QWS List Creating an Instrument Definition List for PX-350M

2014-12-18 Thread Richard Wells
Hello: My wife Lila and I are attempting to create an instrument definition list for the Casio Privia-350M. So far, each time we copy the file to the QWS folder, we get an error loading message each time we arrow to the offending .ini file. We have so far just utilized the Windows Notepad to cr

Re: QWS List Creating an Instrument Definition List for PX-350M

2014-12-18 Thread Richard Wells
ant bits, so for most instruments bank 0 is denoted as 0, while bank 1 is numbered 128, etc, in multiples of 128 going up. -Original Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:58 PM To: QWS list

Re: QWS List Creating an Instrument Definition List for PX-350M

2014-12-19 Thread Richard Wells
riginal Message - From: "Richard Wells" To: "QWS list" Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 4:54 AM Subject: Re: QWS List Creating an Instrument Definition List for PX-350M Breaking up the file solved it. There were missing commas in a couple of sections. Where do we upload these i

Re: QWS List QWS Casio CDP200R Instrument Definition Configuration File

2014-12-24 Thread Richard Wells
e the time to fix it, I could do it as well. I find coding rather fun, and it shouldn't take me too much time. Seth -Original Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:38 PM To: QWS list Subjec

Re: QWS List QWS Casio CDP200R Instrument Definition Configuration File

2014-12-24 Thread Richard Wells
ndrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:22 AM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List QWS Casio CDP200R Instrument Definition Configuration File OOPS! I'll bet my Privia PX-350 M is wrong as well. We will investigate further and send you a co

Re: QWS List MIDI-Yoke and VSTHost

2015-02-20 Thread Richard Wells
The one I am playing with is CoolSoft. http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth If this is one you have already mentioned under another name, forgive the redundancy. Thanks On 2/20/2015 4:28 PM, Nicole Massey wrote: Okay, quick survey here. So far the options I know about for using vi

Re: QWS List MIDI-Yoke and VSTHost

2015-02-20 Thread Richard Wells
icole Massey wrote: Added it to the list. Any rough spots or other things you ran into in setting this up would be appreciated. Is it a driver or does it require a virtual MIDI cable? -Original Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells

Re: QWS List Maybe strange question

2016-09-05 Thread Richard Wells
We have had good success converting midi files with MuseScore: https://musescore.org/ I just play the notes I need the musician who reads music to play, in our case, a trumpet player and I can teach her anything I can play. QWS and MuseScore are a great combination at least for us. On 9/5/20

Re: QWS List Maybe strange question

2016-09-05 Thread Richard Wells
MuseScore would probably not work for Braille music. It sure is good for putting it on a staff for sighted musicians though. On 9/5/2016 9:25 AM, Frank van de Coterlet wrote: Hi James, Yes, your answer is quite helpful to me. I am a braille teacher. At the moment I have one adult student who

QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions

2016-09-23 Thread Richard Wells
Hello: I am trying to use this midi controller with QWS with the cool Soft midi synthesizer with different sound fonts. I have two problems. First of all, the delay is so bad that I am just totally behind. It is somewhere between a quarter and a half of a second. The second problem is when I pr

Re: QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions

2016-09-24 Thread Richard Wells
x27;t stutter, at least, if my PC is working smoothly. About the note problem, is the whole keyboard transposed, or is it just to C that sounds wrong? If it's the whole keyboard, you might try pushing the transpose button on your controller. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2016, at 9:25 P

Re: QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions

2016-09-24 Thread Richard Wells
X88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions In this case, you must've bumped the transpose button on your controller. The transpose buttons are probably near the octave buttons. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Richard Wells wrote: It is the whole keyboard that is trans

Re: QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions

2016-09-24 Thread Richard Wells
riginal Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 1:26 PM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions Transpose and delay is fixed. Thanks for that. Here's my

Re: QWS List Nektar LX88 Impact Midi Controller with QWS Questions

2016-09-24 Thread Richard Wells
to make it work alongside the GS sound font I used, and I've also got a vast amount of other sound font banks in it. (I think I'm using about fifteen at the moment) -Original Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Saturday

Re: QWS List coolSoft on Win 10

2017-01-19 Thread Richard Wells
I am using Cool Soft just fine on three Windows 10 64-bit machines. On 1/19/2017 6:03 PM, David Engebretson Jr wrote: Howdy, I’m wondering if anyone has used coolSoft on Win10? It doesn’t appear to be supported (after reading the documentation). There is a 2.0 RC as of October 14, 2016. I wo

Re: QWS List Song pausing?

2017-01-19 Thread Richard Wells
That's strange. That's all I use on my computers... The high-performance plan and Cool Soft works perfectly. On 1/19/2017 6:12 PM, Matt Turner wrote: Hi, Found out what was causing it. It seems that my power plan got Inadvertently changed to the high performance plan. Putting it back to t

Re: QWS List Song pausing?

