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Home Forums General Chat Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs

Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs

Hi all Wondering if anyone has information if sounds and styles for a particular KN series can be used on Technic GA and FA series organs, I have a GA3 and hoping to expand on both accounts. Thanks Stevehdj

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Stevehdj United States Total Posts: 14 Joined: October 26, 2014	Hi all Wondering if anyone has information if sounds and styles for a particular KN series can be used on Technic GA and FA series organs, I have a GA3 and hoping to expand on both accounts. Thanks Stevehdj Posted on January 8, 2015 at 2:43 PM
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admin United Kingdom Total Posts: 1055 Joined: February 2, 2014	Re: Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs Hi Stevehdj, I believe that the GA3 shares some programming history with the KN2000. If that is the case it might be possible to share some limited information between them but it would require some HEX editing. If you don't know what that is look up "HEX editing" on Google, don't be intimidated by the results because once we work out how to edit a file from one keyboard to make it work in another it is easily repeatable. If you want to reply to this message and attach a .CMP file from your GA3 I will look into it further for you. Please don't attach any commercial CMP files, attach one you have made yourself. For that matter, feel free to attach whatever files your GA3 generates and I'll examine them (along with some people who are more expert than me!). Best wishes, Mike Posted on January 8, 2015 at 7:23 PM
jd5live United Kingdom Total Posts: 360 Joined: June 8, 2014	Re: Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs Hi Stevehdj, As Mike has said it looks as if it is going to be KN2000 as been the crossover point foe keyboard and organ. I have had a look at the hex codes for the GA/EA format.The biggest problem is that in 1994/5 the idea of crossing over software from say a keyboard to an organ was very much the domain of pro musicians like myself who always tried to put the square peg in the round hole just for the fun of it!!( Don't worry it is not contagious )When I was 16 I had a Hammond H112 that was made famous by Klaus Wunderlich and wanted to fit it with Leslie speakers, Hammond and the local dealer said it could not be done. It took about 3 months to design the correct connection kit and build it wow success .So I can not guarantee success but I will have a bloody good try,one thing on the forum that has come up is where people have had older or different types of Technics instruments and the move up or to a different type and wish to move older software to the new model. Regards John ( I give it a good go) Posted on January 9, 2015 at 12:57 AM
Stevehdj United States Total Posts: 14 Joined: October 26, 2014	Re: Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs Thanks to both for your replies. Aside from crossing over KN to GA styles what I would really be interested in is a method to write registration files on the PC. My goal is to set up no less than 100 drawbar registrations (duplicating Hammond setups) and to do so from the organ itself can be tedious . So far I am up to 14. But to be able to do on a PC with an editor for LSW file and create multiple registration files would be of an advantage. Perhaps Hex code is the same way to go and you can comment on that as well. In any event thanks for the help and the good work you do on the web site Stevehdj Posted on January 9, 2015 at 12:27 PM
admin United Kingdom Total Posts: 1055 Joined: February 2, 2014	Re: Which KN series would be equivalent to GA and FA organs Hi Stevehdj, My recommendation would be to bite the bullet and make the registrations at the organ. Unfortunately there are very few people in the world who know how to retrieve the contents of Technics files and they aren't sharing that information... or they don't know that people want it. We are trying to get the word out! I know programmers who will write such software as you would like for us but without the essential information about how to access the contents of the files we can't get any further. Setting up those registrations should only take you a few hours and then you have them for life. You might even share them with us for other owners to enjoy ;) Alternatives would be: 1 - Buy a MIDI drawbars controller. Most of them would be able to control drawbar sounds on the fly AND store your drawbar registrations. They are quite pricey though. 2 - Get a little MIDI controller keyboard. This could do something similar and give you some extra keys. For example, I use the Samson Graphite 25 key. With it I could control the drawbars on my KN7000 using the knobs (I don't but I could) and also play the KN7000 sounds with it. 3 - Hook up your organ to your laptop with MIDI and use controller software to operate the drawbars 4 - Hook up your organ to your laptop and use the organ to control a virtual organ instrument. That way you get some superb new sounds For convenience though, I would just persevere and set up the sounds you want straight into the organ. GA3 is a great organ so it is worth the effort.... start now, you'll be finished tomorrow afternoon Best wishes, Mike Posted on January 9, 2015 at 6:13 PM