2002-02-21 by Roi de la plage
Tim, EDE (shareware), only takes imagefiles and transfers them on floppies. To create an imagefile from your VFX floppy, you ll need the FULL package named
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2002-02-21 by Tim Sullivan
Isnt this what EDE does ? ... -- Tim Sullivan www.DigiTraxs.com
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2002-02-21 by roidelaplage
I would like to test with someone owning a VFX-SD (floppy disk REQUIRED !), the transfer from a VFX-file-image to a VFX-formatted- floppy and backwards. If it
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2002-02-20 by Tim Sullivan
Don¹t fix if it aint broke , maybe the last owner made fixes... I bought mine used and never have to do anything to it, it s a workhorse Just always backup
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2002-02-20 by mindkil.geo
Greetings everyone! I ve just bought a VFX-SD used, in a good condition. I have a few questions to the users. I would like to hear some suggestions about what
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2002-02-19 by Fabio García
Hi Fred, I m sorry about your synth but as you say, if you want you can send me the files with the sounds to upload to my site Neopatches , so any user may
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2002-02-19 by roidelaplage
Hi, We all know Giebler EDE software and the process of loading from floppy, then saving as SysEx on the PC. Now the situation is: my VFX is dead but floppies
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2002-02-09 by niklas627
Sorry I meant 250$ and not 25$ ... from ... a 1
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2002-02-09 by niklas627
20$?! I bought my cable for 75 s.kr, which is almost 7.5$. New, from music store here in Sweden. My sound card, live drive-2, did I by for 25$, which mean that
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2002-02-05 by mishon66@aol.com
In a message dated 2/5/02 10:35:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, tom@citizenhunt.com writes:
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2002-02-05 by Tom Hunt
I found a 10ft. cable at CompUSA for $19.95.. Not bad! Thanks for all of your help. Another question. I know how to read music but not how to play the piano..
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2002-02-04 by Geren W Mortensen Jr
I ve never seen them that low, either. The going retail rate round here is about $20.00 for a 5-footer and about $30 for a longer one. I occasionally see
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2002-02-04 by Midwest Entertainment
Where can you buy one for $5.00 ? I work for a music store, and our wholesale cost for a Y-cable is nearly $20.00. I d like to know where you are getting
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2002-02-04 by niklas627
It is not necessarily to cost 20-30$. You can also by an Y-cable, which you connect in your joystick port, which cost around 5$. cheers/ niklas ... system. ...
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2002-02-03 by Jeff Obranovich
I am assuming that you have some sort of sound card aready in your system.
Then all you need is an adapter to hook it to your joystick port. They run
around
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2002-02-02 by Tom Hunt
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
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2002-01-31 by Brthr52
Sorry Mike, VFX is long gone, and thanx Tim someone else is helping out. Perhaps someone could offer some insight on how to record the midi from a SEQ to
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2002-01-24 by Geren W Mortensen Jr
Quite right. Sorry. Thanks for reminding me. ... Geren W. Mortensen, Jr. UgotaWanit: New Beginnings http://www.ugotawanit.com Columbia, Maryland USA
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2002-01-24 by midiman11
Or set to BOTH
on 1/23/02 9:09 PM, Geren W. Mortensen, Jr. at gerenm@ugotawanit.com wrote:
If the sequence is in the sequencer of your VFX, you need to
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2002-01-24 by Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
If the sequence is in the sequencer of your VFX, you need to reassign the channels in the sequence to play an external device, otherwise, NO MIDI DATA IS SENT
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2002-01-24 by martydarwin
Hey thanks Geren but, I m using emagic s micro logic on my imac so I don t need to reassign channels. I just arm a track, enable it to follow as a slave to
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2002-01-23 by Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
Um, what computer sequencer are you using? Have you re-assigned tracks assigned to internal voices to play MIDI out via the MIDI ports? The easiest way to do
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2002-01-23 by martydarwin
Hey anyone, I ve got some nice sequencer songs in my VFX-SD sequencer, but I can t tranfer (record) them into my computer s sequencer program. I don t mean
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2002-01-22 by Jon
Speaking as an electronics engineer, and someone who repairs synths a lot (especially Ensoniq) that statement is rubbish. The only reason people solder a
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2002-01-22 by barryo_37922
I received this info from a repairship a few years back (I think around 96) concerning the battery in the SD-1 (and I am certainly NOT an electronics
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2002-01-15 by mishon66@aol.com
In a message dated 1/14/02 10:45:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, xadent@yahoo.com writes:
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2002-01-15 by xadent
Does anyone have any info on the motherboard upgrade for VFX-SD to SD- 1??