2017-01-19 Thread Richard Wells
What I meant to say is, I am not seeing the pausing problems on my midi keyboard. On 1/19/2017 7:19 PM, Richard Wells wrote: That's strange. That's all I use on my computers... The high-performance plan and Cool Soft works perfectly. On 1/19/2017 6:12 PM, Matt Turner wrote: Hi,

Re: QWS List coolSoft on Win 10

2017-01-20 Thread Richard Wells
No David, I'm actually using the last stable release of 1.X. On 1/19/2017 8:34 PM, David Engebretson Jr wrote: Thanks Richard, old buddy. You disappeared off of Vorail. Was nice to hear your voice this summer. *smile* Are you using coolSoft 2.0? Peace, David *From:* Richard Wells

Re: QWS List Repairing mistakes

2017-02-10 Thread Richard Wells
In tandem with QWS, I use MuseScore found at https://musescore.org/ to get musical note representation of midi files. I create midi files and save them in QWS and bring them into MuseScore for printing for my trumpet student. Try it; you'll love it! On 2/10/2017 7:09 PM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:

Re: QWS List Having trouble with a new soundfont

2017-03-02 Thread Richard Wells
While we're on the subject, could someone explain what Viena is, what it does and where to get it? On 3/2/2017 6:32 PM, Sharni-Lee Ward wrote: So do I! A friend recommended the soundfont to me and it sounds nice enough, but I want to get to the other banks between 000 and 128 and I don't know

Re: QWS List QWS for Apple Mac?

2017-08-22 Thread Richard Wells
I'm using boot camp with no problem with Windows 10 Creator and QWS. On 8/22/2017 7:52 PM, David Engebretson Jr. wrote: I'm curious, what are the downsides of running bootcamp? I'm trying to get my MAC dual bootable with Windows10 and it's been a challenge. Is there any reason not to do bootc

QWS List Alternatives to Cool Soft MIDI?

2017-09-30 Thread Richard Wells
Hello: What are QWS users using besides Cool Soft to play software synthesizers? I can either have latency with no stuttering or stuttering with no latency. I really need to have no latency and no stuttering. Is this possible? I even experience this with I7 machines with up to 16 gigs of ram. A

QWS List Bass Midi Questions

2017-09-30 Thread Richard Wells
Okay, I have officially switched to Bass MIDI and uninstalled Cool Soft. Latency and stuttering are completely gone! Now, each time I load a MIDI file I created in QWS, including one I did today before I changed from Cool Soft, every note plays one step lower than it should. When I look at the

Re: QWS List Bass Midi Questions

2017-09-30 Thread Richard Wells
IDI devices to software and virtual ports) -Original Message- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 5:35 PM To: QWS list Subject: QWS List Bass Midi Questions Okay, I have officially switched to Bass MIDI

QWS List Changing Time Signature During Song

2018-02-08 Thread Richard Wells
Hello: I am attempting to record a song with 4/4 time in the verses and 3/4 in the choruses. Is this possible with QWS? I have looked through help, but I am not finding how to accomplish this. Thanks for all of the helpful messages I read here. To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://

Re: QWS List Making external keyboard data readable on any synthesizer?

2018-04-07 Thread Richard Wells
Lizzie: I use QWS to create MIDI and MuseScore to make musical staves for my Trumpet and Violin students all the time. On 4/7/2018 4:53 PM, Lizzie Kazmierski Dunn wrote: That's really interesting, but what if, for example, you want one part of your song with strings bowed and another part pizz

Re: QWS List Making external keyboard data readable on any synthesizer?

2018-04-07 Thread Richard Wells
/18, Richard Wells wrote: Lizzie: I use QWS to create MIDI and MuseScore to make musical staves for my Trumpet and Violin students all the time. On 4/7/2018 4:53 PM, Lizzie Kazmierski Dunn wrote: That's really interesting, but what if, for example, you want one part of your song with st

QWS List Salamander Grand Piano SFZ with QWS and Cool Soft

2018-11-16 Thread Richard Wells
When I load the Salamander Grand Piano SFZ into Cool Soft, I can't get it to play any sounds in QWS. Other SF2 files are working. Is this possible? To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/qws@andrelouis.com

Re: QWS List Yamaha mm8 instrument list

2018-12-04 Thread Richard Wells
Also, someone mentioned an app to help with creating instrument definitions. Could we learn more about this? On 12/4/2018 5:47 AM, Phil Walters wrote: Good Morning Gavin, I was wondering if you had the instrument list for the Yamaha mm8. I would also like to know how to insert it in to QWS. I w

Re: QWS List Yamaha mm8 instrument list

2018-12-04 Thread Richard Wells
ake a Sonar instrument definition and convert it to an instrument list compatible with QWS. Is this what you're talking about? On 2018/12/04 5:40 PM, Richard Wells wrote: Also, someone mentioned an app to help with creating instrument definitions. Could we learn more about this? On 12/4/20

Re: QWS List Yamaha mm8 instrument list

2018-12-04 Thread Richard Wells
12:47 PM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List Yamaha mm8 instrument list I wrote an app called Instruvert, which lets you take a Sonar instrument definition and convert it to an instrument list compatible with QWS. Is this what you're talking about? On 2018/12/04 5:40 PM, Richard Wells wr

Re: QWS List Looking for better sounds

2019-04-22 Thread Richard Wells
Nicole: Since you brought up Proteus VX, would you consider providing steps to get it working with QWS? I have it here, but cannot figure out where to start. I have been using Cool Soft with sound fonts, but I would love to get this going. Thank you so much for all of the answers you give us he

Re: QWS List Looking for better sounds

2019-04-23 Thread Richard Wells
ago. If I slipped a gear somewhere I apologize. -Original Message----- From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Richard Wells Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 6:28 PM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List Looking for better sounds Nicole: Since you brought up Proteus VX

Re: QWS List QWS Development?

