EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 66, Issue 07 This issue's topics: Dreams come true... (4 messages) EML VCS3 "Putney" ensoniq ? ever built a MIDI controller?? GR-50 synth is same as ? (4 messages) Haven't heard of the DX7, you say? interface.schematics (2 messages) KORG M1 or YAMAHA DX7? (2 messages) MacWavemaker K2000 board? Need a manual for a Ensoniq ESQ-M New Module? Help!!!! (4 messages) Patches (3 messages) The Fate of EML (2 messages) Roland S50-samples Wanted: DX-7 librarian and other questions (3 messages) WANTED: Sampling Keyboard (3 messages) Yamaha SY85 Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . Please send articles to emusic-d@auvm.american.edu (EMUSIC-D@AUVM for BITNet). Administrative mail should be directed to listserv@auvm.american.edu (LISTSERV@AUVM for BITNet). Digests will be distributed as time permits. For faster response to questions, subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to EMUSIC-L@AUVM (emusic-l@auvm.american.edu for Internet subscribers) with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L discussion group can also be accessed through the bit.listserv.emusic-l newsgroup on Usenet. Subscribers to this list may send articles directly to it; they will be reviewed and forwarded to EMUSIC-L. Back issues are available from the editor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 10:18:46 -0500 From: Steve Hills Subject: Re: Dreams come true... The Wavestation has sophisticated sounds and the M1 has more that it can do. Does the Wavestation even have a sequencer? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 17:01:29 CET From: Jack Latanowicz Subject: Dreams come true... Hi Guys ! First of all, sorry for my empty note before. I had some system troubles. Now to the subject. I need help and a good advice. I'm a Korg M1 user for 3 years now. I wanted to get rid of it few months ago and gave an advertise to a music magazine to sell it or exchange for Korg WS. I had few calls, but after some time I changed my mind and wanted to leave it as my master keyboard and just earn money to expand with some modules (of course earning money takes a lot time here so still M1 is my only synth). And today I got a call from someone who found my ad, and the guy wants to exchange for Korg WS. I know that WS beats M1 in many things, but I need real opinion if I should go ahead for the exchange. He will call me again on Friday so I have little time left. To be honest I'm in love with my oldie M1 and like the keyboard. I don't know if WS has same keyboard, though I played it for few moments in some shop. So guys tell me what should I do...I'm really confused now...I'm in process of collecting money for Korg WS/SR, and the call really confused me. Can anyone decide for me ? :) I wouldn't mind...If I had WS, than I would be collecting money for something else like JV880 or some good e-drums...to put it another way -- H E L P !!!!! Jack L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Latanowicz tel/fax Pl-(0-48-61) 798-202 Ul.Porzeczkowa 27 jack@vm.amu.edu.pl smile@vm.amu.edu.pl 61-306 Poznan jlat@plearn.edu.pl jlat@uci1.ae.poz.edu.pl POLAND "'Dream on, dream on, dream on baby...' CoX" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 10:41:47 PDT From: Tapas Das Subject: Re: Dreams come true... Sell the M1 and get an 01W/FD. Then add the WS-SR rack module. You will have an excellent setup. > I'm a Korg M1 user for > 3 years now. I wanted to get rid of it few months ago and gave an advertise > to a music magazine to sell it or exchange for Korg WS. I had few calls, but > Jack L. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 12:14:53 CET From: Jacek Latanowicz Subject: Re: Dreams come true... Hi ! I'd like to thank all people who suggested me what to do. I think I'll stick to the M1 and will try to expand and buy WS/SR. I also might consider swapping M1 to O1/W FD, but that will surely be in the future. Thanx for all the info on WS and I must say opinions were mixed. One of reasons I won't probably swap M1-->WS is that I'm worried it might be the WS I saw around here which is broken (fell from the stander) and I would just step into smelly s**t. Though WS is a temting synth especially for the music I do - NEW AGE , backgroung movie style, mind flow.... Once again THANX ALL PEOPLE who answered my call for help. Jack L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jacek Latanowicz tel/fax Pl-(0-48-61) 798-202 Ul.Porzeczkowa 27 jack@vm.amu.edu.pl smile@vm.amu.edu.pl 61-306 Poznan jlat@plearn.edu.pl jlat@uci1.ae.poz.edu.pl POLAND "Did anyone try to make a rack module of analogue piano?