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XW-WCM (With Coherent Manual)
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Something like that ...
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Thank you guys for your support on this one! I just absolutely don't get it, why is it such a problem for a big company like Casio to invest let's say $50K in creating a clearly written manual?! Don't they have a product research / market research department? Of course they do! Now, go to Musician's Friend website -- there is only one user review which also mentions that "the manual is very VERY VERY confusing!" -- not exactly a selling point. Right? And if I would write a review, I would write the same.
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Far from mastering -- my first attempt.
AndreiR replied to AndreiR's topic in General XW Series Discussion
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I'm far from mastering my XW-G1, and I'm not a keyboard musician. Just cooked something here and wanted to share with you. All done in step sequencing, with addition of a few notes added during "performance/recording" into two channels of Reaper, with TASCAM US-1641 interface: Hephaestus's little tricks Warning! Very dark
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Alright, I got it. But please correct me if I'm wrong. So in the Perform mode, one shouldn't use Tone to select an instrument -- it will render in ungodly loud sound, and it might heart your ears! Instead one has to use Up or Down arrows to choose a Zone, and then go to Edit menu and in the Zone Param > Ent, change an instrument for soloing, and choose Volume for that instrument. Is that right?
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Thank you Happyrat1 for your reply! As you suggested, I saved my sequence as a performance. Now I go through the instruments for soloing and they all sound just MUCH MUCH louder than the sequenced background I created. Every new instrument has to be adjusted volume-wise. And why should it be such big difference between those in the first place? Something obviously not right here.
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Hi everybody! I created tracks with step sequencer as would-be a background. Now I'm trying to play solo "on the fly" with this background. I press TONE to choose different instruments for soloing, and all instruments sound MUCH louder than my background. All my sequencer tracks' volume are at or around 100%. What do I do wrong? How do I achieve balance? It's XW-G1. Thank you for your help!
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Interesting perspective. Although if one remembers any pieces of music gear, they all start with some great music made with those, and then somebody would ask: so what amp did J.Hx use for his amazing tone?! and so on. So far I haven't heard any "good" music done with XW. Oh well, there are lots of dancing fluff on Youtube... And of course this is not a fault of the XWs themselves -- they are fine pieces of electronic engineering, to say the least. I agree, Patrick Arend .. "The xw-p1 is worthy", so Let's hope for the future.
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Go ahead, David, create sounds! And then share with us what you came up with.
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Thank you, Brad! Your version of the phrase sounds fine. Probably I don't understand something about XW's step-sequencing, i.e. -- I actually play in real time, and the machine quantized the notes on the fly. I just don't know if there is another method here to record, besides a phrase sequencer or a sample looper, which I don't know how to insert into the pattern. About the "tie" function -- thank you for explanation. I should play with it more, but I think I already did with the same unpredictable result. Of course, being sloppy, I can say, it's O.K. , nobody'll notice some minute things, but again, why not do it how I want to. If I can.
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I don't really understand why tempo should be slower .... but here is a recording, Brad, as you proposed - 60bpm. First two - played, second two -- recorded (sorry for some off-beat playing)). P.S. One thing I notticed, when I switched from 120bpm. to 60bpm., the whole phrase fitted on one line (1-8), as opposed to two lines (1-16). XW-G1_test_02.mp3
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I did firmware update to my XW-G1. It's 1.10 Some short, and some are actually longer. Tempo is 120
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Here is an MP3 file playing one phrase twice -- first is by me playing, and the second - already recorded. It was recorded in step sequencer, with all setting as above: bass: max step : 16 step size: 1/4 note length: 100% step edit: tie Mixer: Tone : P:135, Perc. Organ. Thank you for your help! XW-G1_test_01.mp3
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Thank you, Mike! I'll try to post something. Not much to show yet, in terms of finished work. But whenever you have time -- this is not urgent. Have a good time in Japan!
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Thanks, Gary! I guess, the picture makes it look bigger than in life. My wife and I play together and we think of ourselves as a core of a future group. And we also jam sometimes with our more serious and "professional" friends-musicians.
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Yes, I am recoding it in Step Edit mode. I followed a very helpful video tutorial on Step Sequencing -- thank you, by the way, for making that video! .
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Mike Martin, thank you for your reply! the sequencer pattern is looping - yes. step seq bass: max step : 16 step size: 1/4 note length: 100% step edit: tie Mixer: Tone : P:135, Perc. Organ. Now, during recording it plays fine with notes sounding as long as I hold the keys, then when it plays back -- some notes sound choppy, cut-off, short ... Thank you for your help!
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Notes still sound chopped off in a random order, when I play the phrase back. I have to pinpoint individual notes, then they sound fine. Mystery.
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Blue grass is great, Brad! A friend of mine plays banjo and a violin, so we jam sometimes with me on my acoustic guitar. A own a little banjo -- one of those with enclosed wooden back, four-string, but I can't say I play it... I wish.
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Great to see your music-making setups. I would comment, but I know nothing about it. So please forgive my not-saying anything. Although it looks great! Here is an actual picture of my/our setup. Not much, but we can make lots of noise with it )) :
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Hooray! Jared, I just found and watched your video on Youtube : Very helpful stuff! I got connected and I got the sound! Although some MIDI related setting in XW are still cryptic, with time I hope to figure things out. Thank you for your help! Video rules! P.S. Just to be thorough -- here is another video on the topic:
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Thank you, Jared Beaney! I set 'USBOutSel' to KEY.
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Thanks Jared Beaney for your reply! I am aware that one can't connect iPad and a computer to XW at the same time. I just mentioned that I connected my computer without problem -- Windows started loading and installing needed drivers ans so on. But when I connected my iPad to my XW-G1 (I followed all steps in the manual), nothing happened (And what exactly should happen?). I also didn't find any controls in iPad that would suggest connection to a device.