2019-05-06 Thread Richard Wells
Lots of keyboard issues turn out to be instrument definitions. With Nicole's help, my wife was able to use Excel to create one for my particular keyboard: the Casio Privia 350. It works perfectly. On 5/6/2019 2:49 PM, Nicole Massey wrote: Refresh my memory -- was it a QWS problem or a keyboard

Re: QWS List QWS, Windows 10 and narrator

2019-12-05 Thread Richard Wells
Brian: I would use NVDA with QWS. You will find that the note editor works fine there. Narrator is not there yet with third-party software. On 12/5/2019 7:40 AM, Brian Williams wrote: Hi all, I’ve just migrated from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I am very impressed with narrator, that is until I ins

Re: QWS List Soundfonts etc.

2020-03-02 Thread Richard Wells
Brian: Here is a really good place to start. https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth On 3/2/2020 2:00 PM, Brian Williams wrote: Hi all, I have been using QWS for some time now and am basically very pleased with it. Over the years I have seen frequent referenceS to soundfonts on the

Re: QWS List QWS Abandonedware

2020-05-09 Thread Richard Wells
I still use QWS daily and I hope it never goes away. On 5/9/2020 12:10 PM, Carlos Gonzalez wrote: Hello All:     When will QWS be declared as Abandoned-ware?  So, that some interested developers can take over the project and bring it up-to-date.  I know all about REAPER.  However! It's too bi

QWS List Copying and Pasting into the Middle Of a Multitrack Project

2020-05-09 Thread Richard Wells
I have a finished song and I need to copy part of it for the purpose of pasting  in another verse. When I set my marks, select them and copy to the clipboard, when I move to where I want and paste, it doesn't move the rest of the content passed where I paste. It just drops it on top of what I a

Re: QWS List Open/save dialog with NVDA?

2020-08-31 Thread Richard Wells
Gavin: I was just getting ready to make the change in my registries on my two QWS computers. You saved me the trouble and I truly appreciate it. On 8/31/2020 9:35 AM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to do that, but I wasn't sure if the QWS list accepts links. I know some folks

Re: QWS List Locating files within QWS

2021-01-15 Thread Richard Wells
Here is Gavin's registry fix. It works perfectly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m1dilj75a71ezu/QWS%20Fix.reg?dl=1 On 1/15/2021 5:16 AM, Brian Williams wrote: Hi Gavin, thanks for that. I was beginning to think I’ve been mistaken. Many thanks Brian On 15 Jan 2021, at 9:46 am, g.batw...@mail.com w

Re: QWS List QWS failing to launch.

2021-03-01 Thread Richard Wells
Nick: I am running NVDA latest and cannot reproduce the problem. This sounds like one of your add-ons is causing this. Try running NVDA without add-ons to see if it works. If it does, you'll have to disable them one at a time until you find the culprit. On 3/1/2021 10:19 AM, Nick Adamson wrote

Re: QWS List QWS failing to launch.

2021-03-01 Thread Richard Wells
no addons enabled but the program doesn't open, but it indeed starts when using the Narrator. Could it be an NVDA related issue then? Thanks. 2021-03-01 12:24 GMT-06:00, Richard Wells : Nick: I am running NVDA latest and cannot reproduce the problem. This sounds like one of your add-ons is ca

Re: QWS List virtual instruments

2021-06-23 Thread Richard Wells
Seth: Is this the correct one? https://www.dropbox.com/s/smimd3fgr1rkmcj/ProteusVX.zip?dl=1 On 6/23/2021 7:00 PM, Seth Lowman wrote: Sadly, it appears that Proteus VX has disappeared off the web. Now when you try to go to the download page on EMu’s website, you just get redirected to EMu’s pr

Re: QWS List virtual instruments

2021-06-29 Thread Richard Wells
There certainly is a run as administrator in Windows 10. I will install Proteus VX and see if it works. I am sure it does though. On 6/29/2021 10:29 AM, Seth Lowman wrote: I remember Proteus VX had a hiccup with my Windows 8 machine, something about initializing audio drivers, but when I ran

Re: QWS List locating files and registry fix

2021-08-29 Thread Richard Wells
Here it is, I hope you can get it to download. If it tries to block the download, you should be able to tab to more info and download anyway. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m1dilj75a71ezu/QWS%20Fix.reg?dl=1 On 8/3/2021 11:10 AM, Brian williams wrote:  Hi, Sometime ago I had a problem where after