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 19:46:02 +0100 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: EML VCS3 "Putney" >Sounds interesting -- are they motion-sensitive triggers? No idea; all I know is that they're ultrasound-based things where you break the beam and the point of the break is detected. I know one or two dance practitioners who've come across them. Nick Rothwell CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance nick@cassiel.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 07:45:36 PST From: steven Subject: Re: ensoniq ? is there anyone who reads this list who would either be willing to assist me with what i'm afraid is a very fundamental question relating to the esq1 or who could point me to the most direct way to contact ensoniq tech support. many thanks!! s. steven l. cantor steven@dynasty.cc.pdx.edu _________________________________________________________________________ the wild geese do not intend to cast their shadow the water has no mind to receive their image ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 00:07:53 EDT From: Julian Sitkevich Subject: ever built a MIDI controller?? Hello, I'm looking for info on building a custom midi controller, but am having trouble locating anything on the subject. I have modified some older keyboards into alternate controllers, but it usually ends up being very costly and cumbersome. If you have any info on constructing your own controllers or have done so yourself, please post a message or e-mail me back. julian julian99@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 00:18:55 -0700 From: Nate Waddoups Subject: GR-50 synth is same as ? I just bought a GR-50 for my guitar, and I really like the synth... I've been wanting one that doesn't try so hard to sound like a real instrument, and I'm quite happy with the noises coming from this one. It's only supposed to be a guitar->MIDI interface, though, so it's limited, as a rackmount synth module. Anyone know if it was based on another Roland product's synth engine, or if Roland later derived something from it or something similar? Preferably, something with lots of multitimbality and polyphony, and maybe even a decent user interface (maybe I'm asking too much, there). Thanks in advance. --natew@halcyon.com--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 08:27:28 EDT From: "william.b.fox" Subject: Re: GR-50 synth is same as ? natew@halcyon.com asked about his GR-50 on EMUSIC-L! > Anyone know if it was based on another Roland product's synth engine, or > if Roland later derived something from it or something similar? The GR-50 has an LA synth in it from the D-110 era. So whip us both for not taking this to SYNTH-L. ;-9 Bill Fox wbf@aloft.att.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 08:46:05 -0500 From: Steve Hills Subject: Re: GR-50 synth is same as ? Any people out there with Roland MIDI guitar synths? How do you like them? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 19:19:24 EDT From: "Brian A. McDermott" Subject: Re: GR-50 synth is same as ? I have a GR-1 Roland which I like alot. Many possiblities with this unit. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 10:13:21 -0500 From: Joe McMahon Subject: Haven't heard of the DX7, you say? >I must confess that I >have never heard of a DX-7 and have no way of knowing whether or not it >is capable of sending system exclusive data.... Ow. I can feel my bones creaking. The DX-7 was the flagship synth in Yamaha's FM-based synth line and one of the very first of the MIDI synths. It could rightly be said to be a watershed device in the transition from analog to digital synths. It was monotimbral, had a really weird MIDI implementation (we were still fumbling with MIDI at the time), and sounded like nothing anyone had ever heard before. It was monstrously popular; here was a synthesizer which could provide great sounds, was light, didn't need careful warming up and retuning, had easily-saved patches. And relatively speaking, it was cheap, too. It sold like hotcakes, and put Yamaha solidly into the business of electronic keyboards. --- Joe M. -- "Will somebody get the cat off the fender Rhodes?" (MST3K) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 19:38:13 -0500 From: keeshan chris Subject: interface.schematics A few days ago, there was a message posted here about the file interface.schematics. It said it was for the Mac. Does anyone know if it works for