[Yamaha CK61 and CK88]

23 hours ago, SonicKeysII said:

Anyone have an opinion as to whether the CK61 is a better top board than a Roland Fantom 06?  The Fantom is more expensive but offers a lot.  I am not an expert.  I am trying to determine whether I buy the CK61 as a light small utility board for whatever or step up a little bit.  Any more feedback on the keybed action on the CK61?  I have a 20 plus year old Yamaha PSR 2100 which was a serious 61 key arranger board in its day.  It has non-weighted keys which are playable although I always played it as a second tier board along with the big and heavy Yamaha S-90 when I was using it.  If the keybed on the CK61 is similar to the PSR 2100, that would be a positive from my point of view.   I bought earlier versions of the PSR line for home use and to give to the kids.  I think the action was the same.  Not bad for a non-weighted board.  

CK61 keyboard is better than MODX6/7 but not as good as Montage (unsurprisingly given cost etc). CK61 packs a lot in and has a good UI.  I have one but may exchange it for a Roland VR-730 for the 73 keys and for a different (slightly weighted waterfall) action. 

[Yamaha CK61 and CK88]

On 3/14/2023 at 6:24 PM, pjd said:

Forgot to mention the most interesting point from the manual.

 

Check the date on the MIDI implementation chart: 16-July-2021.

 

Yamaha had this design in the can for a loooooooooong time. COVID and supply chain issues.

 

-- pj

 

Yes - I spotted those dates (and the video tutorials are mid-2022

[Roland VR 700 EDITOR (Win, Mac, Linux) RELEASE]

On 12/26/2022 at 6:34 PM, franky64 said:

Hello,

new (stable) 'official beta' release of VR700 CTRLR EDITOR:

- Editor V-SYNTH section with hacked 'hidden Cosm MFX'  (78 'identified' and highly customisable Cosm MFX saved with 'Favorites').

     examples for MFX are fully customisable 'Sympathetic Resonance' for Grand Pno (including 'lid angle', 'resonance filters', 3-band semi-parametric EQ etc), per-patch EQ. numberless  Delay/Phaser/Flanger FX, Rotary-Sims, Amp-Sims (N-stack, Jazz Chorus etc), LoFi/Telephone/Turntable FX etc etc etc.
- Editor V-SYNTH allows to 'detune' two identical layered sounds (like in multi-oscillator subtractive synthesis) for generating 'fat synth sounds'

      or 'octave-shift' of layered sounds (like two brass patches) for 'fat' sounds. 

- graphic redesings
- many (really many) bugfixes

 

(todos for 1..03 'full release': update the intergrated web-usermanual, redesign of syx-im/export and 'Editor registrations')

Download from here:

https://v-combo.webspace.rocks/roland-vr700-v-combo-editor

 

 

Hi - v interested in the editor but get a warning from Avast that the https://v-combo.webspace.rocks/roland-vr700-v-combo-editor site is 'infected'..?? Any advice please? Thanks

[Roland V-Combo VR-09]

I agree - I'd have paid 1-200 more for a better keyboard / action