Comments on: Keyboard Korner – Stage Rigs http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/ unessential ramblings about Modern Church Music, and the rest of life... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:40:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: katherineklemm http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-1240 katherineklemm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:45:48 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-1240 Reid, We are researching new keyboards for our worship team. Since the new Roland Fantom G series is out as well as the Korg Oasys, I am wondering if you still prefer the Fantom X or if you would prefer something else next time you buy? Thanks, Katherine Reid,

We are researching new keyboards for our worship team. Since the new Roland Fantom G series is out as well as the Korg Oasys, I am wondering if you still prefer the Fantom X or if you would prefer something else next time you buy?

Thanks,

Katherine

]]> By: Alaskan Buckeye http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-1237 Alaskan Buckeye Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:05:32 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-1237 Wow - just found this site! Looks like a keeper. I was waiting to see if anyone brought up the Motif XS... Soc... I completely agree. I play an XS8 in live worship and its just fantastic. Our church has an ES8 - but I always bring my XS. I'm debating on stacking my (OLD) KORG O1Wfd for the first time in Worship - but am undecided. I know a few guys who love their Fantom's... but I would recommend anyone considering a new board.. to check out the MOTIF XS. Blessings Greg Wow – just found this site! Looks like a keeper. I was waiting to see if anyone brought up the Motif XS… Soc… I completely agree. I play an XS8 in live worship and its just fantastic. Our church has an ES8 – but I always bring my XS. I’m debating on stacking my (OLD) KORG O1Wfd for the first time in Worship – but am undecided. I know a few guys who love their Fantom’s… but I would recommend anyone considering a new board.. to check out the MOTIF XS.

Blessings
Greg

]]> By: WIZANE http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-928 WIZANE Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:43:23 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-928 WHERE ARE THE PICS ON THESE RIGS ? PLEASE WHERE ARE THE PICS ON THESE RIGS ? PLEASE

]]> By: David Olson http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-815 David Olson Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:24:58 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-815 Reid Greven is the man. And I'm not just saying that because he's my brother's brother in law. I think all worship music should be done with an autoharp. That's how they did it in Jesus' day - that's it should still be done today. Reid Greven is the man. And I’m not just saying that because he’s my brother’s brother in law.

I think all worship music should be done with an autoharp. That’s how they did it in Jesus’ day – that’s it should still be done today.

]]> By: Socrates http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-814 Socrates Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:23:17 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-814 Hey everybody! I'm a worship leader from First Baptist Orlando, FL. Love the Fantom X8, and I learned so much about keyboard synths and sonic textures on that board. HOWEVER! I am a HUGE fan of the Motif XS. Yes, I'll concede that it's got a bit of a learning curve. Once you get past that, there are great tools to make live playing a cinch (like performance mode, which I've found to be EXCEEDINGLY better and easier in a live setting than Fantom's performance mode feature). Also, I do have a beef with some of the sounds; while I love the acoustic piano, some of the pads, and other fun, experimental sounds (Minty Fresh, Angel Pipes, etc.), I don't like Fantom's EPs/Wurlies and most of all, ORGANS! The worst part is the leslie switch, which does way too much pitch modulation for it to sound very good. For a high end workstation, that was disappointing. Motif has great pianos and lush pad mixture possibilities, but most of all, I love it's huge selection of EPs and Organs. They are so good, I get stuck playing around with every sound because it brings something fresh to the table. No sifting through duds. On top of that, the XS8 action feels slightly better to me than the Roland. As a bonus, sequencing is very easy to pick up, and pattern mode is a great songwriting tool for me. That's my 2 cents! :-) Peace! ~Soc Hey everybody! I’m a worship leader from First Baptist Orlando, FL.

Love the Fantom X8, and I learned so much about keyboard synths and sonic textures on that board.

HOWEVER! I am a HUGE fan of the Motif XS. Yes, I’ll concede that it’s got a bit of a learning curve. Once you get past that, there are great tools to make live playing a cinch (like performance mode, which I’ve found to be EXCEEDINGLY better and easier in a live setting than Fantom’s performance mode feature).

Also, I do have a beef with some of the sounds; while I love the acoustic piano, some of the pads, and other fun, experimental sounds (Minty Fresh, Angel Pipes, etc.), I don’t like Fantom’s EPs/Wurlies and most of all, ORGANS! The worst part is the leslie switch, which does way too much pitch modulation for it to sound very good. For a high end workstation, that was disappointing.

Motif has great pianos and lush pad mixture possibilities, but most of all, I love it’s huge selection of EPs and Organs. They are so good, I get stuck playing around with every sound because it brings something fresh to the table. No sifting through duds. On top of that, the XS8 action feels slightly better to me than the Roland. As a bonus, sequencing is very easy to pick up, and pattern mode is a great songwriting tool for me.

