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- At 17:07 02/05/97 +0100, you wrote:
- >Kevan R.Craft wrote:
- >>
- >> [...]
- >>
- >> Both keyboards are 64 Note polyphonic and both use PATTERN based
- >> sequencing which really is a WOW.. Both can assign the PATTERNS to any
- >> key and to and key assignments on the keyboard..
- >>
- >
- >Hi Kevan,
- >
- >Can you explain the difference between synths that use patterns and
- >those that use styles/arrangements? I know styles/arrangements from the
- >i5S, but I don't exactly know what are patterns. Can they both do the
- >same things? Are pattern-based synths better than style/arrangement
- >based ones or vice-versa? Can you play a whole music, including drums,
- >percussion, bass, etc. in a pattern-based instrument?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Luis B. Almeida
-
- Hi Luis............Mark here,
-
- The N-Series have the ability to use preloaded or custom made PATTERNS which
- can be triggered on the keyboard in real-time. e.g. You could create
- several drum patterns including filss, flams etc., set the synth in record
- mode, and then trigger these patterns on the keyboard in real-time whilst
- recording the whole thing in the process. I get the impression that if
- melodic PATTERNS are used, then these can be harmonically shifted, but I
- don't recall seeing evidence for this in the spec. This is really just an
- extension of the use of PATTERNS found on the i3 (and others), but the
- N-Series have evolved this idea by introding this Real-Time Pattern Play
- faclility, of which you can have 100 in memory.
-
- STYLES (re: i3) on the other hand are more advance, because they respond to
- complex chord changes, and then construct an accompianment from these
- chords changes, and can even use different patterns for different chord
- types e.g. subtle musically correct changes in patterns can be used when
- playing sus4's or Maj7 etc. This is in the traditional home keyboard style,
- but more advanced and gives many creative opporutnities if one decides to
- create STYLES from scratch, and write all the sublte chord variations for
- each STYLE variation, Fill, Intro's & Endings.
-
- So what's best........neither!! It's all a matter of personal choice and
- playing style. Personally, I only tend to use SONG mode these days on my i3,
- but will occasionally import some tasty drum patterns from a STYLE into the
- 16-TRK sequncer. For this reason the N-Series Real Time Pattern Play
- feature appeals to me, because it's at a more base level of composing. This
- is how I like to things, but others will prefer to create the magority of
- their music by using chord recognition and fills etc., which is where synths
- like the i3 come in.
-
- For those of us who use our i-Series as more of a traditional workstation
- then the N-Series may appeal.....they certainly do to me, except for the
- stupid small screen....why can't those buggers at korg use the i-Series
- LCD??????? However, if you are used to playing chords then a STYLE based
- instrument is the way to go. The i5M being an ideal partner for existing
- synths, but cannot CREATE/EDIT STYLES. To create/edit you need an i1, i2 or
- i3 (or another cool synth).
-
- The N-Series also have Arpeggiators and are 64 note poly!!! Why then is the
- Trinity 32-note poly, HUGE SCREEN and no Real-Time Pattern Play mode????
- It's the usual wierd combination we have come to expect from Korg. The
- Trinity is certainly the latest in Pro-Gear, having serious expansion
- capabilities (HD, Flash ROM, SCSSI, Optical output) but does not have the
- new standard 64-note poly, and pattern facilities of it's cousin the
- N-Series. What's the answer.....buy one of each!!!!!
-
- Bye all,
-
- Mark.
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