Ibm/pc's ? Thanks, ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:08:18 EDT From: "Campbell, Vance" Subject: Re: interface.schematics >A few days ago, there was a message posted here about the file >interface.schematics. It said it was for the Mac. Does anyone know if it >works for Ibm/pc's? This particular design will NOT work with IBM and clones, but it would not be extremely difficult to make one that would. Well, not for someone with an EE degree :-) There are a few caveats, of course. The hardware in most pc 's used to generate standard bit rates used in the RS-232 world can only approximate the standard MIDI rate with about a 4-5% error. This will probably work with MOST systems, but you may experience problems with some picky hardware. The second problem concerns the software driver that tells Windows or your app how to talk to your hardware. This would be relatively simple modification to the standard RS-232 driver. Unfortunately, I'm in the midst of changing jobs right now and may be losing access to Microsoft's driver development kit. :-( I apologize if this is getting too technical for everyone on the list. I assume that you have some knowledge of electronics and such if you know about schematics and are thinking of "rolling your own" MIDI interface... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 10:09:18 +0000 From: Stephen Deutsch Subject: Re: KORG M1 or YAMAHA DX7? >Dear Friends, > A friend of mine wants to buy a synthesizer but he can't decide between >a KORG M1 or a YAMAHA DX7 and there is nobody in here that can help him. Any >comments or reviews about these two models is highly appreciated. > Since I am not in the list please send your mails directly to me. >Thank you in advance. >Majid Hosseini. >E-mail:probab@Irearn.bitnet To my knowledge, neither is any longer in production. Has he thought about the Korg X3, or SY85? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% S. F. Deutsch Digital Music Studio Bournemouth University Tel: 0202 595102 email: sdeutsch@uk.ac.bournemouth %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 12:17:00 -0305 From: Majid Hosseini Subject: KORG M1 or YAMAHA DX7? Dear Friends, A friend of mine wants to buy a synthesizer but he can't decide between a KORG M1 or a YAMAHA DX7 and there is nobody in here that can help him. Any comments or reviews about these two models is highly appreciated. Since I am not in the list please send your mails directly to me. Thank you in advance. Majid Hosseini. E-mail:probab@Irearn.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 14:06:19 +1000 From: Paul Copeland Subject: MacWavemaker K2000 board? Hi all from Australia. In the June keyboard magazine there is mention of a product manufactured by Morning Star Solutions called MacWavemaker. It retails for $495.00 American. The product sounds too good to be true! This board is for the MAC II series of computer and is said to produce K2000 sounds and Mark10 sounds. Does anyone have any information on this product that they could pass on to me please? What are Mark10 sounds? Can the sounds be edited and what effects are on the board? Many thanks. Paul Copeland .....e-mail pcc@insane.apana.org.au PO box 32, Kalorama, Victoria, Australia 3766 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 13:48:59 EDT From: HeavyM@AOL.COM Subject: Need a manual for a Ensoniq ESQ-M I am looking for a manual for a Ensoniq ESQ-M. Can anybody tell me where I might find one. Thanks, HeavyM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 07:30:48 +0000 From: Jan Magnus Barber Subject: New Module? Help!!!! Hello out there! I've been writing music for 2-3 years now, for most of the time I have been able to borrow a Roland Soundcanvas ( a sound module) fron my college. However, I have now finnished my course, and will need to get a soundmodule of my own. My main musical interest lies in "classical" music, though I have recently also developed an interest in "electronic music"/(ambient techno) - a big change, maybe :-)! So, question: can any of you suggest a good sound module with orchestral instruments and good electronic sounds? (I was reckoning on spending at the most 600-700 pounds, guess I could stretch a bit). Any suggestions will be appreciated! Thanx, Magnus Barber J.M.Barber@bnr.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 11:05:38 PDT From: Tapas Das Subject: Re: New Module? Help!!!! I would recommend the EMU Proteus FX sound module ($559). