rikkisbears,
Go to music.casio.com The software for the Casio's is there

Squeak

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 10-13-2004).]

Rikki,
If you get an inexpensive arranger you will only have a couple of variations. Still not sure why you want to go down this road, except that you will have the arranger control buttons (sync start, stop,fill,variation,etc.). If you like OMB and going down the soft-arranger route, why not listen to Frank and get a controller keyboard? You can get a 76 note, great key feel, full size keys, MIDI control messages, I think it has sliders too,Includes 2 independent MIDI outputs, MIDI In and Thru, plus Hold and Foot Pedal inputs (Roland A37). You can use the lower notes for the sync start, fills, etc. I was thinking that if I purchased a 76 note keyboard, that I would label the bottom notes.
I'm a little jealous that you got your softsynth-arranger to work to your liking. I would use my aranger as a controller because I wouldn't have to go buy a controller, at least not immediately.
Will have to try OMB and see if I get better results. I also have to bring my PSR550 home, so I can A/B soft-aranger against the PSR550 XG to find out exactly what is missing.
Starkeeper

[This message has been edited by Starkeeper (edited 10-13-2004).]

Thank you Squeak.

best wishes
Rikki

Hi Starkeeper,
I moved my rather long winded answer to another post. It was heading a bit off topic http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/009105.html

best wishes
Rikki
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Starkeeper:
[B]Rikki,

Hi Guys,
well, after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing I ended up ordering a dgx305 ( sight unseen ). It's mainly that it loads & plays a psr style, which is what I'm primarily after.
I had a listen to some of the casio demo's on site, and they sounded amazingly good, but the dgx fits in better with what I'm trying to do.
Really can't beleive the quality & features of the lower priced keyboards nowadays. Could have bought 6 dgx's for my 1 clp170 piano ( don't know where I would have put them all though (haahaa)

best wishes
Rikki

Glad you found one that works for you Give us a review after you've had some time on it....

Squeak

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 10-14-2004).]

Im also having great success with OMB 7.1 !!
Im using it with my Motif ES7.. and what I really love about it, is that im able to say record in realtime what I play into the Motif's internal SONG sequencer. Its really cool, cause all i do is set the sequencer filter to not let the sounds I choose on my motif change, then when I record the song, live playing all the backing tracks, then once its recorded in the motif, I play back the song on the motif and add all my melodies on the other available tracks.
Its really working out really awsome !!

You know, I really loved the PSR8000 styles that Jos has on his website. Theyre so awsome and inspiring and are working so cool with the MOTIF ES7. Right now, im going thru them and havent even changed the default sounds, so im using the GM sounds of the motif, but they sound so AWSOME !! Even with the GM sounds and the onboard effects of the ES.

Now i cant wait till I full tweak the default sounds and select the onboard sounds of the ES.. wow...
Oh, and with this Mlan Option, it truly is giving me flexibility beyond anything I have ever dreamed.

I truly think One Man Band has saved me so much money and given me so much flexibility. The only thing I do no like is the extra work one has to do, to fix styles that you download that are not working fine righ off the bat..But then again, thats the beauty of OMB, you have all the fixing tools at your disposal.

Im even thinking of getting a touchSCreen from EBay. I say some LCD flatpanels for less than 300 bucks.. thats not bad.. I want to create my very own arranger.. I think my last piece of the puzzle is the Touchscreen.

I really like the way things are working right now. Really, I got used to using my Korg i30 in where I would record the Backing tracks in the backing sequencer, then move the song to the SONG sequencer, and edit some more and add my final melodies or leads..

Now im doing exactly that with the Motif ES and One Man Band !! I record my Backing sequence live as I play the song from my PC via OMB, and that gets recorded in realtime with fills, variation changes, etc etc.. into the Motif ES, I could also record the melodies into its own individual tracks if I wished, but I like to do that later. Everything coming from OMB from the PC into the ES sequencer gets recorded in one single pass into its own individual physical track in the Motif's sequencer. I have Eight insert effects to apply to the Backing tracks, plus two master Effects, and one System effects, plus individual EQ for each track !! This is a dream come true for me !!

Oh, and once I have the whole song done, I can just send the entire mix as a stereo output via Mlan16e to Cubase SX, do do a master track, or send everything via the 14 individual outputs of the mlan plus the two master outputs via mlan to cubase. There it is turned into Pure digital audio to be mixed with vocals, acoustic guitars, electric leads, etc etc.. and I can then resend all that stuff to the eight mlan inputs, mute my sequencer tracks, and have it all go throu the Motif effects again to finalize the mix and master the entire output in Cubase sx.

Its really intriguing to say the least, and mind boggling at first, but little by little im learning. But everything is falling into place now. Im really happy with this setup.

I still with it all was in one Keyboard like the Mediastation X-76, but I have to do with what i have right now.

The beauty of OMB is that you dont have to have a motif to do what im doing, you can have a very economical casio or lower model yammie or any keyboard with midi in and out, and have awsome styles to work with..

Peace to all........

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Peace,

Musikman4Christ........

Hi Squeak,
Will do.

best wishes
Rikki

Hi Musikman,
great to see you're such a fan also of omb software.

I've saved myself a fortune too. Over the last year or so gone are my 9000pro, va7 & kn7000. Finally came to the realization after all these years , that as a hobbyist, what on earth am I doing with all this expensive equipment.

I can do most of the stuff I want ( I mainly fiddle round with styles) with an inexpensive piece of software, a laptop and a controller and a sound source.

OMB has given me similar style editing tools that I so much loved in my KN7000.
One just needs to have the spare time to tweak the styles. There again , most style conversions need tweaking anyway.

best wishes
Rikki

After playing the 505 at BJ's Whiolsesale Club for an hourr, I would have no reservations at all about setting up this board in a restaurant/nite-club setting and using it on a regular basis. It has lots of great features, the sounds are great, and if a drunk dumps a glass of beer on it, the loss is not nearly as substantial as loosing a Tyros. However, I'm no longer doing restaurants and bars, therefore, it's too much weight for an old man like me to lug around.

Gary