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Post by ruedigerffm on May 27, 2014 21:40:50 GMT
Dear JohnG. When I'm registrated to your sites, I gave a short explanation about my personals and my reasons. Maybe I'm wrong, but my messages didn't seems to reached you. Probably is was my mistake, Sorry for that. Now I will start now. My name is Ruediger, I'm living in Frankfurt, Germany and I'm 70 years old (that's not a mistake - really 70th.). To my 70th birthday I decided, I have something to change in my live. I bought a Yamaha PSR-S650 Keyboard to do something for my soul imagine. Maybe my English is'nt a correct one, but I din't use it during the last 20 years. I know, I have to improve that, to understand all your articles. Bevor I retired, I was a programmer on IBM Commercial machines. I'm a really a beginner in keyboard playing and arranging. In former times I played accordeon and a little bit piano, but not really good. I joined your sites, because I have accepted, that I need help to understand MIDI and everything about keyboard use. Your sites seems me be acceptable to help me. This was one reason. The other other one is a special problem. Maybe you are laughing about that, but for me it is an essential one. Bevor I bought the PSR-S650 I tested the E433 from Yamaha, a totally beginner board. But I was impressed about the built-in arpeggios, specially for guitars and banjos, which I like very much. My actually problem now, how can I get arpeggios into my PSR-S650. I have a library of arpeggios as MIDI-files - bought from Prosonics, but i have now idea, to incorporate them into my new keyboard to play them as voices or styles. I can load styles and songs in this board on internal storage using USB-MIDI. Sorry for the long explanation. I'm really interested in learning, but I can't do it alone. Regards Ruediger |
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Post by JohnG on May 28, 2014 9:55:22 GMT
Hi Rüdiger, (I'm guessing that you normally spell your name with an umlaut?) A warm welcome to MIDI tutorials. First, a reassurance, your message did get through, thank you, that's how you have become a member of the forum. Most people don't bother to post anything at all, either to become a member, or as an introduction. So, very many thanks for posting. You'll notice that you already have two stars against your name, that's a reward for taking the time. Don't be so worried about your age, Rüdiger, I'm not far behind you at 67, and 68 in a couple of months. Please don't be worried about your English, it's a lot better than my Deutsch, and I lived in Deutschland for ten years, not too far from Bonn in a little village called Altendorf, about 25km south of Bonn on the border between Nordrhein Westfalen and Rheinland Pfalz. The orchard of Germany. I moved back to England together with my German wife last November. With regard to this web forum, it is mostly focussed upon the technology MIDI, and how to use it. Unfortunately (from your perspective) the site is not focussed upon getting the most from any particular keyboard. However, there are two sites, which I can recommend, where you may be able to get more specific help, one is the UK Yamaha Forum here: www.yamahaforums.co.uk/forum/ which covers all sorts of Yamaha equipment, but mostly synthesisers and the like, the other is the PSR Tutorial forum, which focusses specifically on keyboards (PSR and Tyros) and has a very helpful membership: www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php. I'm sure you will find the help you need at PSR tutorials. But please, if you need help with MIDI, please come back and ask any questions you need to. I wish you much joy from your new 650. Viele Grüße, JohnG. |
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Post by ruedigerffm on May 28, 2014 14:15:39 GMT
Hi JohnG,
many thanks for your warm words and for the first tips, I found them helpfully.
You are right, my Name is really "Rüdiger" with an umlaut.
In my introduction I forgot to tell something about my other equipment. I own a Windows 7 Workstation and a Windows 7 Laptop.
I don't have any Sequenzer or other MIDI Software, because I'm not sure which is the right one for me. Maybe, you have a suggestion or a tip, where I can get informations helpfully for a decision.
It's not a problem for me, when you don't know everything about questions, I actually have. I find your board very interesting an I found also several informations to understand MIDI a little better.
I think I'm right here to learn much more.
Liebe Grüße
Rüdiger
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Post by parametric on May 29, 2014 2:14:45 GMT
Hello Rudiger - and welcome to the Forums . . . . This is the best place for MIDI information and John has written some great tutorials, which is why I am a member here too . . . I am also a Moderator over at Yamaha Forums UK, www.yamahaforums.co.uk/forum/index.php and I do recommend that you join, as, not only is there a forum devoted to the PSR Models, there are also quite a number of German members too . . Whilst I cannot guarantee that those Germans use the same PSR as you, I'm sure you might be able to converse with them (In German, if you wish - though the Forum is predominantly English), and have a good time in the forum. Although it was originally started to discuss the SY85 Synthesiser, it soon grew to cover MOST other Yamahas (including Guitars) - and now covers Most of the other "makes" as well. It is a very well behaved forum, with very knowledgeable members who can help with most questions about using, and even repairing your Synthesiser . . . Perhaps we will see you in there? You are never too old to enjoy being involved with Music . . . I'm 63 and will never stop . . .  parametric |
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Post by JohnG on May 29, 2014 9:15:10 GMT
Hi JohnG, many thanks for your warm words and for the first tips, I found them helpfully. My pleasure! So pleased you found them useful. As you will have noticed Chris, a.k.a. Parametric, has chimed in with an invitation to join the Yamaha UK forum. I just knew he would. There's a good bunch of friendly, helpful and knowledgeable people over there. A PC or a laptop running Windows 7 should be fine for MIDI, after all I first started doing MIDI on an Atari STe, way back. As to sequencing software, that's a more difficult decision. It's highly likely that to learn more, and whether or not sequencing suits you, you should start with something relatively straightforward and also at low cost. There are a few pieces of free software such as Anvil Studio and Sekaiju which could help you "cut your teeth". Anvil Studio is free for the basic package, but extensions can be purchased to add to its functionality as you learn more. I started to use Yamaha's own program XGworks (now sadly no longer available since they bought Steinberg) way back in 1995 and have stuck with it over the years. As a straightforward sequencer it works very well. Have a look here: anvilstudio.com/, and here: openmidiproject.sourceforge.jp/Sekaiju_en.html. You will see that I've written a few tutorials for XGworks and the rather old software Cakewalk Pro Audio. The other, paid for, software I use is called Sonar. I use an older version, version 7. I believe it's now at version X3. I would suggest that paying for something this comprehensive is not necessary at this stage and probably has far too many features for most of us. I reckon I use about 20% of what can be done with Sonar v7. I'm pleased that you are finding the board useful, one of the first ideas I had was to get people to understand the basics of MIDI. It's gratifying to know that it works. If there are further questions don't be afraid to ask. Viele Grüße, JohnG. |
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Post by ruedigerffm on May 29, 2014 16:46:57 GMT
Hi JohnG,
I'm now really surprised and astonished. Yours thaughts reached me, bevor I asked you about sequencer software and you sent me the reply!
The explantion: During the last days I was looking for this one in the Internet, I loaded and installed some test versions of sequencers onto my PC to get an impression of their usability. Most of them I removed, they seemed me to complicate for me. The only ones I still have, that are the Anvil and the Sonar, the last one in German and it has an integrated arpeggiator. Later I'll will buy the Sonar X3, but only the small version.
I was also warmed about the welcome from "parametric". I'll contact him later for a special thank.
Liebe Grüße
Rüdiger
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