Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi!

I've had my VFX-SD for over 10 years now. I am having trouble getting 
the MIDI out to work. I have a $200 Yamaha keyboard that I can plug 
into my external sound card (a Tascam US-224) and it works without 
any setup.

I have tried setting up the Ensoniq to do the same, but I can't get 
it to work.

Does anyone have a simple step-by-step process to getting it to work 
this way? I am using FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and I want the Ensoniq 
to simply play a software synth on the computer.

Thanks in advance!

Scott

Any body out there know where I can find a MTS-1000
Middizer Tape sync unit?


--- smczech <smczech@...> wrote:

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Hi!

I've had my VFX-SD for over 10 years now. I am having
trouble getting 
the MIDI out to work. I have a $200 Yamaha keyboard
that I can plug 
into my external sound card (a Tascam US-224) and it
works without 
any setup.

I have tried setting up the Ensoniq to do the same,
but I can't get 
it to work.

Does anyone have a simple step-by-step process to
getting it to work 
this way? I am using FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and I
want the Ensoniq 
to simply play a software synth on the computer.

Thanks in advance!

Scott


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Explain in more detail what you want to do, control the yamaha from 
the  VFX? Or control from computer? I can help with the first one 
anyway.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Lewis <mlewis001@a...> 
wrote:

> Any body out there know where I can find a MTS-1000
> Middizer Tape sync unit?
> 
> 
> --- smczech <smczech@y...> wrote:
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Hi!
> 
> I've had my VFX-SD for over 10 years now. I am having
> trouble getting 
> the MIDI out to work. I have a $200 Yamaha keyboard
> that I can plug 
> into my external sound card (a Tascam US-224) and it
> works without 
> any setup.
> 
> I have tried setting up the Ensoniq to do the same,
> but I can't get 
> it to work.
> 
> Does anyone have a simple step-by-step process to
> getting it to work 
> this way? I am using FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and I
> want the Ensoniq 
> to simply play a software synth on the computer.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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I want to control the computer from the VFX. I want to record the 
MIDI data in Cakewalk or FL Studio. I have MIDI In/Out activity 
lights on my sound card and when the VFX is on, it is very unusual - 
when I push a key on the VFX, it will blink once, then blink a 
several times for about a minute. I would assume it is only supposed 
to blink once for every key press and then stop. Either way, there is 
no sound being generated in either program on the computer.

I mentioned the Yamaha because I can hook that up the same way and it 
works without any setup. Maybe because the Yamaha is General MIDI and 
the VFX isn't?

Thanks!
Scott 

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "bobratica1020" 
<bobratica1020@y...> wrote:
> Explain in more detail what you want to do, control the yamaha from 
> the  VFX? Or control from computer? I can help with the first one 
> anyway.
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Lewis 
<mlewis001@a...> 

> wrote:
> > Any body out there know where I can find a MTS-1000
> > Middizer Tape sync unit?
> > 
> > 
> > --- smczech <smczech@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > ---------------------------------
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I've had my VFX-SD for over 10 years now. I am having
> > trouble getting 
> > the MIDI out to work. I have a $200 Yamaha keyboard
> > that I can plug 
> > into my external sound card (a Tascam US-224) and it
> > works without 
> > any setup.
> > 
> > I have tried setting up the Ensoniq to do the same,
> > but I can't get 
> > it to work.
> > 
> > Does anyone have a simple step-by-step process to
> > getting it to work 
> > this way? I am using FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and I
> > want the Ensoniq 
> > to simply play a software synth on the computer.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> > 
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Hi,

If I understand your question, you want Cakewalk to control the VFX, 
and use it like a sound generator.

If thats what you want to do heres how:-

Go to Midi master control section (button to the right of "storage")
and set the receive to MULTI

Then go to the sequencer and make a sequence. Set each track to MIDI 
by choosing a track, insert a patch with "replace program", then 
press the MIDI button and scroll thru the patch and setup each track 
to receive on a different channel, also set each track to MIDI 
(default is LOCAL)

As for using the VFX to send keyboard information to the computer, 
set your send channel to match the receive channel on the track in 
Cakewalk that you want to record.


