Ok, here again the test files in question made with the new GM/GS Mediastation Sound bank.
1) Here the original standard Midifile: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/danielemidi.mid
And this is the relative Mp3 result: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/daniele.mp3

2) Here the original standard midifile: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/Liberi.mid
And this is the relative Mp3 result: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/liberi.mp3

3) Here the original standard midifile: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/Sensibilita.mid
And this is the relative Mp3 result: http://www.lionstracs.com/demo/test/sensibilita.mp3

Regards
Domenik


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Domenick,

That MP3 sounds awesome. I can't believe those sounds are from the GM sound bank in the Mediastation. Very Nice.

This should be a fun and educational test.



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Al Giordano
www.al-giordano.com

Tyros 2, Yamaha P-250, Korg Triton Extreme 76, Roland VK8-M, DW Collectors Series Drums

I thought I would play ......

I .....
1.Took the provided midi file,
2.Loaded it into my Tyros 2
3.Shut off channel 4 as instructed
4.Recorded the midi file to my internal Tyros h/d adjusting only for volumes
5.Exported the wav file to my pc to convert to 128kbps mp3 (you did not mention the bit rate, so I chose 128 as I normally would.

Here are my results: Nevermind

I must say I loved this tune period, with either version so far. Who's song is this? Great jazz piece.

Terry

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jam on,
Terry http://www.artisans-world.com/

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I think that sound fab Domenik! I also think it's great to see you participating on the forum again.

Can you imagine the creator of Yamaha uploading an mp3 of his newest keyboard for our opinions/debate?

Sounds fantastic on the PSR-3000 as well. Outstanding!

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

I like the idea but not this midi file, at least for demo purposes. It would be more informative to have a midi file with more tonal variety... say a few lead bars from the acoustic piano, some guitar lines, a few horn riffs... something to give us an impression of the overall sounds and especially real-world sounds where many GM keyboards are weakest. This particular file almost seems designed not to stress the instrument too much.

Domenik,
welcome back to the forum, it is good to see you again. We need all the opinions we can get, and congratulations on your progress in English. I hope yo stay here, there is nothing more than good natured critisism here.

Soon (Monday perhaps) you will have examples from me, using Roland HyperCanvas, Hypersonic2 GM module, and if possible, Bandstand, if no-one here can do it in the weekend before me.

Question: You mention 64 in the *.jpg name an then you mention 256 Mb. Is this Mbit or MByte??

64Mbit=8MBytes of GM/GS sounds
256Mbit is 64 Mbytes of GM/GS sounds
Which one is the real number?


Keep up the good work.
Theodore

ADDITION:

Terry,
Domenik's file is 320Kbps. I believe the Tyros 2 sounds better though. We'll see what the others think.

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It's a good midi file. I do however have to say (and this of course will always fall down to a matter of taste I guess), I noticed that the file when played on the Mediastation, had a "stong" 80's vibe--not sure if this was the goal, but I favored the file played back on the T2 because it had a more modern sound--Again that's just me, and my personal taste.

The composition itself is quite nice and laid back. I would love to hear a sax break in a solo some where in the song though.

Squeak

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Nice tune. The chord progression reminds me of a Boz Scaggs song, Jojo.

Wasn't crazy about the guitar of the Tyros yet I thought it had the best drums (so far)(funny, kind of the opposite of what you would think). The Mediastation sounds good too.

-mike

The midi file sounds OK both from the MP3 of the Mediastation and also played back on my T2. It is a pretty basic file and as people are putting, it would have been nice to have heard some sort of piano/guitar/sax solo on top of it all
I would prefer to see Dom posting demos of new internal sounds and styles if they exist rather than a new GM set. Not many live performers who are truly capable of playing use midi files, so they when it comes to a GM/GS sound set it doesn't matter how good or bad it is.
This demo goes to show that when it comes to GM/GS sounds the Mediastation is now obviously able to compete with the likes of Yamaha and Roland etc so this set of sounds has improved since I last owned a Mediastation, however when it comes to matching the internal styles of the T2, G70, SD1, PA1xpro it has a hell of a long way to go and is still playing catchup.