when I select sounds within XG works I've noticed A LOT of them have stars beside them, and when I select them there really isn't any change in the voice.. Does yamaha not have a current driver or something for the PSR-550 and XG works?

Squeak

thought I'd bring this back to the top because I really need some help with this one.. Thanks

Squeak,

You are right. When you see those stars it means that XG works does not find that particular voice on your keyboard as it is setup in the patch list, via the patch number and the banks ( MSB and LSB ). That is why the voice on your 550 doesn't change.

This is one of the things that always troubled me when using XG works. There is no way ( at least that I've ever seen ) to add or modify patch lists. Yamaha does offer an "updater" at there XG works factory site, but while it includes several of the later models, ( 9000, 540 etc ) it does not include the 550.

The best thing I can tell you, short of a better solution from someone else, is to compare the patch list of the 540 and the 550. ( You should be able to download a 540 manual from Yamaha's main website ) . If they are reasonably close ( I'm guessing they will be ), you can download the "updater " from Yamaha's XG factory site by going to http://www.xgfactory.com/HTML/down/main.htm#YamahaSoftware

At least then you can assign the 540 patch list in XG edit mode and be reasonably close. ( I used the 740 patch list for the 2000 when I had it and the majority of the banks and patches were the same between the two )


I wish I knew of a better solution. I like some of the features of XG works a lot, but the patch list limitation keeps me from working in XG works at times.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 08-12-2002).]

Thanks AJ.. I used to own the PSR-540 and the 540 and 550 are essentially the same board.. I highly doubt there were any changes with the midi set up between the two boards, so maybe the 540 idea will work. I don't understand whey Yamaha won't make an update for the 550? What point is it to add the XG soundset to the keyboard, but not have an update for the software so users can use the XG set to it's potential.. Very dumb if you ask me.. Yamaha seems to only care about supporting their upper end models.. This is really stupid too.. I bet the EZ series has better support with XG than the 550.....