Hope it helps

BTW, I need OS disks for both the VFX-SD and the SD-1 If anybody has 
them, could u please contact me 

Thanks
Rich

-- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "smczech" <smczech@y...> wrote:
> I want to control the computer from the VFX. I want to record the 
> MIDI data in Cakewalk or FL Studio. I have MIDI In/Out activity 
> lights on my sound card and when the VFX is on, it is very 
unusual - 
> when I push a key on the VFX, it will blink once, then blink a 
> several times for about a minute. I would assume it is only 
supposed 
> to blink once for every key press and then stop. Either way, there 
is 
> no sound being generated in either program on the computer.
> 
> I mentioned the Yamaha because I can hook that up the same way and 
it 
> works without any setup. Maybe because the Yamaha is General MIDI 
and 
> the VFX isn't?
> 
> Thanks!
> Scott 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "bobratica1020" 
> <bobratica1020@y...> wrote:
> > Explain in more detail what you want to do, control the yamaha 
from 
> > the  VFX? Or control from computer? I can help with the first 
one 

> > anyway.
> > 
> > --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Lewis 
> <mlewis001@a...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Any body out there know where I can find a MTS-1000
> > > Middizer Tape sync unit?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- smczech <smczech@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > I've had my VFX-SD for over 10 years now. I am having
> > > trouble getting 
> > > the MIDI out to work. I have a $200 Yamaha keyboard
> > > that I can plug 
> > > into my external sound card (a Tascam US-224) and it
> > > works without 
> > > any setup.
> > > 
> > > I have tried setting up the Ensoniq to do the same,
> > > but I can't get 
> > > it to work.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have a simple step-by-step process to
> > > getting it to work 
> > > this way? I am using FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and I
> > > want the Ensoniq 
> > > to simply play a software synth on the computer.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > 
> > > Scott
> > > 
> > > 
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Around twelve or thirteen years ago, a MIDI incompatibility 
concerning the VFX-SD presented itself.

I've had the VFX-SD forever.  In fact, it was the first synth my 
father bought me when I was young (maybe that's one reason why I 
love it so much).  My father also bought me a Yamaha KX5 midi 
controller (Key-tar).  = )  NO MATTER WHAT I DID, when I connected 
the KX5 directly to the VFX-SD, the VFX-SD would not recognize the 
MIDI info comming from the KX5.  If I connected any other keyboards 
inbetween them in a chain, however, everything worked perfectly.

After a trip to my local musical instrument retailer where they 
connected my VFX-SD and KX5 to the Yamaha CS-10 Music Computer (I 
think that was its designation) the sales person diagnosed the 
problem as:  "Ensoniq has found a way to make MIDI in-compatible."

My parents and I left having purchased a solution that I'm sure is 
no longer available: "The Pocket Filter."  It's a small black box 
with a MIDI in on one end, a MIDI out on the other, and a bunch of 
little dip switches on the front.  It cured the problem but cost my 
parents around $75, I think.

Anyway, I thought this info may be helpful even though the situation 
is quite different.  You may try connecting the VFX-SD to the Yamaha 
keyboard that you know it will communicate with and then running 
another cable from the MIDI thru of the Yamaha to your computer.

I hope that I've been of some help.  = )

God Bless,

Ben

device was possibly a MIDIMAN midi filter
and you most likely filtered out some part of the midi stream

personally ive never seen any midi issues with my VFX _SD

On Apr 12, 2004, at 10:17 AM, bsmithut wrote:

> Around twelve or thirteen years ago, a MIDI incompatibility
> concerning the VFX-SD presented itself.
>
> I've had the VFX-SD forever.  In fact, it was the first synth my
> father bought me when I was young (maybe that's one reason why I
> love it so much).  My father also bought me a Yamaha KX5 midi
> controller (Key-tar).  = )  NO MATTER WHAT I DID, when I connected
> the KX5 directly to the VFX-SD, the VFX-SD would not recognize the
> MIDI info comming from the KX5.  If I connected any other keyboards
> inbetween them in a chain, however, everything worked perfectly.
>
> After a trip to my local musical instrument retailer where they
> connected my VFX-SD and KX5 to the Yamaha CS-10 Music Computer (I
> think that was its designation) the sales person diagnosed the
> problem as:  "Ensoniq has found a way to make MIDI in-compatible."
>
> My parents and I left having purchased a solution that I'm sure is
> no longer available: "The Pocket Filter."  It's a small black box
> with a MIDI in on one end, a MIDI out on the other, and a bunch of
> little dip switches on the front.  It cured the problem but cost my
> parents around $75, I think.
>
> Anyway, I thought this info may be helpful even though the situation
> is quite different.  You may try connecting the VFX-SD to the Yamaha
> keyboard that you know it will communicate with and then running
> another cable from the MIDI thru of the Yamaha to your computer.
>
> I hope that I've been of some help.  = )
>
> God Bless,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
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