Midi Problem

[kodacolor]

My Yamaha DGX 520 has the ability to make midis.  I've been saving my songs to a USB drive.  When I play my songs on the computer they sound horrible and nothing like the way it sounded on the board (except the melody and bass line, sometimes). 

How can I make is so that the way I heard it on the computer is the way I heard it on the board? 

[csedwards2]

My Yamaha DGX 520 has the ability to make midis.  I've been saving my songs to a USB drive.  When I play my songs on the computer they sound horrible and nothing like the way it sounded on the board (except the melody and bass line, sometimes). 

How can I make is so that the way I heard it on the computer is the way I heard it on the board? 

sounds like you probably recorded it using Yamaha presets rather than the actual General Midi Sound Bank. In order for your song to reasonably sound the same wherever, you have to use the same sounds wherever you're going to play it, understands. So if you wer going to play it on another DGX 520, it would be ok because they share the exact same set of sounds. The computer and anyt other instrument will not have that particular set, that why Gen Midi was created so if you use the set, it is universally accepted as long as where you're playing it has midi, you'll be fine.

[kodacolor]

sounds like you probably recorded it using Yamaha presets rather than the actual General Midi Sound Bank. In order for your song to reasonably sound the same wherever, you have to use the same sounds wherever you're going to play it, understands. So if you wer going to play it on another DGX 520, it would be ok because they share the exact same set of sounds. The computer and anyt other instrument will not have that particular set, that why Gen Midi was created so if you use the set, it is universally accepted as long as where you're playing it has midi, you'll be fine.

So the General Midi Sound Bank comes with the computer?  It's what allows you to play the midis in Windows Media Player?

[csedwards2]

So the General Midi Sound Bank comes with the computer?  It's what allows you to play the midis in Windows Media Player?

yup. it might be under midi mapper or if you have a decent sound card, you might have a few different ones. If your midi is on on the computer (not muted) it should play automatically. Thats what you've been hearing already.

[chevonee]

Maybe I don't have the right sound card or something because I cant get my midi files to play at all on my computer. My MO8 came with Cubase

[kodacolor]

yup. it might be under midi mapper or if you have a decent sound card, you might have a few different ones. If your midi is on on the computer (not muted) it should play automatically. Thats what you've been hearing already.

Thanks for your help.

[csedwards2]

Maybe I don't have the right sound card or something because I cant get my midi files to play at all on my computer. My MO8 came with Cubase

every sound card that is indeed a sound card has it. Go into volume controls and do all the advanced settings/properties and see if your midi is on mute.

If it is unmuted and you still dont hear anything, then go to control panel and look at the sound properties. Look for your midi tab or something to that effect and see what is selected as your outputsource for midi. If nothing, select something. You have a pretty decent sound card if you have more selections than just midi mapper. But midi mapper will get the job done, dont get it twisted.

Then try again.

Theres also settings in cubase, but the settings you want to work on right now is for the whole computer, not just one program.

[B3Wannabe]

I bet csedwards' first instinct was correct: you're not recording using the general midi bank. I know, sometimes, the general midi sounds suck big time--especially on the lower model boards.