Yamaha PSR 2100 & Cakewalk
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 2:57 pm
I've had Cakwalk Home Studio 5 for a long time, connected to a Yamaha PSR 520 and a slow Windows 95 computer and it has worked fine – except that sometimes it plays back through the keyboard using all the wrong voices, which I have to juggle to put right. The reason is, I think, I can't identify the PSR 520 in the instruments list.
Now I've just bought the Yamaha PSR 2100 and I'm going to connect it to my new 2GHz P4 512 MB RAM (etc) computer and I'm thinking of installing Cakewalk Home Studio 2004.
1. Should I use Midi connections, or the USB facility? I think my USB computer sockets are still the 1.1 variety, not the newer 2.0 – I'm not a computer boffin – so would I have to upgrade if I use the USB connection?
2. Should I go for the Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 software, or something else. Bear in mind that I can only operate at a certain level – I'm not a natural musician, either – wish I was(!) –– but I found I could handle things in Cakewalk 5 very nicely, keeping things simple.
What I want to do is identify the PSR 2100 in the Cakewalk program so that whatever voices are played on the keyboard, the same voices will be reproduced on playback.
What I'm partly trying to achieve is a balanced 'layering' of voices to get an orchestral effect, or different kinds of band sounds.
Any suggestions will be warmly welcomed.
Bill
Now I've just bought the Yamaha PSR 2100 and I'm going to connect it to my new 2GHz P4 512 MB RAM (etc) computer and I'm thinking of installing Cakewalk Home Studio 2004.
1. Should I use Midi connections, or the USB facility? I think my USB computer sockets are still the 1.1 variety, not the newer 2.0 – I'm not a computer boffin – so would I have to upgrade if I use the USB connection?
2. Should I go for the Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 software, or something else. Bear in mind that I can only operate at a certain level – I'm not a natural musician, either – wish I was(!) –– but I found I could handle things in Cakewalk 5 very nicely, keeping things simple.
What I want to do is identify the PSR 2100 in the Cakewalk program so that whatever voices are played on the keyboard, the same voices will be reproduced on playback.
What I'm partly trying to achieve is a balanced 'layering' of voices to get an orchestral effect, or different kinds of band sounds.
Any suggestions will be warmly welcomed.
Bill