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simchaleh

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  1. from my understanding, theres no question as to their ability to do importing of sounds. ive seen from the bk5, that theyve added new core sounds and drums on different updates from the usb really easily someone even experimented by taking the update for the bk5OR, and going into the files of the update, and switching the rom file with the same named file on the update of the regular bk5 model, and run the update on the regular bk5, and now the regular bk5 has all the OR sounds and drums. and the bk5 doesnt even have the registration possibilities that we have on the vr09. on the bk5 to get new sounds, it was nescesary to update the whole rom. by the bk5 where we have the quick and easy registrations, it really shouldnt be an issue. the question is when roland will wake up and work it into the plan.
  2. Intresting idea about sampletank. Are any of the samples available on ad actually any good? Im using the attatchable stand that comes with the bk5. I think u can b it seperate. Its great, and compact. As far as the long mysterious atalier mode, i asked roland. Heres what they replied The import function can bring in registrations that are created on an Atelier home organ - this does not add any new sounds, but (like a registration in the VR-09) arranges and edits the sounds currently in the VR-09. If you have an Atelier organ that has registrations that you enjoy, you can now import those settings in the the VR-09.[/b]
  3. hey everyone. two questions: 1) wehre can i get an updated manual with how to use features in the new update? i cuoldnt figure out where to download it from? 2) i still havent seen any answer posted to what this means: does anyone have any idea? thnks
  4. Hiw can i set up midi on my yamaha s80, to control switching registratins on he vr09? Im completely new to setting up midi and dont know how to go about it. I would really like my 88 key keyboard underneath for more expression and freedom on the piano parts.
  5. I need to create a patch for shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd. Origionally i wass gona do just the backing strings pad sound on the vr09 and the synthy brass lead on the microkorg, but in the end, since im having problems with the power connection of the microkorg,im gonna try to them both on split, on the vr09 one registration, using the ipad editor, to layer 3 sounds on the left(pcm's), and the right side for the lead. Can any of you more experienced payers help me in dialing in the correct settings on the vr09 to get he brassy synth lead sound? I tried following some settings online, but i just cant get it to sound right...
  6. There seems to be that problem with all the effects, that they don't smoothly come on. Theres a very noticeable jump from 0 to turning them on. Has anyone found a good way to get the acoustic piano to cut through the mix. Im still struggling with this.
  7. I also had a slider knob dissapear when carryng the vr09 one handed. Teyre sending me a new one. They come off wAy too easily. Im wondering how the update is. WS there any feedback on it? I dont have a computer now so i havent done the update yet myself. Just wondering what im missing. Whats the atalier solo mode????
  8. on the vr09 built in demo songs, theres a song called nightlights. i think its the second demo. theres an arpegiated sound playing in the background.does anyone have any clue if it was done only on the vr09 or together with an external sequencer? if so,any idea how to recreate it? i posted also on the roland blog, so im waiting for a reply from them also
  9. i always figured that every keyboard, when using the L/mono output, that the keyboard would know theres only one cable inside, and would automatically send out the sound mixed down to mono, correctly. would figure that all the midi stereo sounds were mixed to work with mono also. no?\\
  10. hey. i use my bk5 stand for the ipad. it fits perfectly and is even on the correct angle.
  11. Is it submersible? http://s6.postimg.org/juh4zqgkt/keyboard_underwater.jpg
  12. im trying to recreate the synth part for the song 'on the run' from pink floyd. i put a post in the forums for guidance using the micro korg, but havent had yet any good direction with it. i figured i could try posting it here in trying to use the vr09. im guessing that it could for sure be recreated with the ipad app, as i see there all the controls that are being used on the other synths which recreated this song. as far as the sequencer, there must be someway of doing that with an external ipad. is anyone up to taking the challenge, and making this song on the vr09 together with an ipad sequencer or how about some ipad app as a controller to do it all?