That’s my 2 cents! :-) Peace!
~Soc

]]> By: Jason http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-743 Jason Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:16:23 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-743 Hey guys, I'm so pumped to have finally found a blog on keyboards in the worship setting. I looked for weeks without being able to find anything. I lead worship from a Fantom X8. I love so many aspects about the keyboard (the action, the ease of use in the live setting, etc), but I have a few issues I'm hoping for some help on. First, (I think David already mentioned this) when you change patches, it's completely abrupt. How I wish you could change patches seemlessly! I find this to be a huge issue as I lead. Second, and more important, the main use of the keyboard in our band is background pad sounds. As far as I can tell, the Fantom only has 1 pad that's even close to acceptable for this use. Any ideas on gear that really excels in rich, thick pads? (Or, has anybody had any luck with finding/creating great pads on the Fantom?) Hey guys,
I’m so pumped to have finally found a blog on keyboards in the worship setting. I looked for weeks without being able to find anything. I lead worship from a Fantom X8. I love so many aspects about the keyboard (the action, the ease of use in the live setting, etc), but I have a few issues I’m hoping for some help on. First, (I think David already mentioned this) when you change patches, it’s completely abrupt. How I wish you could change patches seemlessly! I find this to be a huge issue as I lead. Second, and more important, the main use of the keyboard in our band is background pad sounds. As far as I can tell, the Fantom only has 1 pad that’s even close to acceptable for this use. Any ideas on gear that really excels in rich, thick pads? (Or, has anybody had any luck with finding/creating great pads on the Fantom?)

]]> By: cris from cebu http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-501 cris from cebu Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:49:28 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-501 What keyboards did you use for your effects sound/because most of your song is driven with effects.Where did you get that? What keyboards did you use for your effects sound/because most of your song is driven with effects.Where did you get that?

]]> By: cris from Quest cebu(philippines) http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-480 cris from Quest cebu(philippines) Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:55:05 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-480 Im glad you'd write me back.i wll tell dennis about your greetings. actually we had 3 keyboards in church, roland xp80, korg triton lee, and fantomx7. fantom x7 my main key with xp80 as my secondary key i use every sunday. But i always use Fantom ,because most of the songs that we had are from your church and i wil have to do sequencing amost every sunday. And im really get confuse on the musc that you had .You do a lot of effects,right?ohh i realy appreciated it all the sounds, and i want to realy hook in to it. Im glad you’d write me back.i wll tell dennis about your greetings. actually we had 3 keyboards in church, roland xp80, korg triton lee, and fantomx7. fantom x7 my main key with xp80 as my secondary key i use every sunday. But i always use Fantom ,because most of the songs that we had are from your church and i wil have to do sequencing amost every sunday. And im really get confuse on the musc that you had .You do a lot of effects,right?ohh i realy appreciated it all the sounds, and i want to realy hook in to it.

]]> By: David http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-479 David Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:46:45 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-479 Hey, I believe we basically followed a very similar setup for Timberline Church in Fort Collins, CO when we set up the Edge. Here's our set up: - Roland X8 - Nord Electro 2 - we have the Leslie amp ordered and should be using it soon - Reason Live with a Motu Axiom 61 key controller The Reason so far has been the most interesting take. We have yet to fully utilize it in our song sets, except to have clicks playing in the in-ear monitors. I think it is very hard to develop loops for live worship that can add to the song, instead of being the entire music for the song. We have yet to tame Reason as far as loops go. On the plus, I LOVE having the variety of sounds and plugins to download. There are so many cool modulations through the different rack modules in Reason. It seems that all of the keyboardist are very novice in using this and optimizing it. It would be great to know how other bands incorporate it into their worship. One other note. I love the Favorites features of the X8, however I wish there was a better way to have smoother transitions when going from Sound A to Sound B. I have a Motif 6 for personal use at home and I notice the same difficulty. The only synth that I know of were the designers spent time making sure there could be smooth transitions between sounds is the Roland RD-700 series. Unfortunately, aside from smooth transitions, this keyboard doesn't offer much else. Hey,

I believe we basically followed a very similar setup for Timberline Church in Fort Collins, CO when we set up the Edge. Here’s our set up:

- Roland X8

- Nord Electro 2 – we have the Leslie amp ordered and should be using it soon

- Reason Live with a Motu Axiom 61 key controller

The Reason so far has been the most interesting take. We have yet to fully utilize it in our song sets, except to have clicks playing in the in-ear monitors. I think it is very hard to develop loops for live worship that can add to the song, instead of being the entire music for the song. We have yet to tame Reason as far as loops go. On the plus, I LOVE having the variety of sounds and plugins to download. There are so many cool modulations through the different rack modules in Reason. It seems that all of the keyboardist are very novice in using this and optimizing it. It would be great to know how other bands incorporate it into their worship.

One other note. I love the Favorites features of the X8, however I wish there was a better way to have smoother transitions when going from Sound A to Sound B. I have a Motif 6 for personal use at home and I notice the same difficulty. The only synth that I know of were the designers spent time making sure there could be smooth transitions between sounds is the Roland RD-700 series. Unfortunately, aside from smooth transitions, this keyboard doesn’t offer much else.

]]> By: Briley http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-478 Briley Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:08:42 +0000 http://reidgreven.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/keyboard-korner-stage-rigs/#comment-478 Keyboards? What's that? Should those be in the mix? ;) Keyboards? What’s that? Should those be in the mix? ;)

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