Great quote!....My Main happiness comes from being able to do what I love every night on stage for a living, playing music, singing, entertaining, ........
Being able to change equipment periodicly if warranted is just the Fluff on the cake!
hey life is too short!



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Dnj, sadly given all I got left is the 'Fluff on the cake' the wheels of change are set in motion. I should have all the components for my music computer by the weekend. I will disappear for a while given I got to build one computer and install software in two, but I shall return. This is so exciting that it is causing enormous stress on the old man. He will never learn.

Frank,
You are very positive and up beat about softsynths, as is Bluezplayer. You have convinced me that softsynths is the way to go and my wife wants us to buy a new computer. I appreciate all the initial testing and expense you have gone through (your wife doesn't) in creating a total softsynth arranger. I am convinced that the quality of the voices would be higher then the current keyboards. As I've said many times before, I don't like the games mfgs. play.
Question. By changing channels on your keyboard you are then switching to a different VST?
What does VST stand for (virtual Sound terminal)? So if I save the different channels in a configuration file, I should be able to do this with my arranger and just push a configuration button on my arranger?
I will check and see if the PSR550 saves MIDI channels in configuration files.
Starkeeper

Starkeeper, you got me but VST could stand for Virtual STudio - but I don't know. A check on the Steinberg site may give away the answer.

You can do an array of things by changing channels:

Instruments
Effects
VSTs
Midi Messages
etc.

I use it primaily to change instruments, e.g., Piano to Guitar, etc. To do this you do not need to change VSTs. Most VSTs have at least 16 channels each of which could contain different instruments, different effects and so on.

Alternatively, I can also send midi messages (Program Changes, Control Changes - volumn, reverb, chorus, etc.) from my keyboard to the soft synth. Many of the pro soft synths do not accept program changes but do accept control changes. So on my Roland A-37 Controller keyboard I can store 128 full setups and send these messages to my soft synths.

Again, you need to decide in advance which system you prefer. If you wish to have full access to 128 instruments and drum kits from your keyboard then something like VSampler & sYnerGi GS will do it (but at lower quality). If you just want high quality lead/melody voices then something like Kontakt may be better (more expensive).


[This message has been edited by Frank L. Rosenthal (edited 02-05-2004).]

I just checked the PSR550 manual and it will NOT store channel numbers in registration memory. Arrrrr
Starkeeper