Geria Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I am old and play as a one man band for WWII vets, retirement centers, senior citizen centers and nursing homes. My wife sings all the old standards. I am using MIDI files for big band accompaniment, cutting out the piano, but I would like to use the keyboard only, it is more flexible that way. I have tried to find a good "big band" sound using tone editor and all the other goodies on the WK-7500, but not much luck. Is there anyone who may have achieved that sound? I know other keyboards do, especially the higher end Yamahas and some Rolands. Appreciate your help! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- T - Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Geria I have an old, old "You are the Star" 3-1/2 inch diskette with a dozen big band songs on it - mostly Glenn Miller. When I play it from my PC DAW, the WK-7500 just defaults to its GM voice set, and I really have to say, it doesn't sound all that bad. For whatever "lead" instrument I decide to play along with it, I select one of the high quality panel voices, but just let the background tracks play GM. You don't say in your post, but if you are playing through the internal speakers, by all means, go to an external sound system where you have, at least, some EQ or tone control. It makes a world of difference. If you are trying to use the internal rhythms as backing, then you may need to edit the rhythms, select different (better ?) tones and save them as User Rhythms, but by all means, a $500 12 pound Casio is never going to approach the sound quality of a $5000 32 pound Yamaha Tyros. Good luck ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geria Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Thanks for your reply. I too have these old "You are the star" discs and transferred them to a SD card to us in the Casio. I have a nifty program downloaded from Skytopia.com which enables to exchange or delete, voices. The disc .arrangements are good, but not very flexible. The WK-7500 big band styles are good, no problem there. After my post I went back to the drawing board and at present tone editing Synthetic Brass and Brass with Sax. You're right, sounds to the external speakers are puny. I'm using a Fender passport amp and a mixer when I'm gigging. Not even thinking about a Tyros. Having too much fun with the Casio. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- T - Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 OK Geria ! Sounds like you are "getting there" - kind of like the early days of flying - where you took pride - just in "getting there". You've already found the most important part - H A V I N G F U N ! ! ! Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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