Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I found the answer out myself. This quote from Wikipedia says 'The sequencer also allows for external MIDI input recording from other instruments. This can be done either one track (MIDI channel) at a time or in multi mode with several tracks (MIDI channels) being recorded at once. This makes it easy to also record multi channel sequences from other MIDI-instruments in to the VFX-SD.'

After going through some of the options on the synthesizer, I can clarify that it can record from a midi source, like the JV-1080.

Thanks for all of your help.
Jonathan.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "jonpalman" <jonpalman@...> wrote:
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> Hello.
> I am trying to make songs on the VFX-SD. I have no problem using the sequencer or anything like that (yet - I haven't gone into anything too advanced...), but the only thing that's stopping me make some of these songs (I'm focusing on 80's songs by the way), is how the default sounds on the VFX-SD aren't anything great. They're not bad, but now I really can see why Ensoniq put a floppy drive in this synthesizer...
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> Anyway, I have been looking at the sounds stored on here, which thankfully there are many. I now want to know a couple of things. The first is can I sample what these sounds are like before putting them onto my synth?
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> The second is can I transfer these via a floppy disk? I have the right floppy type (the low-density), but I can't see any way to transfer .syx to a floppy. I'm moving so half my stuff is in boxes, including the midi cable for my synth.
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> The last is can I only use VFX-SD sounds on here, or can I use sounds say for the SD-1? They're all in .syx format.
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> Thanks,
> Jonathan.
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