I know abit about midi but not enough to put the pieces of the puzzle together, any help is greatly appreciated. I saw a band at a hotel lounge recently, with...
Hi NS, The notebook computer was used to sequence the music, fed via MIDI to control the keyboards onboard sounds and the sound module. His keyboard (MIDI OUT)...
Hi Bonnie, wow ! what a fantastic explaination, and I am actually understanding it. If you don't mind, I would like to indulge in a few more questions: So...
Not Bonnie, but maybe I can help - midi messages generally include a channel number - note-on, note-off, controller info, patch change - all are transmitted...
Thanks for the info.. I also found the specific info I was looking for here: http://www.pmerecords.com/Docs/BasicsofMIDI.pdf I am planning to get a basic setup...
Hi! Glad this is helping you out. MIDI can have a number of seperate channels of information, so that each sound module could have different sounds and be...
We have our website up and running and are looking forward to our CD release party Sept. 20 at The Billiard Club (Columbus, Ohio). (Jimi Hendrix/Led...
Hi im new to the list, but i may know some of you from other keyboard related yahoo groups. This guy may also be using "soft synths" which are basically...
Hi! Quite possible he has some soft synth work going.. I use Reality and a few others. Bonnie *:> schel_d_sullivan <schel_d_sullivan@...> wrote: Hi im...
Does anybody know what are the diffences between 'soft synths' and Creative Technology 'soundfont' ? ... and a few others. ... virtual ... The B4 sounds...
Soundfont is a proprietary waveform that is loaded into a Creative Labs sound card. A soft synth is a software synthesizer, which contains all the programming...
I tend to agree that soundfont is of lower quality. I do not know anything about soft synth, does it provide all XG/GM voices or just selected few ? When you...
Im using 3 very good softsynths in an on stage set up. Native Instruments B4, Steinberg The Grand and Applied Acustics Lounge Lizard. These programs give me...
Hi Schel, This all sounds very interesting, and I spent a good part of the day today researching the various products you are using and how they might fit in...
I built a portable for use at the theatre. It sits on top of my rack box (which sits to the right of my MIDI keyboard), so no, it doesn't get any rattles,...
...for not reading threads carefully. Got sucked into going to see Kenny Rogers at the last minute last night - wife & mom-in-law were supposed to go, but...
Well, thanks for thinking of me, I toured with him in 1979! Looks like new faces to me, there were three of us way back then, too, but it was Rick, Dave and...
Hi all, Good to see all these people joining the list. Trouble is, it's been so quiet here that people might not be tempted to stay. Given that, I thought I'd...
Ah, war stories.. The two incidents that prompted me to install a rackmount UPS in my road system: 1) A production of Pippin at a local university. Some...
Playing Star Spangled Banner to crowded room of 250 people Music falls off they really didn't need music anyway -- Tom Thornton Cincinnati #3, Morristown N.J....
My band mates call me the pee-in-ist (pianist) LOL. Sometimes in the middle of a set I just HAVE to go! When I do I just get up and run to the bathroom and...
From the "Did You Know" Dept: Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for Jim Morrison back in the fun ages now plays for the "Barely White Band" under the name of Schel...
I was asked to sit in playing piano for a church worship group. We weren't able to get into the church much before the service was to start so didn't have a...
Ow, sounds gruesome. I carry a pocket tuner for my bass when I do the occasional non-keybd gig. I've never heard of not checking tune before performing.....
I was playing solo for an international convention in a large coliseum. I was a bit nervous because of the large crowd and because the sound men had trouble...
