Estevez

Well in my previous trials I was only getting short recording and then it would overlap. After reading your post I sat down to try again and somehow...it would let me record as long as I pleased ;-) Strange world ...anyway yesterday I was playing with my G1 (7th day) and suddenly it all made sense - architecture of the synth as a whole, structure of zones, effects, phrase seq. etc. and it was like eye-opening moment...I am very pleased. Thanks for all the help !

As to Sol1 & Sol2 I have found this on xwsynth page: - Don’t get confused by the names “Solo1 and Solo2″, they simply mean that these are monophonic tracks that can only play or trigger one note at at time. The Solo1 track can be used to play a “Solo Synth” tone instead of one of the regular PCM tones. We’ll teach you that trick in an upcoming post.

Gary - thanks for suggestions. So I have read all the FAQs again and: - no answer to my first question. Found something on Harmony Central though where Mike Martin indicated that XW can play one Performance/Hex/Draw only at the time (so whatever goes on channel 1); - no answer as to what can be put in Sol2 in step sequencer - when I tried yesterday it was possible to chose different sound than performance but did not have much time to see how does this work with DAW - most likely it cannot be another performance sound due to limitation in question 1; - no answer if Phrase Sequencer sequence can be made longer or extended. Manual says that it is limited to 192kb so I assume it cannot be longer than whatever fits 16 steps in step seq.

Hey guys, I have couple of questions and hoping you can help me: I am able to record step sequencer into DAW (Cakewalk in this instance) on Ch. 10 via MIDI together with one Performance on Ch.1 and XW plays it back perfectly. Now my question is what else can can I record via MIDI into DAW that XW will be able to play back simultaneously? Can I record via MIDI in DAW more than step sequencer + one Performance ? Can I e.g. add additional MIDI track in DAW with Tone sound or another performance and will XW be able to pull it? How to achieve this? Is the 64 polyphony of XW what limits this? Also with regards to Step Sequencer - I can place Performance sound in Solo1 but what can be placed in Solo2? What channel should be used for Sol2 ? Phrase sequencer - it seems I am limited to record quite a short phrase. Is it limited to current tempo and 16 steps of sequencer and after that it loops? Thanks.

I got mine this week and so glad Mike Martin made those videos and that there is so much support online. Moving from Yamaha it is like heaven and hell. When you ask some noob considered question on Yamaha forums you will never get a reply. It is like their noses are 3 x higher than their keyboards lol

Casio DM-100 - late 80s. After playing it for a while in a true disco style I put it aside. Couple years later when I changed completely music styles it came back to life thanks to sampling abilities - it was even able to play samples in reverse (G1 cannot do it almost 30 years later ;-) Here is a small sample what it was capable of... Edit: you will not believe it, but the guy I was buying G1 from had Casio DM-100 in a pristine condition - does it mean I will have so much with G1 too ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkaLZRoLaM

OK got it - I was convinced I have to chose Solo from within sequencer but I simply press Performance and chose sound from there. Only by doing this it switches sequencer to default one that is assigned for particular performance so I have to then find my sequence and voila !

Sound from around 1:31 (it is also played earlier) - how did you achieve this ? Is this a sample ? I am on my day 3 with G1 :-)

Can arpeggio be used in step sequencer ? I was trying but I was only getting one single tone in the beginning of the sequence...

So does this mean that I need to have Solo Synth chosen and "live" on keyboard before I start working on a step sequencer ? Or can I chose the solo sound later when in sequencer already ? I was trying the latter but no luck.

wow you guys are quick - much appreciated !

I am thinking of buying XW-G1 and watched lots of videos etc. but could not find answers to the following questions: 1. I know you can sample up to 19 seconds into G1 but does this mean that it takes only one sample up to 19 seconds or there can be several samples 19 seconds each? 2. If answer to 1 is yes, then can more than one sample be played at the same time (or used at the same time) ? 3. Can samples be manipulated ? I know you can chose to play only part of the sample but can you e.g. reverse the sample or add effects to sample ? Thanks a lot !!!