Hi Kc,
thanks very much for your input. I appreciate it very much. I am
commited to my new SD 2 to be my electronic voice. I had just thought
that perhaps LS might be a good way to use it as a backing device
also.
Thanks,
Bruce Gerow





--- In LiveStyler@yahoogroups.com, Kc9cdt@... wrote:
>
> Trust me I tried it... Then I gota Yamaha QY100 for playing the
styles. There
> is also PC based softsynths that will work, and I have used them
too. It gets
> involved and expensive if you want very high quality sounds. The
Yamaha
> softsynth Xg is one I have used and it is fair quality.
>
> I'm not an XG expert, but I know there is lots more sounds in XG
than
> GM(only 128) so you would have to pick a sound that you want to use
in GM to use
> instead of XG that is in the style. remember in a style there is
MANY tracks
> ivolved, it is not the right hand voices we are talking about here,
it is the drum
> tracks, and all other accomanyment tracks. (MIDI channels 9-16)
>
> The problem is that the Yamaha styles use the XG bank/program
change messages
> all through different sections of a style. There are programs that
you can
> use to edit the styles.....but this is a lot of work i my opinion.
>
> You really need a software or hardware synth that is XG to make all
this
> right, unless you want to spend all your time programming instead
of playing!
>
> I do use touch screen, a second lower MIDI keyboard for chords,
styles and an
> additional voices (2) for right hand and a 13 note pedal boarb for
contol of
> LS functions (MANY!, like fill A,B,C,D, next section, previous
sectionreaks
> etc.) I also use the buttons on the MIDI keyboard for lots of LS
control
> functions like selecting right hand voices (solo presets), tempo,
and song select.
>
> Lee
>
>
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