Yes, Yes, Yes. Jack says it all Ralph Cullen Rodgers (and Kurzweil) Dealer New Zealand. >The following are comments from Jack Cormack who also has a Kurzweil K2600RS. > >The Kurzweil is extremely powerful, and at first extremely intimidating -- >it was to me >at least. !!!! But what you can do with it is absolutely amazing and >wonderful. >On a 3-manual organ, the Kurzweill can address all 8 MIDI pistons >simultaneously, each with a different sound. > >I received a set of tibia samples that had: >Tibia 8 tremelo >Tibia 8 & 4 tremelo >Tibia 8 & 2 tremelo >Tibia 16 & 2 tremelo >Tibia 8 no tremelo > >After I learned enough about the Kurzweil to examine the above >combinations, they are >composed of one or more layers of sounds. For example, the Tibia 8 & 4 >has the >8 foot stop on layer one and the four foot stop on layer 2. I can adjust >the amplitude >of each layer independently and the tuning of each layer independently. I >can also add layers, >tuned to whatever pitch and loudness I choose. > >So I have made a "doppler tibia 8" by tuning the second layer to the third >harmonic of the >8 foot layer. Just how much "doppler" sound you want is done by choosing >the loudness >of the second layer as compared to the first layer. I have also made a 3 >layer tibia stop >with the first layer at 8 foot, the second layer at the third harmonic, and >the third layer >at the fifth harmonic, adjusting the amplitudes of each layer to provide >the sound, that >to my ears sounds best. That combination also is saved as one stop. Of >course if your organ >has an 8 foot flute, a 2 2/3 flute, and a 1 3/5 flute, you can get a >similar sound by selecting >all 3, but in that case you have no control over the relative loudness of >the three stops. >With the Kurzweil, the sounds are available on any of the any/all MIDI >pistons of your choice. > >There is a set of theatre samples available free from the Kurzweil web >site. They are passable, >but not great. They include tibias, strings, voxes, reeds from Wurlitzer, >Barton, and Kimball theatre >organs. One can manipulate the relative amplitude and tuning of the >various layers in the many >combinations already set up in this group of samples. This set combines >tibias, voxes, >strings and reeds in many "presets" . > >One is not limited to 3 layers -- some of the built in sounds in the >Kurzweil have over 20 layers. >In my view the Kurzweil sounds are the among the best in the industry, if >not the best. But >for organists, there are relatively few sounds that I find useful. > >I have added an internal hard drive to my K2600RS, and external CD player, >and a JAZ drive. >When I want to listen to the MIDI files that Noel ( our group moderator) >produces, I get the >General Midi sounds via my computer with a sound card that has the GM and >GM extensions >and is also interfaced to our Rodgers Trillium 927. There are several sets >of classical pipe >organ samples available for purchase -- none cheap !! I haven't bought >them yet. >If anyone has bought such, I would appreciate your recommendations. > >A real expert in the use of Kurzweil as a source of pipe organ sounds is >Ron Pearcy in New >Zealand. His Rodgers 360 as augmented by Kurzweil has been used as the >instrument for >a professional musician to make a CD for sale to the public. > >To sum it all up, the Kurzweil is really great, but requires a fair amount >of dedication to be >able to understand and use its capabilities. The voluminous instruction >manuals that come >with it are written by people who already know how to use the >Kurzweil. The manuals are >difficult to find information without considerable digging. Typical >manuals written by people >who already know the Kurzweil and only need the manuals occasionally to >refresh their >memory. The info is there, but it isn't always easy to find.!!!!! <grin> > >We are on our second Rodgers organ and never bought the PR300 since, in my >view, it >is quite limited and has no pipe organ sounds built in. I want pipe organ >sounds to >augment the organ, not helicpoters, whistles, gunshots, birdcalls, and >orchestral sounds, etc. > >Some may disagree with the above -- after all this is the land of freedom >of speech, isn't it? >And it is obvious that the above are my opinions -- nothing more. > >Sincerely, > >Jack Cormack >Potomac, Maryland >======================================================== > > >My point is, the PR300S is great for what it is...an entry level sound > >module, sequencer. It sounds to me like what you want to do really > >calls for some hardware with more muscle. > > > >Hope this helps, > >Bob Leety > >Monroe, CT > > >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >Find Music for the Rodgers PR-300 at www.frogmusic.com >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) >go to our website at www.frogmusic.com/rodgers.html :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Find Music for the Rodgers PR-300 at www.frogmusic.com :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to our website at www.frogmusic.com/rodgers.html