millerbill:
I can't freakin' believe it! It worked!
Now the sounds match the Yamaha PSR-520 Instrument Definitions that I downloaded into Cakewalk and I can play all the sounds on my keyboard. Whoopee!!
Thanks.
The sounds however do not sound quite the same. It's as if some of the preset effects of each sound (the ones set on the keyboard ie: reverb, chorus, etc.) have been been changed. They still play the same if I keep the LOCAL setting of the keyboard turned to ON but then I get each sound twice (although they are simulatneous.) This happens because two signals are being send to the keyboard. Once from the MIDI from the computer and once from the keys of the keyboard. So that's why it's best to turn the LOCAL setting on the keyboard to the OFF position. But as I stated before, when this is done the sounds do not have the same "punch" to them. Sounds kinda like maybe the effects on the keyboard are more dry than wet, or maybe some effects have been eliminated altogether.
I tried doing a Bulk Send and an Initial Data send to see if that would help but it didn't.
There's probably another step that needs to be done.
I'm happy that I got this far but would be nice to have the sounds play with the keyboard's preset effects to them because it makes them sound more realistic. Worst case scenario would be for me to manually add the effects into the Cakewalk track after recording which would not be too difficult.
Actually I've now spent 4 hours today just to get this far and can't spend any more time today without getting into a domestic squabble. LOL Yes dear..... In a minute dear.... I'm coming dear.... Almost finished dear....
So I'll have to pick this up another time. And since tomorrow I have family in for the holidays it might have to wait until after New Years.
Thanks for getting me to this point. I would never have found that information without you. You've been a huge help. Thanks again.
Edit: BTW it appears you have to go through this entire process everytime you set up a new MIDI track. However I suppose I can clone a MIDI track if I'm working within the same project. And if I'm working in a new project I can copy and paste the information from the MIDI track of the old project into a MIDI track of the new project. A bit of a hastle but nice to be able to play all the sounds that are specific only to my particular keyboard.
I've been recording these unique sounds by recording on an audio track. But by using this feature I can record onto a MIDI track and change sounds in a project without having to re-record the entire performance. Hey, Re-record sounds redundant. Shouldn't you have to Cord before you Record?
post edited by Peter Rabbit - 2005/12/20 13:24:59