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2002-01-03 by Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
Nathan, Wow! A Radio Shack man that 1) knew how to use a soldering iron?!? and (2) actually did it for you?!? They re instructed to NEVER do any work on
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2002-01-03 by Nathan I Smutz
Hi, I had my battery replaced a while back (last year, I think) CR2032 sounds familiar. The repair man at our local Radio Shack soldered in a battery holder
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2002-01-03 by mishon66@aol.com
In a message dated 1/2/02 9:51:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, timsullivan@mac.com writes:
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2002-01-02 by Tim Sullivan
Lithiums last for 3-5years If your troubling with a new battery holder, make it a lithium holder type tim
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2002-01-02 by paostbyaol
I bought this keyboard in about 1993 or so. I finally looked at the battery because it STILL reads 141 in the diagnostics (PRESETS+COMPARE). Other postings
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2002-01-02 by tim
I would be able to help if you still havnt heard from anyone else
email me privately
tim
on 12/31/01 6:58 PM, Brthr52 at brthr52@yahoo.com wrote:
My VFXsd
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2002-01-01 by Classiccom@aol.com
Hi, Do you still have your dead VFX?. I have a VFX without the floppy option. THanks, Mike
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2001-12-31 by Brthr52
My VFXsd has been long dead, but I recently came across my old sequences. They re quite amature but they hold sentimental value and I would love to have a
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2001-12-25 by Nathan I Smutz
Hi, I should have mentioned this a long time ago. Someone mentioned that his or her VFX wasn t generating very high velosity for Cakewalk. The first person
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2001-12-19 by Nello Pernice
... Da: Massimo Pichini [mailto:massimo@webbridges.it] Inviato: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:43 AM A: massimo@webbridges.it Oggetto: Fw: proviamo a salvare
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2001-12-15 by teomi@cs.com
Hi there. After a long long (long) period of more than 2 months, I am proud to announce the launchiung of our new web site: handheldsound.com This web site is
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2001-12-13 by Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
I can t offer an explanation. However, I can say that mine works fine, talking to either my PC or to my Mac. Geren W. Mortensen, Jr. Columbia, Maryland, USA
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2001-12-12 by zappedguy
Nathan, you are right. The touch is completely different when attempting to use the VFX to drive the computer synth. I ve had my VFX for years and have come to
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2001-12-12 by Nathan Smutz
Are you aware of the soundlib collection (over a thousand patches, I believe)in the file section of our egroup s page? Nathan --
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2001-12-12 by tuneful4@usfamily.net
Hi all, the post requesting authentic old keyboard sounds really resonates with me. Of the three categories he mentions, I think the Wurlie is the hardest to
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2001-12-11 by Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
Steve, I ll be glad to send you everything I ve got. I ll zip them up in the next day or two and get them out to you. I ve got a lot of stuff in sysex
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2001-12-11 by stax2000uk
Hello All I am now an Ensoniq owner and looking for some authentic Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Hammond sounds. I will be happy to supply all of the sounds I
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2001-12-11 by Nathan I Smutz
Howdy, Actually, I think you can set different velocity curves for different envelopes within a patch. However, I think he s saying that somthing is different
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2001-12-10 by Suzanne Archibald
... Can t comment here, my SD1 s transpose functions works as its supposed to, on external modules. So something is wrong with your VFX, or you re using the
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2001-12-10 by svenburen
Hi, my problems are slightly related to zappedguy s in the previous message. When I connect my VFX-SD (as a controller keyboard and as one of more midi sound
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2001-12-09 by Suzanne Archibald
... Yes, there is a simple solution :) Practice! Honestly, the Ensoniq s have fairly hard velocity curves, even the soft 1 curve is relatively heavy
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2001-12-09 by zappedguy
Have any of you ever connected your VFX to a PC and tried to use it with Cakewalk? When I tried it, I found that the touch sensitivity was way off. I had to
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2001-12-07 by terry kelling
Brent Lyman wrote: Terry, That would be terrific! My address is Brent Lyman 161 Austin Dr #161 Burlington, Vt 05401 Let me know if I can
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