Comfort in these uncertain times.

chelsea4023 · Post by **chelsea4023** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:19 pm

Hi all,

For the record I'm in my mid sixties, live in the suburbs of London U.K.
and am retired. My wife and I are currently in 'lockdown' (particularly due to our age) to try and avoid catching Corona Virus.

That being said, once I've finished my daily 'chores' it's a struggle to find things to do. Fortunately I have my PA4X to fall back on, and it's been a godsend the last six weeks as it keeps me thoroughly occupied. I notice that the more involved and the more time I spend with it, the more engrossed I get with it and often have to be ordered away at meal times !! That's not to say I'm a good player, if anything I'm quite the opposite but here's the great thing. You do not have to be an accomplished player to great great satisfaction in your hobby of music making.
Sorry to offend anyone but's it sure beats watching the telly !!

Now I'm not saying this is exclusive to the PA4X. If you have an old or new Casio, Yamaha or Ketron arranger or even a top of the range Yamaha CVP or digital piano the pleasure you can get from them is immeasurable. Devote the time and reap the benefits.

I know I'm preaching to the 'converted' but for me it's been a real help while spending so much time indoors.

Chris

D575 · Post by **D575** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:47 pm

Hi Chris... thumbs up from me, I have been thinking the same also and nicely put

ANAFREE · Post by **ANAFREE** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:55 pm

chelsea4023 wrote:Hi all,

For the record I'm in my mid sixties, live in the suburbs of London U.K.
and am retired. My wife and I are currently in 'lockdown' (particularly due to our age) to try and avoid catching Corona Virus.

That being said, once I've finished my daily 'chores' it's a struggle to find things to do. Fortunately I have my PA4X to fall back on, and it's been a godsend the last six weeks as it keeps me thoroughly occupied. I notice that the more involved and the more time I spend with it, the more engrossed I get with it and often have to be ordered away at meal times !! That's not to say I'm a good player, if anything I'm quite the opposite but here's the great thing. You do not have to be an accomplished player to great great satisfaction in your hobby of music making.
Sorry to offend anyone but's it sure beats watching the telly !!

Now I'm not saying this is exclusive to the PA4X. If you have an old or new Casio, Yamaha or Ketron arranger or even a top of the range Yamaha CVP or digital piano the pleasure you can get from them is immeasurable. Devote the time and reap the benefits.

I know I'm preaching to the 'converted' but for me it's been a real help while spending so much time indoors.

Chris

Hi Chris , that what i was thinking about

in fact... my arranger keyboard and Youtube videos is the only recreation for me.

nitecrawler · Post by **nitecrawler** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:42 pm

Chris

+1

Eric

karmathanever · Post by **karmathanever** » Fri May 01, 2020 12:51 am

YEAH!!! Chris!!!!
+1 from me too

I've decided to get deeper into and learn my Kronos properly - plenty of youtube help on just about everything.

Take care all of you - have some fun!!

Pete

Giner · Post by **Giner** » Fri May 01, 2020 1:49 am

Same here, Chris. There's nothing on TV of interest to me. I watch the news and a bit of sport (which is all reruns, anyway), so my time is split between my Pa3x, going out for walks - luckily, we live in a very quiet area, and, well, that's about it. Be well, everybody.

hans1966 · Post by **hans1966** » Fri May 01, 2020 3:23 am

Hi Chris, I totally agree with you. Fraternal greetings to you and to all the members of this great forum.[/code]

rockola · Post by **rockola** » Fri May 01, 2020 8:57 am

Hi Chris,

I agree with you 100%. My PA4x is helping me to retain my sanity during these trying times. It is, without doubt, the best purchase I have ever made.

Keep safe.

Don

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Fri May 01, 2020 11:23 am

I agree completely with Chris that our keyboards are a great tool to help pass the time. Like Pete, I am using a lot of time trying to learn some of the intricacies of the Kronos. Yesterday I spent about four hours trying to get a simple technique to work. I finally gave up just before I too had to be called for dinner. My last task was to post for help on the Kronos forum. Which brings me to wanting to say how much this forum has helped during this unusual time. Not just the answers to questions but the personal interactions between people around the world with a common interest in music and keyboards. Unfortunately we now have the virus in common as well but hopefully this will pass soon and we can get back to a more normal life.

I appreciate my keyboards but also this forum and the many people who have helped me. I feel like I know many of you and I wish you all well during this strange time.

Ron

mintjamman · Post by **mintjamman** » Sun May 03, 2020 11:06 am

For me its the opposite, I thought back in March when we were ordered home that YES ! I would be able to really get stuck in at my home studio, Revamping things like workflow, layout and re cabling the place Plus loads of time to be playing all my gear. The wife had a list of jobs like renovating the garden then got lumbered with decorating internally, tending to my business thorugh this time, then decorating my garage. To be honest out of nearly six weeks off work I have had probably no more than six hours to play, who would have thought that !

I have not had a single day where I have got up and thought I'm Bored what shall I do but having said all this I feel contented that I have got all the jobs done that when I am working full time just get put on the backburner.

Well thats me I hope that each of you and your families are well

keithwjones · Post by **keithwjones** » Sun May 03, 2020 7:16 pm

Changed my Pa800 for a Pa4X just before lockdown. I was only getting a Pa1000.

So plenty to learn.

I now have all the Triton sounds loaded with the help of Pete.

Keith

Bartjuhx3 · Post by **Bartjuhx3** » Sun May 03, 2020 10:54 pm

Since the crisis,
I learned so much about my Pa4X.

To be honnest, surely not the 50% of the machine but i found out Maxxaudio does incredible things. I used some settings that were shared on the forum, and the sound now is totally different, warm, more realistic with a great audio output.

I told before, i came from a Roland G-70 (for me still the best Roland arranger in my opinion).

But with editting sounds and using de maxxEQ the korg sounds really fantastic.

In the beginning it was hard to set everything right how i wanted it to sound, but these sometimes lazy days did me learned alot more about sound editting and output editting.

I love my pa4x

korg1 · Post by **korg1** » Mon May 04, 2020 4:50 pm

if i remember right, Roland G-70's guitar had also RX sounds,but they could be playable at normal note range as well .
Could you replicate the settings and create such a layering Program for Pa4x?

kbrkr · Post by **kbrkr** » Mon May 04, 2020 6:19 pm

Sadly, for me the opposite is true. I haven't touched the Pa4x and as a matter of fact, I am now considering retiring from performing live music.

I've been performing live for 50 years doing 100's of gigs and the Covid virus has put things in perspective for me. I really value my private time now. The effort is not worth the meager payoff any longer. The only thing that doesn't hurt when I perform is my voice! Between bad back, arthritic hands, wrists, legs, etc. If feels nice on the weekends to be pain free and have so much free time for other stuff like socializing. Plus HATE driving a stinking SUV which I need to move equipment around. I see a nice Porsche sports car in my future.

I guess we all reach these crossroads at some point.

Rosco_Australia · Post by **Rosco_Australia** » Sat May 09, 2020 3:01 am

kbrkr,
Sorry you feel that way. I really appreciated the country styles you shared with us a few weeks back.
Regards, Rosco

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