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 23:58:10 EDT From: MJKocisci@AOL.COM Subject: Re: New Module? Help!!!! Tapas Das says: >I would recommend the EMU Proteus FX sound module ($559). I am considering purchasing one. Aside from my tinkering around with a unit at the local music store, my knowledge of the inner working of this unit is limited. Can Tapas or another Proteus FX owner comment why they would recommend this particular piece of gear? Info on how many sounds does it have, polyphony and multitimbrality (sp?) would be most helpful. Thanks! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 11:53:39 PDT From: Tapas Das Subject: Re: New Module? Help!!!! The Proteus FX has 4 banks of 128 sounds each. It is 32 note polyphonic. The sound quality is better than the Roland Sound Canvas, and the Korg 05R/W. The effects are clean. The pianos, guitars and horns are stunning. It is the best bargain under $600. Tapas Das ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 10:56:34 -0500 From: Ken Fansler Subject: Patches Hi all. I got a message from a friend who needs help: >Could you put out the word and see if there is any [patches] for the synths >I have. I am looking for: >Ensoniq Esq-1 >Proteus 2 patches >Roland JV-80/JD-800 or JD-990 >And Samples for the EPS Any sites around where I could download these patches? Thanks in advance. \ / O O --------------UUU--U--UUU-------------------------------------------------- Ken Fansler "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... Illinois State University West and wewaxation at wast!" email: kwfansle@ilstu.edu Elmer J. Fudd --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 21:46:00 GMT From: Gregory A Youngdahl +1 708 979 0013 Subject: Re: Patches Hi Ken, friend, and all, Ken wrote: > I got a message from a friend who needs help: > > >Could you put out the word and see if there is any [patches] for the synths > >I have. I am looking for: [...] > >Roland JV-80/JD-800 or JD-990 [...] > Any sites around where I could download these patches? There is a site for Roland JV80/880/90/1000 patches and other software. One of the items there is a bank of 64 patches based on an SOS (_Sound On Sound_ magazine) article series describing how to create analog sounds on a digital synth (using a JV880 as an example). There are also a few individual patches there as well (not sure how many are there now, the disk at the site crashed and I don't think all of the individual patches that were there have been put back since then, but the analog bank was put up after the event). The analog patch bank comes in 3 formats, a .MID file which will overwrite the patches in the I bank, a .SYX (raw system exclusive messages in a format recognized by Cakewalk and other programs) which also overwrites your I bank, and a .ZIP file which contains the 64 patches in individual .SYX format files which will load (one at a time) into the Temporary Patch buffer of the JV80 (or 880, 90, 1000) for auditioning without overwriting anything. I'm not sure how compatable these are with the JD series, but I get the impression that they might work (or is it just the waveforms that can be used in either?). There are also a librarian and a patch editor for MS Windows there (for the JV 80/880/90/1000) if you would be interested in them. The site is: wagner.musicnet.ua.edu Directory: /pub/music/patches/jv80 There is also a mailing list for JV80/880/90/1000 discussion. If you are interested you could join by sending mail to: jv80-request@burner.com with the message content of: #SUBSCRIBE where is your netmail address you want it to come to. Hope this helps, -- Greg Youngdahl AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL greg@ihlpm.att.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jul 1994 10:01:44 -0400 From: Tom Jermine Subject: Re: Patches Hi, You can purchase patches for esq-1 from cesium sound in calif. I don't know of any that you can download but would be interested in finding some. