Hi, Seth,
This sounds promising. It is too late for me to work with it tonight.
If we add what Nicole said, this can be a cool possibility for me.
I'll let you know what happens.
Joe G.
On 6/22/2021 6:31 PM, Seth Lowman wrote:
Proteus VX is not a collection of fonts; rather, it is a
You can also load additional banks into it, so it's possible to get a crazy
number of patches -- since it uses high density bank assignments (matrixing two
controllers, 0 and 31) you can have 16384 banks of 128 patches each. It's a
very useful sample player, and the format is a standard option
Proteus VX is not a collection of fonts; rather, it is a standalone synthesizer
that will load a bank of its own proprietary presets when you open it on your
computer. In order to use it with QWS, you need the virtual midi cable I was
talking about earlier. I have also gotten it to work as a
I t hink the Medeli will work as a MIDI controler. Besides that, it is
an 88 key unit.
Although reading about all the other possibilities, I suspect that the
original thoughts about working wigth VSTHOST is probably what is best
for me if someone can point me in the right direction.
Along
Sound fonts work natively in MacOS until you install Logic, which disables that
function. One of the annoying things about it.
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Oh and thank you Simon for bringing up those points that I forgotten. Yes, you
do get some free instruments just by buying a controller. I would encourage you
to check it out if you haven’t already. Getting this controller would also
allow you to bypass the fact that your keyboard doesn’t have
I’ve actually found logic pretty amazing for midi editing, once you get around
its few quirks, like it’s balkiness when working with hardware instruments and
Bank select messages.That being said, there are a few things I miss from
QWS, like the progression and note replace tools, and the
I've written a lot of tests for Logic, and it's good at what it does but has
some definite holes, and it messes up some defaults on the Mac because of
assumptions. (Apple's great at assuming what their elite customers will want)
All these tests were for sighted students, and I've got a very
For what it's worth, the budget 61 key controller is $279 and comes with
some free instruments, and they get even cheaper if you're willing to go
smaller than 61. You could opt to get the M32, which is very compact,
and use it as a portable controller and control surface of sorts for
Komplete.
I relate to this entire e-mail in a serious way. I think one of the
reasons I stopped composing so much was because I bought into the Logic
/ Reaper / Komplete / fancypants newfangled musical stuff™ scene. And it
has its place; Komplete is seriously amazing. But I still fly around QWS
and
Well, Seth, that's too much for me right now.
I thank you for writing.
Joe
On 6/22/2021 12:27 PM, Seth Lowman wrote:
To be honest, I’ve been using the KK stuff with logic pro, not QWS. I’m not
really sure how well they work with QWS. I do know that they work with reaper
though.
How
There's no reason to learn MIDI in Reaper since you can configure QWS as your
MIDI editor, so you get that straightforward and very native MIDI
implementation.
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The only thing I could think of is that the keyboard might have some way to
turn it off as an internal thing, or turn off response to specific MIDI
channels from the keyboard, but it's not a major manufacturer so they might do
something a bit non-standard.
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Tbh the articles on using VST Host with qWS are relevant, but not many
people seem to do it this way anymore because everyone has Komplete
and are transitioning to Reaper. Not to say VST Host is useless, it's
just not the only option anymore.
I don't have Komplete, but I still use Reaper a lot.
Oh, and the KK packages vary depending on which one you get. I believe the
smallest one offers a few pianos and synthesizers, while the largest one,
Komplete CE offers the entire gamut, from pianos and synthesizers, to drums,
guitar, basses, orchestral instruments, etc. now that I’m thinking
To be honest, I’ve been using the KK stuff with logic pro, not QWS. I’m not
really sure how well they work with QWS. I do know that they work with reaper
though.
How strange that your keyboard doesn’t have a local off function. All keyboards
should have that ability. Of course, the
Hi, Seth,
The instrument is a Medeli sp-4200. Believe it or not, the MIDI
implementation chart shows that controler 122 is crossed out.
What do these "complete packages" offer? Do they avoid Loopmidi and
Vsthost? What do they cost?
God bless you as well.
Joe G.
On 6/22/2021 11:35 AM,
Every keyboard should now have the ability to turn off local, unless it’s
something really stupid cheap like a $50 RadioShack keyboard from the past.
What model keyboard did you get? It should say in the manual how to turn off
local.
As far as virtual instruments go, your best bet is going
You're dealing with virtual MIDI cables here, so it helps to visualize things
as physical devices to keep how they interconnect in mind.
You hook up the sequencer to a MIDI cable. You hook that cable to a sound
source, like Proteus VX or VST Host. I like a static working environment
because it
Good morning,
The new music keyboard is very nice and at a cost of only $500. The
problem is that it does not have thie ability to turn off Local. Some of
its 600 sounds are very good but, under the circumstances, useless.
For this reason I am forced to obtain virtual sounds.
I foun d
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