe the KN2000 also had that feature. It only worked with built in rhythms.
Posted by: Graham UK

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/04/02 11:29 PM

Although not a KN board. I had this feature Dynamic feature on a Korg i30 and used it most of the time. I could set this so that within a style if was Piano on ACC1 & Guitar on ACC2 depending on the velocity of your playing the style would switch between Piano & Guitar.

Graham UK
Posted by: Dutch player

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 06:47 AM

In my opinion this dynamic accompaniment was introduced as a new feature on the KN3000. In the days that I owned this KB I used the dynamic accompaniment almost all the time. You're arrangement became a lot more "live" because it somewhat interacted with your playing. I liked it a lot. Unfortunately Technics dropped the feature on the KN5000. I still don't know why. The same thing has happened with the Sound Controller from the KN6x00. They didn't put it on the KN7000 , this was such a cool feature. I think I will buy a Kaoss pad form Korg when I decide to buy the KN7000, since you can do the same with that thing. Somehow Technics has this strange tendency to drop great features when they build a new KB.

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Posted by: tony mads usa

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 08:34 AM

DanO1 ..... my kn1000 had the 'dynamic accompaniment feature, which as I recall, was triggered by the speed of play from your right hand .... you're right that it added a more 'live' feel to your playing .... I was disappointed that it was not on the kn6000 (along with the sound effects mentioned in the other thread ..... )
t.
Posted by: Gunnar Jonny

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 10:48 AM

The dynamic accomp is the thing I miss most when using the onboard styles.
It was an excellent feature, and imagine if they get it work like that when use loaded external styles too, that would be something

The never keyboards have more measures in the loop, and that makes is much more easy to build in small "variations" to give some live feeling, but I still miss the dynamic accomp feature I learned to know at the KN3000.
GJ

Please excause me for my bad writing, I think
"never" and "newer" is two different things, eh??
It should be the word "newer"

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Posted by: Bill Norrie

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 10:58 AM

I agree wholeheartedly with the comments about the Dynamic Accompaniment. I also used it much of the time. I think it was a great feature and when it was dropped on the later keyboards, I was really saddened. I had hoped that it might be reinstated on the KN7000 but it looks like it's not to be
Perhaps it was dropped because many people did not quite understand how to use it ?

C'mon Technics - give it back to us


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Willum

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Posted by: kozykeys

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 11:09 AM

on my 2000 I always left it on and it always surprised me with a different riff or drum fill and i could never tell what triggered it it may have been key pressure speed of right or even five note chords with right hand never did manage to sort out just how or why oe when it did what it did but it really enhanced all the styles

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Posted by: Bill Norrie

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 03:52 PM

Hi Gunnar, Don't worry about your "Bad Writing" - I'm sure none of us would criticise your posts - I think you do remarkably well, as do others on this forum, whose native language is not English. How many of us can speak or write Norwegian?

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Willum
Posted by: Sparky

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 08:05 PM

I believe the reason makers do not continue some features is they want to keep the value of the earlier model up. If the kn7000 had everything the 6500 had and more, then the 6500 would go down in value as soon as the 7000 was on the market. So they drop features so users with still want the 6500 for certain reasons. And that is also why newer models don't get many new features or that high of an upgrade. Remember also that they need to save some technology already made for the next model. It is all a strategic marketing game.
Tony
Posted by: Dave Shively

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/05/02 10:05 PM

Hi DanO,
Wow!, from the previous posts to this thread I am going against the grain.
I am an old time organ player and don't even use touch sensitive. Just use the expression pedal to give the music interest. I know that most at least use touch sensitive for playing, but that is a technique that has to be learned. Some try to in our local organ/keyboard club and doesn't come out to well. They are either to loud or you can't even hear them. I am still trying to learn the various functions on the KN 6500. That will take a life-time.
Best Regards,
Dave Shively
Posted by: Walter McLaren

Re: How many Technics owners use the dynamic arranger - 08/06/02 02:10 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bill Norrie:
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Perhaps it was dropped because many people did not quite understand how to use it ?

I understand one of the main reasons was that Technics had too many "complaints" that it did not function and dealers were always having to explain how it worked, sometimes with great difficulty, too time consuming!!
Walter.