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 12:54:00 PDT From: "Rossi, John" Subject: Re: Re[2]: The Fate of EML > It was like a suitcase: the top half lifted up and sat on the back edge of > the keyboard, and was where the phone plugs inserted into. Mine was a > small keyboard...approx 2'x 1.5'x 1'. Well, you have me stumped. The only EML synth which operates in the suitcase manner you describe was the EML 101. The 101 had 4 oscillators, all of them VCOs with OSCs 1 and 4 switchable into a LFO range for control purposes (while remaining voltage controlable). There were no dedicated control oscillators on the 101. The 101 did, indeed, have its 1/4" phone jack patch points on the upper synth unit. They are arranged along the top in one horizontal row (with the exception of some 'y' points which were 2 rows deep). Other than the discrepancy with the oscillators, the size of the unit you mention does not match the EML 101 (or any other EML synth). The EML-101 is slightly wider than a MiniMoog. It had a standard 3 1/2 octave Pratt-Reed keyboard with a blank panel to the left. The unit is a little over 3 feet wide. The keyboard unit is also about 1.5 feet deep to accomodate the keys and the synth unit (about 5 inches deep) mounted on it. The unit is about 16 inches tall assembled. The assembly is accomplished with snap buckels (the same type which are used to close the unit when it is filded up. I find it very hardf to understand how a person could own (or use) something like a 101 and not remember exactly what it was. In my mind that would be like owning a vintage car and not remembering if it had a radio, a column mount 3 speed manual transmission, or a cigarrette lighter. John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 13:35:05 CST From: "Harry F.P. Haecker" Subject: Re[4]: The Fate of EML >I find it very hardf to understand how a person could own (or use) something >like a 101 and not remember exactly what it was. In my mind that would be >like owning a vintage car and not remembering if it had a radio, a column >mount 3 speed manual transmission, or a cigarrette lighter. >John Well, heck, John. You caught me. I'm truly a light-weight. And here I was, pretty pleased with myself that I remembered that it was an "EML" and not an "EMS" as someone else had suggested! As I had mentioned in an earlier letter, and I'll paraphrase now, "if you can remember the 70's, you probably weren't there". I have lost about 33% (by volume, not weight) of my frontal lobe from 1974 to 1989, due to recreational sniffing of solder flux. I figured I'd be doing *darn* good to remember how to touch-type, let alone how many oscillators were in a synth I had for approx. 3 months, 15 years ago! :-) peace! Harry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 09:26:32 EDT From: "william.b.fox" Subject: Re: Roland S50-samples Jesper Alsed wrote: > Is there anybody who can help me with this problem? > I have hundreds of diskettes with samples for the Roland S-50 and I > like to convert these to .WAV-files (or any other standard-format for sound- > samples) on PC or Amiga. Hi Jesper. I forwarded your message to the sgroup, a Roland sampler users group mailing list. If you wish to join, send mail to sgroup-request@lotus.UWaterloo.ca and ask Joe Sellens to add you to the list. To post to the entire membership, send mail to sgroup@lotus.uwaterloo.ca and everybody will see what you send. Bill Fox wbf@aloft.att.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 16:59:56 CST From: Alan Ng Subject: Wanted: DX-7 librarian and other questions Hope I'm not crashing a party by posting within an hour of subscribing. And I hope that this post isn't way off base for this list. Apologies in advance if so. 1) Am I correct in noting that this list has no FAQ file? 2) Can someone send me a example job to submit to your LISTSERV so I can search your archives? The sample job given in INFODB is useless, I have found out. It wants a named "inline dataset" to correspond to the DD= function, but they don't say how you're supposed to "name" your "inline dataset" in the first place! Since the above efforts failed, I'm posting this for human processing: Does anyone know of a shareware/public-domain DX-7 voice librarian for PCs? I've got an MPU-401 UART-mode-only interface (on a Sound Blaster 16, which doesn't allow coprocessor mode) attached to my DX-7, and would like to make use of it. (other than the Mickey-Mouse packages that come with the Sound Blaster card) One of my more urgent desires is to back up my ancient memory cartridge (for the DX-7) before the battery in the cartridge dies. A librarian (Windows or DOS) would solve that problem. Or any utility which lets one read and write to the MIDI buffer, for that matter. Also, can someone recommend a source of information (electronic or paper) on MIDI programming for the DX-7? (E.g., a reference of its system exclusives etc.) Thanks, ______________________________________________________________________ Alan Ng Fax:(608)255-0650 Internet:agng@students.wisc.edu Bitnet:alanng@wiscmac2 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 23:59:04 -0500 From: "Curtis P. Parsons" Subject: Re: Wanted: