SpikeKeys

Has anyone loaded up the new voice libraries? How do you pick and choose individual patches that you like from the different voice libraries? There are, I thought, only 200 patches, total, and they are all filled when you get the SK1 from the factory. Spike

Here's a tip that's been useful for me with the SK1. My 'motherboard' is a Nord Stage 2 Compact. I often use this NS2 as a controller for a brass patch on the SK1. As you probably know, the SK1 brass patches are bright and a bit too tinny to be used by themselves. So I layer an SK1 brass patch with a beefier NS2 brass patch. This is just ordinary stuff. What's cool is that I can then control the volume of the SK1 patch with the expression pedal. So I can brighten or soften the layered brass patches with the volume pedal and do it on the fly during a tune. Typically I crank the SK1 volume up on the chorus and down on the verses. It's a cool way to dynamically control both the timbre and volume of the brass sound. Just a little something to ponder. Spike

This thread is a great idea, a welcome change to endless belly-aching in the leakage thread about who has big enough cajones to use the hammond name. A thread about useful tips/tricks in using the SKs will be terrific for those of us who spend our time practicing, performing, and optimizing our sounds. Spike