  13. ok. it would make sense that they should fix the pedal assign thing easily. i know on the bk5, (which again im comparing since they came out in consequent years, and seem to be in the same quality/prdocution range) there is an option for each particular sound, to save to that sound settings for the damper and expression seperately. whats a link to the roland blog again? i just tried created some synth sounds from pcm's with the ipad editor. well theyre really sweet, nice full sound. but i found that i can only bulid the sound from 2 pcms. if i try to add a 3rd,one, it seems like it wont let me, and no matter what pcm i add, i still just get a default type sound from the 3rd part. also i tried layering the sound in the editor, by pressing the 'split' key, in order to activate part 2 in the editor, and i find also there that im not being able to change the sound at all with adding pcms. am i doing something wrong here, or are the sounds limited to only 2 pcms overall per patch? thnks
  14. me too. ive been really enjoing this keyboard. and the simplicity of it, helps me to focus on actual playing. i really want to learn now about serious organ playing. and looking for a good place to start. is there any organ 101 tutorial? ive been experimenting with the chorus on/off and leslie on/off slow/fast and finding which ones are good for which parts. i still dont like how the leslie cuts so much of the volume off the organ and how it sits in the mix. i tried playing with some of the settings but still not finding out how to make it sit right. ive only been enjoying the leslie on more quieter mellow songs where the organ is well heard. i find i need to take off the leslie, and sometimes the chorus, if i want it to cut through the mix on more rockier parts. just plugged in my experssion pedal (moog). time to experiment with that. fun fun fun so after some experimenting i have a really important question. is there any way to set the damper and expression setting to be registration specific and not global? in other words, can i have the damper be set to leslie speed, and the expression to expression on registration 1/3, but in registration 1/4 to have the damper be set to damper, and expression to mfx etc. if not, has anyone reported this as an issue to roland? thnks
  15. ive actually been meaning to post recently but didnt get to it, that roland just a few days ago, released yet another update for the roland bk5, which totally blew everyone away with the problems they adress. there was a veyr serious flaw that there was no 'favorites' tone section which is a must for an arranger keyboard, but i had no clue how they could possibly fix an issue like that, since its too late to add new buttons, and it would be very hard to navigate through a favorites list, wihtout fixed buttons, but in the new update, sure enough they fixed that issue, and its super simple as if it were designed from the begining in the model, without any menu diving. in addition they also added yet another 3 sounds. so dont give up!
  16. heres another bug i found on the vr09 with registration saving. please correct me if its an error on my part. first of all, to make sure i understand correctly, if i saved a registry list to my usb, after loading the registry list from the usb, it becomes the default registry list, right? however if i make any changes and saves to those registries, it basically changes the new default registries, but if i reload the registry list from my usb, it overwrites any changes i had made, unless in adition to saving the registry change, i need to also go into media, and overwrite that particular registry change, is that correct? now the problem im having with a registry save, is that, if lets say i want to save a registry with a piano/strings split , but i want only the piano to come up when i press the registry button, and that i should have the option of on the fly splitting it to strings, so i create the split with the wanted sound on the bottom, then unpress the split button so i have only piano, and then write the registry. now when i select that registry, it will load me only a piano sound, and when i press split, it will load the strings sound underneath that i had selected. this works well, however the glitch im finding, is that when i try to do this, but with an organ sound on the bottom, i set the split, and can save the registry this way with the organ on the buttom. but as soon as i unpress split, when i repress split again, it puts as default a different sound underneath each time. even though i overwrote the registry and registry list with the organ split underneath, but as soon as depressing the split, when i repress it on that same registry, the organ sound is gone. can someone please report this to roland, or tell me how. thnks sb
  17. You also have the selection wheel to go back in registrations. What ipad app would u use for selecting registration patches??
