yamaha FB-01

Hi folks.....wonder if anyone can help me here. I'm iing sonar v8....i have a yamaha FB-01 which i'm trying to hook up to my keyboard and computer with recording some sounds in mind. No problem getting sound ,,but i'm gettoing no midi action in cakewalk....am i hooking up the FB-01 wrong. ??? I have midi in /out on my keyboard....and i have midi in/out on my soundcard....the FB-01 has Midi in/out plus audio out....anyone know how to fix this..appreciate it/Ray

hi gustabo..sorry,didn't understand that?? u mean if i hooked the in and out wrong?? tanx

yes,,,there's a midi in/out and thru. I've managed to get a midi response in cakewalk now from the fb---but i have piano sound in the backround on all the sounds....

I had a FB-01 once upon time.  I thought it was multi-timbral...?

Your soundcard only has midi in/out right?  So you'd want midi data to go KEYBOARD --> COMPUTER --> FB-01.

daveny5 is incorrect. The FB01 certainly is multi timbral but it is pretty restricted though. As the manual clearly states it is an 8 voice instrument and can be assigned to 8 different channels playing one voice per channel or one channel playing all 8 voices or any combination in between.

But I got to say this is worst sounding synth I have ever heard from Yamaha and you really need to be looking into something a little better. But yes you have got your midi connections right in post #8.

See page 15 of the manual for the multi timbral stuff.

If you dont have the manual you can download it here: Just put FB01 into the search field and click on search.

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/m...esult.php?div_code=emi

Ditto what Jeff just said, We tossed those out years ago as they were simply the worst sounding synths ever. They were among those first generation " digital" multi timbrals. They sold to fools like me that used it for live gigs running from an Atari sequencer. Rolands MT series were the same junk.

 I would say the MS wavetable synth will be far better.
 Just because it's old means nothing, It is not the same as finding an old analog synth which do have uses.  In post 8 you have the correct hook up. 

 I think it was only a 3 channel synth and you'll have to send the correct channel to trigger it. It will need some internal configuration. 

just recap that again Cactus: what i wrote in post 8 is the right hook up...and in cakewalk it shoud be an audio track,not midi track??. And i still have to hook up the audio on the back of the FB to my mixer or line in on the soundcard?? Thanks/Ray

I just have a feeling he's thinks the" sound " from the FB01 get recorded into a MIDI track. 

The sound the FB01 makes can only come out of the analog outputs. It's MIDI out jack is for system exclusive transfers and the THru jack passes midi data from anything connected to the IN jack. There is no sound in midi , just data. 

PS sorry for bashing the pour old dear, I just get grumpy thinking about how much money I spent back then on devises that quickly became outdated and dust collectors. Anyone want a Roland MT 32 for $1,600? I doubt it.  

tanx cactus and dantarbill...i did an old recording ..about 15 years ago,with my FB-01. I recorde on an old fostex portastudio(4 channels). One of the songs i recorded,i like,and want to 'clean ' up the sound. I used the vibraphone and ride cymbal on the recording,and i like the sound,that's it!! so ,i'm tryong to get the same sounds ,but thru my midi keyboard and cakewalk. I'm not a hacker when it comes to midi,so that's why i lookd for help here....i'm going to try the method u mentioned cactus....and it'll be an audio track as far as i know,not a midi track....cheers/Ray

Hey Dan, Those sytns only were used for about 2 or 3 years and that was it, The Atari Computer I bought at the same time was still working when I finally re cycled it only a few years ago. I still have my first PC from 2000. 
I still use my Korg 05w as it sound pretty good still.