DX-7 librarian and other questions On Sun, 3 Jul 1994, Alan Ng wrote: > > > I've got an MPU-401 UART-mode-only interface (on a Sound Blaster 16, which > doesn't allow coprocessor mode) attached to my DX-7, and would like to make > use of it. (other than the Mickey-Mouse packages that come with the Sound > Blaster card) One of my more urgent desires is to back up my ancient memory > cartridge (for the DX-7) before the battery in the cartridge dies. A > librarian (Windows or DOS) would solve that problem. Or any utility which > lets one read and write to the MIDI buffer, for that matter. > > Also, can someone recommend a source of information (electronic or paper) on > MIDI programming for the DX-7? (E.g., a reference of its system > exclusives etc.) > > Internet:agng@students.wisc.edu Bitnet:alanng@wiscmac Alan, Try calling 818-449-2019 if you have a modem. This is the number of the bbs of the company where I purchased my MPU-401 compatible interface. The file you want is entitled install.zip, I believe. This file contains a generic system exclusive librarian. I cannot guarantee that it will work with your equipment since it was designed for the MIDIMAN MPU-401 interface, but if there are no other promising leads you can try it. I am willing to bet, however, that it will function with any MPU-401 interface that is truly Roland compatible; in fact, I recall using it on another computer that had the real Roland interface installed if my memory serves me correctly. It is a simple librarian and if your synth contains a lot of information then you cannot edit your Sysex data, but you can save it and send it, which I gather is all you want to do anyway. I hope that this is of some help to you. I must confess that I have never heard of a DX-7 and have no way of knowing whether or not it is capable of sending system exclusive data. Forgive my ignorance and please tell me how things turned out. Kallisti, Khurticus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 10:29:47 -0400 From: Tom Jermine Subject: Re: Wanted: DX-7 librarian and other Allen, I use the Sound Blaster card as a MIDI interface and Voyetra's Sequencer Plus Gold which has a librarian section with full documentation for the DX7 and many other instuments. You may store all your settings and banks thru your MIDI connections. You may also want to look for some shareware programs that might be available. Most good sequencing software should be able to do this kind of save for you TOM JERMINE ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 02:21:34 -0500 From: keeshan chris Subject: WANTED: Sampling Keyboard Hello. I am looking for a used usable sampling keyboard in the $500-$600 price range. No frills needed(obviously). Thank you. Please respond at this account. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 09:31:26 EDT From: "Campbell, Vance" Subject: Re: WANTED: Sampling Keyboard >Hello. I am looking for a used usable sampling keyboard in the $500-$600 >price range. No frills needed(obviously). >Thank you. >Please respond at this account. I have an AKAI X7000 that I don't get much use out of these days, excelent condition. I apologize for bothering everyone on the list, but your email address didn't come through. Please reply to vcampbel@novell.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 18:55:23 EDT From: Jo-Ann Paige Subject: Re: WANTED: Sampling Key... Are you looking for a unit with keys on it or a rack mount unit? I have a rack mount Ensoniq Mirage (hardly used)! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 21:10:40 -0800 From: Kerry Ho Subject: Yamaha SY85 AloHa! Does anybody have a way to get the Yamaha SY85 to work rite with GMIDI program changes? I tried the MS MIDI Mapper in Windoze but could only get < 64 instruments mapped since one bank in SY85 would only store 64 instruments. So is there anyway to send automatic bank change with each program change statement from MIDI to the SY85? (BTW, I'm using Cakewalk Pro 2 for Windoze) If there's no hope, I'd have to get a Wavetable soundcard like the GUS or AWE32 for correct GMIDI playback of .MIDs. Another question, how does the Roland SC55/SCC1/daughterboards compare with the sound of Yamaha SY85, if you've heard them both of coz? Thanx for your time! --- Kerry Ho aka Zane aka HMW Internet: hmw%mmgs@csah.com Send email to "listserv%mmgs@csah.com" to subscribe to my MOD/S3M/MID mailing list, managed by MultiMedia GS Singapore. Type "SUBSCRIBE HMW-ANN" in message body. ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************