  18. Ok. I have another question regarding using the organ. I'm sorry I know they're really beginners questions, but the only organs I've played till now, the only control options on the keyboard were tremolo and Leslie on/off. I'm trying to find the correct standard rock organ, and I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to sound right. Should the Leslie always be on and just switching between slow and fast? What Bout the chorus and percussion buttons? My issue is that when I switch on the Leslie, suddenly I have no pinch to the organ and it falls under the mix. Also I'm having an issue getting the piano to cut through the mix. I'm finding weird volume balances between all the sounds. Some are really loud and cut through the mix, and some are subtle And quite. Another thing that bothers me in live playing, is that if during the gig, I want to make a quick volume change to one of the parts of a sound, or something else, as soon as I leave that sound, the change goes back to the way it was before. Is there some way to save ese changes without going into the registration saving menu. And there was other parameters (I can't remember which ones) that would save to the sound, even though I was going into the registration menu and saving there, as soon as I left the sound, the change was lost again. btw, a nice setting i found for the acoustic piano is setting the tone to about 2 oclock, compesser to about 12, reverb to about 8. gives the piano some more presence
  19. im kinda new to the drawbar thing, and the fact that the organ splitted to the bottom or the keyboard cant be octave changed, threw me off a bit. till i remembered the octave can be changed with the drawbars. is that the only way or am i missing something?
  20. hey everyone. good to see a more direct thread for actual tweaks and tips. im trying to create some synth tones from scratch with the ipad app, but i can to get an empty patch to start with. everything im working with still has the base sound that i started with in the background. even though i turned off the switches. any ideas? thnks sb
  21. yay finnally got mine. i have to say that i was really worried about all the replies about the keybed quality. but i really dont mind it. i think its much nicer than other cheapy kebyeds that ive played on. craig, can you please rewrite your tweaks on the organ? i dont have the patience to go through all these posts to find it. thnks! also someone else here wrote tweaks on the ep's. thnks sb
  22. there was something similiar in the roland bk5. theres no expansion slots, but on the recent update, after doing the quick usb update, there was some new sounds in the keyboard, and a realy nice new drumset also. cant say for sure, but im guessing that its probably the same thing with the vr09. most probably and updated sounds will just be limited to what they decide, and will be passed throught the usb updating process. however, it means that they have the ability to update the ap! regarding the lack of 'back' button by the registries, with the roland bk5, they had fixed a problem with missing controlling button on the board for simple controlling issue (there was no octave up down on the board, wtihout doing menu diving), and the update made pressing a two key combo, to perform the same task, of the 'octave button' which wasnt built into the board. the 2 button combo they created was very intuitive and easy to learn. someone should post the missing 'back' button in the register lists. its very likely they will think of some combo buttons to fix that. the reason im bringing comparisons from the bk5, is that its also a new recent release from roland, and in the same price range, so im guessing we can expect the same type of service. SB
  23. hey guys. can anyone help me by comparing the sounds of the vr09 to the roland g70? i know its a funny comparison but it would help me a little more get direction on this keyboard. im wondering if they would make a good pair also. thnks SB
  24. hey everyone. i wanted to remind youa all who are finding bugs, (espcially the registration saving bug where the tone kept on jumping octaves etc) to report it to roland. thats the best way we can get these issues adressed. i have a funny question to ask. i was wondering what types of gig bags each of you are using with their vr09. soft bags? or semi hard? or hard cased?. my worry about some bags is that they are not adequetly padded on the top part, which is where all the knobs and sliders are. is there any bag anyone here recommends that well protects the knobs and sliders? i know a hard case would be the best, but it would unbalance the advantage of the super light keyboard. thnks sb
  25. i know i mentioned this already, but i find myself needing to say it again as i still see more comments doubting any updates on the simple features of not beeing able to split the expression pedal on tones and other simple manufacture bugs. that from experience with my roland bk-5, weve had two updates in the past year, and each one adressed important different bugs, and even added features that were unexpected, yet very usefull shortcuts. so dont be so skeptical. i dont have any experience with roland from the past, but at least recently their updates have been on the dot and well done. Sb
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