The demo for One Man Band version 10.0 is available for download at http://www.1manband.nl/omb.htm

One Man Band is a software arranger (real-time and sequenced) and style editor utilising Yamaha styles.

Some of the new features are:

VSTi and DXi hosting with support for ASIO drivers. This has been the most requested feature in the last 4 years. So now you can plug in your softsynths.

Load the next style without interrupting the currently playing style in live mode (switch-without-a-glitch). When the new style is loaded it will take over at the start of the next measure.

Reduced latency version of the Microsoft synthesizer. The default MIDI Out is now the JM synthesizer. It uses the same wavetables as the Microsoft synthesizer but hasn't got the quarter second delay before you hear a pressed key.

Style loudness correction to compensate for the loudness differences between styles from different origins. Available in menu settings/Style-loudness-correction.

Control all the different volumes with the sliders of a MIDI keyboard controller in live mode. Define the controllers you want to use for this in menu settings/keyboard-control-functions. In the same window you can define MIDI triggers for each function, by specifying MIDI port/channel/messagetype.

A new function is Block Tempo. If on it will ignore the tempo of a new loaded style and play the new style in the same tempo as the previous one.

Use wave sound effects in live mode. Wave files can be loaded in the SFX panel in PC keyboard 2 and MIDI keyboard window.

Improved user interface. Arranger, eventslist and pianoroll window will show more measures/events/notes when the window is enlarged. The window will scroll while playing in eventslist, pianoroll and arranger window. OMB will start in the window that was last used.

Thanks Joe, great product!

Hey Joe, I have a question. Is there feature that allows easy reorchestration of the instruments in the style that is playing? If not it would be a great feature for a future release.

Doc-Z

Hi Doc,

You can do that in the mixer window.

You could also assign patch/bank changes for specific channels to keys in the SFX panel.

Jos

Thanks Jos

best wishes
rikki

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I just downloaded this to check it out and noticed that the names of the intruments don't fit into the boxes. Is that an OMB issue or do I need to change the pixels on my computer?

Scott,

Can you send me a screenshot of this?

Jos

Hi Scott
I have just downloaded the trial version and all the names fitted in the boxes without problems.
I am using a 19” LCD with a 1280 x 1024 resolution and a 32bit colour depth.
Hope this helps

Bill

Joe
I must be doing something wrong. I have a pc with XP Media. I download as SAVE, Winzip puts it in an UNZIPPED folder. I copied SETUP to an empty folder. When I install,I see a bunch of folders(Bootstrap Basic),but no GUI comes up.

Bernie

Hi Bernie
You don’t need to install WinZip as it is built in to the Windows XP OS, however as its loaded, double click the Zip file you downloaded and WinZip should open, you can then choose where you want to store the uncompressed files, (I suggest a new folder in My Documents) click Unzip and the uncompressed files will be transferred to the new folder, close WinZip and open the new folder, then look for the Icon called Setup.exe, double click the icon and follow the instructions to install OMB.
Hope this helps

Bill