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#215872 - 12/08/05 07:24 PM
Re: GEM PRP-700/800 digital pianos (plus a MidJay?)
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Registered: 03/10/02
Posts: 54
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
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I have been thinking about using the music software for just one purpose, to make my PSR3000 keyboard sound better. Better sound = more fun. But, the notion of software only approach for the sake of going "software only" is no my motivation. I want the best possible and comfortable setup, the best of both worlds. If it takes using a $1500 arranger keyboard as a control surface and style player while turning off all local sounds and compliment that with a software sound module, so be it, as long as it produces a better result. Better than my standalone arranger that is.
The problem for me with the software style players is that the navigation will require the use of a mouse, even if minimally, I am not excited about it. I want the convenience of the hardware arranger board with all the bells and whistles and a better sound. So, I will continue to look for solutions like that. If it is my PSR3000 plus laptop with Bandstand or some other mute controller plus MidJay plus Bandstand or... I think that everyone here is trying to make their system better and more power to them. It is very helpful for all of us to read about these experiences and learn together.
By the way, Frank, you are one of the major contributors on this forum that ventures into the software world and I have followed your quest for a "software only" solution with great interest. I am definatly pulling for you and I am sure that you will succeed. Perhaps, you will also see alternate points of view such as this; to me the dedicated "hardware" arranger is just a controller keyboard loaded with a processor and "software" to play the styles and "software" to produce the sound. Some of them even allow OS updates. Technically, it is really the same as a controller, plus computer , plus software. Does not matter how it is done, as long as it is the best sounding and easiest to use system for me.
So, good luck to all and thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences and ideas with the rest of us.
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#215878 - 12/10/05 07:38 PM
Re: GEM PRP-700/800 digital pianos (plus a MidJay?)
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Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 6020
Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Oleg, I'm an OMB user, I actually use a remote computer keyboard to trigger the variations. I stand it up on a music rest & I've marked the keys with the particular functions. One of these days I'm going to see if I can get one of those small numeric key pads to work. Then I only have a dozen or so keys to worry about. I've just bought an sd1plus and I've got my laptop/omb/softsynth setup. For me they're each an instrument in their own right.
The SD1's there, ready to play with all it's sounds, styles etc don't need to alter or add a thing if I don't wish to. Press the on switch & play away. The laptop/omb/softsynth setup is different. It requires that personal touch. I think we possibly tend to think of it as a defacto software psr. It's not really. We're fortunate in that it can load psr .sty files, but it really is an instrument in it's own right. You can use any sound source you like , provided it accepts program changes, you can use .sty files, you can create styles from midifiles. You can do all sorts of editing.
Even though it may not be as easy to use as a keyboard pressing varition buttons, fills etc etc you're going to find it fairly difficult to edit the styles in a psr , and then get the psr to trigger the correct sounds in something like Bandstand. Remember the drum mapping is xg based in a psr , it's gm based in bandstand. You may have handclaps where you should be hearing brushes. If you you really do want to have software based sounds for styles, you really may find it easier to also use a software based arranger and just use the psr as a controller. I found it a bit odd at first, but you do get used to it.
If you just want softsynth for lead voices, you may have half a hope.
best wishes Rikki [QUOTE]Originally posted by oleg7: [B]
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