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Hello Dan,  can you send it for me as well, please?  Thanks in advance!

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Greetings Dan!

I would like to get the latest version as well.

Thanks in advance.

Greetings Dan!

I am unaware which is the last version, and I am still using 1.17.89

Also, I have seen you mentioning once, that a better support of Pa4X was about to come in one of the recent versions. Did it happen already, or is it still in the works? 

Thanks  lot,  will be glad to update my stuff.

I would like the new version too, Dan.  Thanks!

Oh, sorry for not being clearer

In the controllers section,  what are my options to set Track Off  to one button,  and Track On to another?  It can be CC as well.  I am just trying to avoid "switch" funcionality, where pushing same button alternates Track On/Track Off.  Same with Start/Stop.

Thanks!

 Greetings Dan!

I guess there is some logical structure behind the specific controllers as Track On/OFF  being a "switch" type.  Yet, as I plan on "switching off" some tracks for short periods, I hope they could be handled in a definite approach too, allow switching off exactly when I need, and back on later stage, without the tiniest chance of acting backwards  - if I replay from a middle for instance.  Start/Stop has been a bit "temperamental" on me too. 

Could you please share the current state of things - is there a possible workaround, or future option.

Thanks in advance!!


Vlad.

Oh, could you please send me the last Beta then?

Thanks in advance!

I feel a bit confused now 

Could you please give updated situation Dan?

1) What`s with the drum/normal voices problem.

2) Is Polyphony problem is across the board, or only some Yamaha obscure stuff which uses "percussion track"?

3) Improved chord transition  - does make a difference for a song chords chart - midi export too?

Thanks!

Not sure what the previous poster meant by that,  but of course SD1000 doesn`t need any PC for its operation per se.  It gets MIDI, gives sound, thats all.  Now, if you run musical software, you connect the USB to transmit the MIDI data -  and that`s it.  In case you are wondering, the power is external adapter anyway.

 Hi Denv!

I have SD1000 for a few months now,  and I am sooo frustrated..... not having enough spare time to spend with him!!!

I come from a big-names-vsti-stuff-vsl-ew background, but modules and workstations were my childhood fascination, so they still have  a warm place in my heart  -  and now the sd1000.  As a sound module, I find it ridiculously good. Ketron have found a great "sound" for the MIDI domain.  Since I got to know Ketron, I just cannot relate to somewhat "plasticky" stuff from Roland and Yamaha..

BTW  - is it me,  or the new Tyros 5 demos sound... just ordinary?  Am I nuts, or my beloved SD1000 gives a fine and natural  sounding alternative for fraction of the price?!...

--- Now, to answer your question --- 

You need to feed the module with some MIDI data - one option is by USB cable (I connect mine to a PC, and run different software which sends the notes - vArranger, Cubase, Sibelius)
The second option is plain MIDI in connection, I guess its more about external instruments, you mentioned you have one,  and I am almost certain USB won`t go, cause it needs a "host\client" relationship.  With a plain MIDI cable you`ll be fine playing whatever your keyboard sends out.

Hi Dan!

Sure,  I am perfectly aware this could have different causes , that`s why my question was on one foot really, no intent to alarm or anything    I attach the midi  - haven`t got the chance to check it out in depth yet.

In realtime mode,  my netbook does show some signs of "lazy" chord transitions here and there,  and that`s understandable (Atom N455). I am counting on the "song" mode with the export, and if I find anything wrong in a style crucial for my work  - I`ll get deeper.  Nothing to loose sleep over till then

Thanks, 

Vlad.

 Hello everyone!

My name is Vlad Zakrevsky,  and I am a fresh (and proud)  SD1000 and vArranger owner.

I would like to dedicate this topic to the SD1000 actually, since I had very little time with vArranger yet.

In general, I am VSTi guy, owning most of the products from East West and VSL.  Yet my weakness and passion for hardware workstations always made me watch for a maschine that would force me buy it once I hear it.  It never happened (last Roland workstation I had in 1995) cause shelling out 1000-nds of $ for something that has a so so sound - is not me.

All that changed when I began listening to some SD2 demos. Then I found out that SD1000  is out, and there is vArranger - to cut it short -  here I am with both   And I wholeheartedly embrace SD1000 as terrific sound module!  It sounds warm and very rich for its type of product, and its a crazy bargain when you consider its a box, rather than a sample library.

I have spent a few hours with it, and prepared a small reel for your entertainment:

  http://vlzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/sd1000-impressions

In the reel you will hear 3 basic BiaB styles playing (minimal interventions),  3 highlights from midi taken from the web (played as is),  and 3 vArranger styles playing (minor tweaks).

The midis are Warcraft II cue,  Superstition by S.Wonder, and a Soviet retro song.

  While in vArranger, I`ve used "Song chords" approach to make the demos, but had some timing problems in the first one.  If you listen carefully, its timing is not tight as it should be, and I could not nail what causes that. It plays like this in v'Arranger, and outside too, if I export the midi.  Has anyone experienced that?