RE: [sgroup] W-30 Questions

Hi, Damian. I'm not the most experienced sampler or sequencer user here so I'm sure others will join in, but are you able to save the sequences in the W-30 onto floppy disk? Didn't the W-30 have a floppy disk drive? If you can save them onto a DOS-formatted disk drive in the standard MIDI format (*.mid) you're all set, but I realize that's a huge 'if.' Someone on our list wrote a program that allowed PM users to read and write Roland-formatted floppies, although I don't think it allowed transferring files from DOS format to Roland format. If you can save to floppy I'd be surprised if there isn't some way to transfer your sequences to *.mid format. Failing that, how complex are you sequences? How many MIDI channels, how many instruments, song patterns, verses, choruses, etc.? I've never tried moving from one sequencer to another by hooking the first sequencer's MIDI OUT to the second sequencer's MIDI IN and the playing on the first while recording on the second. I imagine modern sequencers can record on more than one MIDI channel at a time but I really don't know. Have you tried transferring your sequences this way? I had all my old sequences in Dr. T's Keyboard Controlled Sequencer (KCS) on the Atari ST computer but fortunately you can DOS format those floppies and then save sequences to *.mid format, which any modern sequencer will read, so I was able to transfer all my old sequences over, but of course there's a big difference between something in software on an Atari and something in a hardware sequencer. I'm sure I haven't helped - just more questions - but at least we'll get some more detail on what you've tried and what hasn't worked. Jesse From: "Damian" <2kilan(a)cox.net> To: <jsegovia(a)mindspring.com> Cc: <sgroup(a)sgroup.ca> Date: 08/07/2009 10:56 PM Subject: RE: [sgroup] W-30 Questions Thank you for responding Jesse. I am a bit of a newb when it comes to the W-30. I would like some info or steps on hooking up the W-30 to an external sequencer so I can record the Mididata to a pc from the W-30 - then trigger the sounds on playback of that captured data on the W-30 using it’s sounds. These are the things I have: Cakewalk UM-2G USB midi interface. Sonar 8 Creative X-fi Audio card. If you or anyone can put me in the right direction on details on how this can be achieved that would be great. I have been experimenting with settings but with minimal luck so far. Cheers! Damian. From: jsegovia(a)mindspring.com [mailto:jsegovia@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 7:38 PM To: Damian Cc: sgroup(a)sgroup.ca Subject: Re: [sgroup] W-30 Questions We've had W-30 questions here before. I don't personally have one but fire away with the questions. Jesse From: "Damian" <2kilan(a)cox.net> To: <sgroup(a)sgroup.ca> Date: 08/07/2009 10:31 PM Subject: [sgroup] W-30 Questions Sent by: sgroup-bounces+jsegovia=mindspring.com(a)sgroup.ca Hi there, Can anyone help me out with some info on the W-30 or have i joined the wrong group? If I am in the wrong place does anyone know of a good W-30 group I might be able to get some info please? Cheers! Damian. _______________________________________________ Sent by the sgroup mailing list sgroup(a)sgroup.ca For subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.sgroup.ca/mailman/listinfo/sgroup See http://www.generalconcepts.com/sgroup/ for more information.