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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Genos korg Pa5x musikant Ketron EVM
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10-23-2025, 10:34 PM (This post was last modified: 10-23-2025, 10:43 PM by genoskorg.)
After much consideration, the decision has been made: the Ketron EVM has officially joined my setup.
What a fantastic instrument!
With its live bass lines, live guitars, and real drums, the EVM delivers an unmatched level of realism you won’t find in any other brand.
Connected via MIDI to my Korg PA5X Musikant, it creates a dynamic and immersive experience — an absolute WOW!
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Ketron Event
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Pa5X/Genos 2/Ketron EVM/Wersi OAX
Location: Uk south
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Wersi OAX 1000, Wersi Louvre, Wersi Atlantis Golden Gate OX7 up, Wersi PhoneX, Wersi Delta, Wersi Galaxis, Yamaha GX-1, Yamaha EX-1, Yamaha FX-1, Yamaha ELX-1, Yamaha Stagea ELS-02X, Kawai T30, Technics GA3, Technics A1, Technics A10 and other
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Bio: I have started with organ playing in the age of 7 with an Yamaha Electone B-55N and later with an B-75N organ.
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Yamaha Genos 2, KORG PA5X, KETRON EVM, Crumar Mojo Suitcase, Genelec Speakers with sub woofer, King KORG and MK3 61 MIDI Keyboard.
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Bio: My name is James (alias James Tyros, I adopted as a username on some of my performances when I discovered Yamaha Tyros).
I was born in 1960 in a North East Coastal Town called Hartlepool (don’t mention the monkey!). I moved to London in 1992. In 1971 my parents were given an old upright piano from an elderly friend. My sisters took no interest but I was fascinated by it and kept hammering away at the ivory's almost daily. My school teacher, at the time, told me that I had an ear for music and a hidden talent. I was always listening to music, be it on the radio or record player at home. Often falling asleep with the radio plugged into my ears at night!
The first notes I started to pick out was identified from Beautiful Dreamer, which was constantly being played on the record player at home. I followed it repeatedly and with practice, trial and error, that became my first piece which I picked up by ear. Over the years I found I was able to listen to most music a few times and pick it up on the piano. I couldn't quite get the left hand too well without 'vamping' too much! I was then treated me to my first electronic organ. Actually it was a table top Bontempi in bright red with chord push buttons on the left. Bought from the Co-op with stamps, so you can imagine it. Small, plastic and tin box sound but to me was a joy! The rest is history but needless to say I adapted to the organ far better than the piano. I'd never consider myself a pianist, although I have hammered out some old time sing-a-longs at various charity events. But the organ became my foundation and still is today. I never learned to play off music. I don't consider myself a perfect keyboard player but am told otherwise.
To me playing by ear holds many advantages, ability just to listen to music and pick it up on the keys. But it’s not just playing by memory. I know what a key should sound like before I play it. Of course I would have loved to be able to study and read music but never had the opportunity. It's also a joy to improvise with various pieces and to create my own renditions.
I am now the proud owner of Yamaha Genos 2 and KORG PA5X and in 2025 recent purchase of a KETRON EVM Module with Touchscreen. Previously, Yamaha Tyros 3, 4, 5 and various electronic organs such as Orla, Yamaha PSR-540 and Yamaha Electone FE-40. I have had the pleasure of playing Hammond and Yamaha with Leslie speakers in club bookings. I had regular venues in North East pubs and clubs in the early years. Nowadays I play more as a personal hobby at home. I still enjoy composing my own compositions. Amongst my previous performances, I play pieces from the late great and inspirational Klaus Wunderlich on Tyros 3. The tracks are picked from what I think was Klaus Wunderlich best album 'Dream Concerto'.
I enjoy listening and reading about other performers, amateur or otherwise, in order to learn from each other. I particularly like to hear from other performers who play by ear.
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(10-23-2025, 10:34 PM)genoskorg Wrote: After much consideration, the decision has been made: the Ketron EVM has officially joined my setup.
What a fantastic instrument!
With its live bass lines, live guitars, and real drums, the EVM delivers an unmatched level of realism you won’t find in any other brand.
Connected via MIDI to my Korg PA5X Musikant, it creates a dynamic and immersive experience — an absolute WOW!
KETRON EVM is fantastic bit of kit. I have it connected to my Yamaha Genos 2 with sound through General speakers and sub woofer. Love the live voices. I use the touchscreen monitor and 13 foot pedal. Foot pedal is so handy to save having to touch the screen too often. Brilliant machine if you don’t want to buy the full KETRON keyboard at a higher price.
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12-10-2025, 03:08 PM (This post was last modified: 12-10-2025, 03:44 PM by Chello.)
I made a small midi controller to control many of the basic functions on the EVM - works by usb midi - has 12 buttons and 5 programmable rotary controllers. I still need to get some better graphics on the buttons or buy window LED key caps.
it sits on the lower keyboard of my wersi oax and saves having to reach across to the EVM screen on my iPad.
I printed the case and used an Adafruit Macropad and then added 4 extra rotary encoders. I used AI to do all the programming which was done in Python.
It took a bit it trial an error but got there in the end.
Ive attached a pic of what it looks like.
on the screen I can see volume for : Style, Chord, Bass, Drums which are controlled with the Rotary encoders and with the encoder next to the screen I can control Tempo and Rotor - Slow / Fast
There is someone in the USA who is selling these for about 350 USD - mine cost nowhere near that to make and using AI when I need to add more functions I just tell it what I want to do and it creates a new python script!
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Misc Arranger since PSR70!
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(12-10-2025, 03:08 PM)Nickt Wrote: I made a small midi controller to control many of the basic functions on the EVM - works by usb midi - has 12 buttons and 5 programmable rotary controllers. I still need to get some better graphics on the buttons or buy window LED key caps.
it sits on the lower keyboard of my wersi oax and saves having to reach across to the EVM screen on my iPad.
I printed the case and used an Adafruit Macropad and then added 4 extra rotary encoders. I used AI to do all the programming which was done in Python.
It took a bit it trial an error but got there in the end.
Ive attached a pic of what it looks like.
on the screen I can see volume for : Style, Chord, Bass, Drums which are controlled with the Rotary encoders and with the encoder next to the screen I can control Tempo and Rotor - Slow / Fast
There is someone in the USA who is selling these for about 350 USD - mine cost nowhere near that to make and using AI when I need to add more functions I just tell it what I want to do and it creates a new python script!
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Hi Nickt , It would be good if you could explain exactly how you made the controller and what parts you used.
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