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Thanks Brian for that detail, so I won't waste my time on anything that really can't be done !

Instead, it look like I will be working on getting the studio PC running this weekend, or at least after I get a few midi cables run to the midi switch and interface......

Bob
El Segundo, CA



-----Original Message-----
>From: "Rost, Brian" <rost@...>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2006 11:22 AM
>To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [AN1x] Digest Number 1769
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>"Bob S." wrote:
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>> 	I just got a CS6x with a PLG150AN board and I am a 
>> little peturbed I can not access many parameters including 
>> arps without a PC (I am just re-setting up my studio and 
>> don't have the PC setup yet). Has anyone tried using somthing 
>> like a Peavey 1600x fader unit, programmed to access the 
>> parameters not accessible from the front panel?
>
>The simple answer is you can't do what you want.  
>
>Even if you program up a voice that assigns a CC to every slot in the
>control matrix and use the hardwired CCs (like 71 and 74 for the filter)
>you still can't get at everything on the PLG card with a control surface
>like the Peavey. For example you can't select VCO and LFO waveforms or
>arp patterns, never mind program the Free EG or step sequencer. 
>
>The final blow to using a control surface is that the changes are all
>real time and cannot be saved! I use a Motif ES not a CS6x but what I
>can reach through the control matrix is the same stuff I can already
>access through the Motif/PLG programming interface "offsets". At least
>when I program from the Motif I can save my edits!!!
>
>BTW I am not trying to apologize for Yamaha, this to me is a BIG problem
>with the PLG boards. If I had direct access to all parameters from the
>Motif (OK, I'd be willing to give up the step sequencer, free EG and the
>arpeggiator) I'd be in heaven but that will never be the case. It's
>obvious that the designers expected most users to control the boards
>through software.
>
>Bob, your best bet is to get your PC up and running ASAP. I went to the
>extreme of buying a cheap laptop which is dedicated 100% to running the
>PLG and Motif voice editors. 
>
>--
>                                                   Brian Rost
>                                                  Stargen, Inc.
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