Brandenburg Concerto 3 live on Roland Integra-7

I know this doesn't fit to the arranger forum, but if someone likes Bach's most famous Brandenburg Concerto, this is an abbreviated 2-hands live version I just played on my Roland Integra-7. I used my MoXF as a master keyboard, you don't hear any MoXF sounds here. Maybe I'll upload the MoXF version, too. I admit the Garriton GPO harpsichord I have on my MoXF flash board is a bit superior to the Integra SRX 06 harpsichord.

http://youtu.be/y2C-Nq1x4EE

That was awesome!! I loved it!! I've always been partial to Bach and his Brandenburg Concerto's have always been favorites of mine. I liked the mix of the instruments you chose. The harpsichord was very clear but not overpowering. Your two hand technique was perfect. Thanks so much for sharing that!! -charley

Well done!

EXCELLENT !!!

Also thoroughly enjoyed Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" ... VERY well done ...

Wow, sounds great; great talant!

Is that a "standard" piano arrangement (sheet music) you're playing from? I wonder if that sheet music arrangement is available under "public domain"? Great playing!

-Jim

Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments!

@Tony: Thanks also for listening to In the Mood. I'm really content with the Roland BK-7m for this kind of music.

@Jim: It is a version from a piano wedding collection, exactly this one:
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/0318298/details.html

Occasionally I supplemented it and filled in some additional tones/chords to play fuller harmonies.

Thanks - that's a music book I may buy! Even if I have some of the pieces in my collection already, it has some I don't have and would like to learn/play. The arrangement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 adapts well to the sounds you chose for playing this piece!

-Jim

Great playing and sounds. Real music is still alive !!!

Thanks a lot. Nice to see that Bach is still considered as great music by a number of people.
BTW, should some of you happen to be registered at Youtube and feel like it, I'm always happy about a positive rating there, too. ;-)

Bach is like the hard rock of his time, ... I put him up there with Vivaldi, Mozart and Beathoven as the greatest composers of al time, maybe the greatest

Nice job, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

I have been considering an MoXF7 for home studio use, and was surprised you didn't use the Yamaha voices. Does this mean the string/ orchestral voices do not match up to the Integra-7, or are you just more used to the Roland voices?

Thanks. Good question. In the past I have always preferred the Roland SRX expansion boards for classical orchestral sounds. These are part of the Integra. I would assess the MoXF on a par, maybe slightly ahead of the Integra, but ONLY IF(!) you expand it with a flash board and purchase the two libraries Garritan GPO Lite and DCP Complete Orchestra. Without the flash board, to my ears the factory strings do not get as realistic. I might even buy a third library (Symphonic Strings for Motif XS) which has 400 MB waveforms just for strings, but it's in an incompatible format and you have to convert it.
I have already recorded a MoXF version (with the flash library sounds) and am going to upload it either on Youtube or Soundcloud. I'll post a link then.

Oops, the MoXF7 of course, is my hope, not current reality...

Oh "7", yes, that doesn't exist yet...
But I can really recommend the MoXF with flash board, it's great that you have the flexibility to load third-party libraries with a medium-priced, lightweight synthesizer.
I've uploaded a comparison now, the first minute of Brandenburg Concerto on MoXF expanded with flash libraries, followed by the Roland Integra version. To me, all in all they are on a par, the harpsichord of the MoXF (actually of the Garritan library in the MoXF flash) is better.

https://soundcloud.com/rorosetree/bach-b...oland-integra-7

I agree, both sound wonderful, maybe a slight edge to the MoXF for clarity and realism!

I am waiting in hopes for a MoXF7, because I want at least a 73 key keyboard for home/studio use, but I'm reluctant to go to a full weighted keyboard such as the MoXF8. So I'm going to use a M-Audio Keystation 88 which is semiweighted as a master controller for my Korg Pa900 for a while.