Auto-accompaniment with Roland RD-600?

[carljong2003]

Back in the 90's, my piano teacher had me buy a Casio CTK something when I started lessons to see if I really was going to like the piano. I liked playing with the rhythms and being able to change the chord used in the rhythm by pressing a key.

Fast forward to now, where I have a Roland RD-600. I like the weighted keys. I like the sounds. But, I'd like to create some accompaniment. How do I do that?

I really like the RD-600 and would like to play on that if I could. My taste in sounds has graduated to where I like the Yamaha sounds as opposed to the more toy-like Casio. Can I program my own rhythms and have them change the chord by pressing a key? I'm also open to a software solution because it may give me more flexibility to change or create rhythms to my own liking. Any guidance would be appreciated because I am a newbie in the area of auto-accompaniment solutions.

Thanks,

 

[Biggles]

1 Buy a Roland FP e50, it has AA inbuilt
2 Look at other DP’s with inbuilt AA, Yamaha DGX 670, Korg XE20
3 Look at Ketron, they have a range of Arranger modules
4 Buy a Korg Pa5X 88 or Yamaha Genos 2 for all an in one solution

 

[carljong2003]

Thanks for your quick response. The forum suggested posts that might answer my question. One suggested jjazzlab.com. That one looks promising: free and lots of free style files on the internet. Since I'm just starting out, I'll explore that and see where it takes me.

Thanks again

 

[Biggles]

Band in a Box

Varranger

Nimbu

Are three software applications I am aware of.

The issue is triggering the changes.

 

[happyrat1]

Or look at an Arturia Keystep Pro or Beatstep Pro.

They are full fledged MIDI sequencers that can control up to 4 channels at once.

One of those allows you to improvise styles that play on the multitimbral channels of your synth while you accompany on the main channel.