Genos midi files
Frankly, I don’t really care whether I sound like Junior (doubtful) or not, so much as engaging with the music and having fun within the moment. Production talk aside, what’s it like to play? I can’t express the absolute joy it is to play the FunkAltoSax voice. Here’s the finished Genos demo: “What Does It Take” (MP4/AAC). After a few false starts, I played the tune through - for better or for worse. Recording-wise, I jumped into Audio Quick Record, enabled recording, set a level, and tapped the play button. Maybe the mix would sound better with a mid-range scoop and a slight high/low boost? Overall, the track sounds more finished (studio-like) with the master compressor ON. I left the master compressor ON (Natural preset) since it gave the mix more body. I A/B tested the mix with the compressor ON and OFF. The Real Room reverb sounds better than the legacy Room reverb algorithm. Like the rest of the mix, I didn’t do any tweaking and tweezing with the drum kit. (See Genos hi-hat happiness for more info about differences and potential issues.) This demo shows what Revo can do for a plain vanilla MIDI drum track.
I didn’t need to remap any of the low MIDI notes due to a sound compatibility issue. The VintageOpenKit is a Revo drum kit with wave cycling.
The active finger bass, C7 and vintage open drum kit are all new to Genos. PopHornsSwell is OK maybe I could have done better. I tried not to over-think the remix, choosing voices fast without a lot of A/B comparison. Here is a table summarizing the S950 setup and the Genos setup: I found it very easy to fly around the Mixer making changes. Just commit the set-up as it is when you tap Save. Yamaha, why-oh-why did you keep this skunky workflow? So many people get frustrated by this unnecessary execute step. I totally forgot about this aspect of the Yamaha UI because I usually prepare MIDI files in SONAR and do not mix on the arranger itself. If you don’t execute, Genos does not change the existing Mixer settings (including new voices) when you save. The other usage snafu is remembering to tap the multi recording Setup icon and to “execute” the set-up (Chapter 5, page 73). Maybe I did something wrong, but MIDI Multi Recording clears the song data when you first enter MIDI Multi Recording, as Genos assumes you’re creating a new song. Even if you have the MIDI song in the Genos Song Player, you must explicitly import the MIDI song into MIDI Multi Recording. Song Creator is subsumed into MIDI Multi Recording (Reference Manual, Chapter 5). Getting the Genos to apply and save the new voices, effects, levels, etc.Figuring out where the S950 “Song Creator” went, and.Now, instead of SONAR, I copied the S950 MIDI file to the Genos and revoiced/remixed it on the Genos alone.
for the PSR-S950 and produced a mix without the (usually) awful melody part. Previously, working in SONAR, I selected new voices, etc. It started life as a MIDI file purchased from Yamaha Musicsoft. That’s why he’s Junior Walker and I’m me. It’s a fun tune to play although I still have difficulty with them triplets. All three are Super Articulation 2 voices designed for solo lines.įor alto sax, what could be a better test than Junior Walker’s “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)” although Junior knocked this one out on tenor. I was anxious to try the new Yamaha Genos™ FunkAltoSax and FunkBaritoneSax voices as well as the JazzFlute. Now that I’ve gotten past the busy Christmas season, it’s time for a quick Genos demo.