Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

If you have about $200-250.oo this is what i would do.

1. Purchase a Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum. (Do not get the Sound 
Blaster Live Platinum.  The Audigy is ASIO compliant whereas the Live 
is not.  This makes a big difference if you plan to use your keyboard 
with Steinberg Software.) Plus the software package with the SBA is 
awesome.

2.  Purchase both Midi Cables and a Phone-to-RCA composite plugs. A 
big plus with SBA is that all the audio connections are on the front 
of the computer. 

3.  Use the midi to do your midi stuff ;-), but more importantly, use 
the phono-rca plugs to input/output the actual sounds from the 
keyboard.  Boy do I hate it when I make a midi song...only to output 
it it on my computer, and playing it back using cheapy synthesized 
soundcard soundfonts.

4. Another plus to this setup is that you can download midi files 
from the net, play it back through your keyboard, then record it as 
wave files for future projects.

5.  Steinberg...;-)

The possibilities you leave for yourself using this setup is endless.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@y..., "Tom Hunt" <tom@c...> wrote:
> Ok.. this is a very basic question .. I know..
> 
> What is the easiest way to hook my SD-1 up to my PC?  I have a 1 
ghz Celeron
> with plenty of slots.
> 
> Do I need to get a midi sound card?
> 
> Can anyone offer a suggestion for a nice but reasonable solution>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tom