TECHPLUS Magazine 2003 Issue 3

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•   - KN2400     - KN2600     - KN5000     - KN6000     - KN6500     - KN7000     + ALL INSTRUMENTS     ~ MIDI     CD Recorder     Footswitch     James Bond     James Bond Theme     Left Hand Chords     Modulation Wheel     Nicholas Martin     One Touch Play     Peter Hayward     Pitch Bend Wheel     SD Card     Sequencer     Sustain     Synthzone  

TECHPLUS 2003 3 CONTENTS

CONTENTS

SEQUENCER SONG SAVE
Learn how to load single songs into specific song memory locations.

CREATE AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE JAMES BOND THEME
This month's arrangement is the original suave, sophisticated James Bond Theme - so brush off your dinner jacket, shake yourself a martini and let's settle down to some serious programming!

MIDI FILE WORKSHOP 2
In the last issue, we copied one disk of Midi files to the SD card. Let's now put some more Midi files on the SD card and see what we can be done with them on the KN7000.

READERS WORKSHOP
In a brand new Workshop series, Jim Lucy starts the ball rolling with a Glenn Miller/Dance Band sound edit for you to try.

FILTER WORKSHOP
Something that crops up frequently is the question of how to set a footswitch to carry out a particular function and then to get it to stay that way.

EDDIE WILLIAMS THE VOICE OF TECHNICS
Eddie Williams is the voice behind Technics musical instrument support for the U.S.A. We're delighted to introduce Eddie to you this month.

ONE-TOUCH PLAY
All Technics instruments have One Touch Play. It's a fantastic feature that's been around for a number of years but why don't people use it? After all, it's there to help and it works so well.

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST FROM SUSTAIN
Have you ever wondered exactly how Sustain should be properly used? Bill Habets shares some interesting facts and observations about Sustain.

CHORD FORMATION... A SIMPLE METHOD
OK hands up if you have difficulty forming left-hand chords. I thought as much! Well, settle down, help is at hand as in this article Gordon Campbell shows you an easy system for doing so.

ENHANCE YOUR MUSIC MAKING WITH MIDI FILES
As outlined in the first part of this series when we looked at the generalities of MIDI and more specifically at MIDI files, we are now going to see exactly how these most useful bits of digital information can be put to good use in helping you enhance and vary your own music-making.

NICHOLAS MARTIN PART 4
After spending a very happy two years as organist at the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Nicholas was approached by Nigel Turner with the offer of a new role as resident organist at his new organ museum in Northampton. Could Nicholas be tempted to leave his much-coveted Blackpool position?
...find out in the final part of this series.

SECURE DIGITAL SD CARDS
For KN7000 owners and even prospective new KN2600 owners, the SD memory card is probably something quite new to you. Here, Alec Pagida answers some frequently asked questions about SD.

COMPOSE YOURSELF
Bonjour, mes amis, as Peter Hayward invites you on a little Spring excursion to France with a composition especially written for your accordion voice -‘Cafes de Paris’

THANK GOODNESS FOR FRIDAY
Popular composer Gordon Campbell provides another new piece of music for you to try - complete with lyrics too!

JAMES BOND THEME
James Bond music from the Easy Keyboard Library series for use with arrangement workshop.

NEWS UPDATE
A round-up of the latest news including information on the new Technics instruments just launched.