Re: Cakewalk Home Studio 2002...Why can I only record General Midi sounds from my Alesis QS6.1??? Help! Very frustrated...

: I'm having the same problem. I've got Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and a Roland XV2020 synth module. All that seems to respond is the general midi. There's got to be a way to access the 512 other midi sounds in that module?!
: If you find an answer let me know, and I'll do likewise

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: : Here is my set-up:

: : XP
: : Cakewalk Home Studio 2002
: : 1.6 Pentium 4
: : 256 ram
: : Midiman Uno (USB)
: : SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio Sound (Dell)

: : I have tried for one month to record ANY sounds from my Alesis QS6.1 other than the General Midi sounds and I cannot do it! I have read the manuals for my keyboard AND Cakewalk, searched the Internet, and tried every conceivable configuration to no avail...Someone please help me...soon.

: : Thanks,

: : JD

I have an Alesis QSR, and I had the same problem. First, you need the instrument definitions for your particular synth installed into Cakewalk, and secondly, you need to make sure that Cakewalk is set up to receive and send signals to your synth.
My particular set up is that I use the Alesis serial port driver, and the serial port cable that I bought from a music store. The serial port cable is connected to the serial port on both my QSR and my PC. In my sound configuration in Windows, the serial port is setup for MIDI. When I run Cakewalk, I have Cakewalk setup to send and receive signals from the serial port, and I have the Alesis set up for serial I/O.

I'm not sure what you're using, so it's difficult for me to give you any specific advice.

I might add that you can access the sound banks in an Alesis keyboard if you have the correct instrument definitions installed.

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