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One of my favorites. His use of space is outstanding, and then when he comes in full force… Mesmerizing. I wish I'd seen him live but there was never an opportunity.

I quite like the YC series, I’ve got both a 61 and a 73. They are indeed very close to being great. - the Clavs are a disappointment. They need to be updated. My Nord Electro 1 sounds better. - the DX engine should be “opened” to loading DX sysex. - give us a part of the unused RAM for loading user samples, Nord style. I usually need to add one-shot samples and effects at gigs, and need to bring another synth basically just for this. - advanced user mode where we can split the internal parts and MOST IMPORTANTLY assign low/high key range. The external zones do this and it’s a great feature. I want to be able to set the internal sounds to any key range and any transpose. - more banks..! Instead of 20, give us 100 banks of 8 sounds. Or 200..!

Check out the Lab4Music Sipario. 👍👍👍

I was about to convert their “Rain Piano” (I bought it really cheap) but then I found the Dexibell upright and it did what I needed so I never got around to converting. I did a couple of one-shot samples with Polyphone and it worked out great.

Oh, yes, regarding soundfonts, Swedish company Sampletekk have a bunch of great sf pianos. Some of them are the ones used in the Nord models… They have a 90% sale right now.

I have an S9, I downloaded the platinum Yamaha samples and have used it on a rather big tour where I played 100% piano. It sounds great to me - I even got compliments from the sound guy on my piano sounds. I know him, he’s very good and demanding…

Thanks! I've emailed him. I'm pretty sure I've found a very unusual way to do something incorrectly.

Yes, but when I add the on command it doesn’t work, in one try “on” gave me the cc for on - and the sysex for on… 😅 If I clear the MSE totally or bypass it I can see the correct sysex messages coming from the YC.

if I run a skinnyed down script consisting of two sysex strings converted to to cc commands, I get the following in my midi monitor; “F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 01 F7” converted to CC 31 (value 127) gives me CC31 (127). Works as expected. however, “F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 00 F7” converted to CC31 (value 0) gives me the sysex string. Not conversion from sysex -> CC. I’ve cleared the MEP totally and reloaded five times, the same result. I don’t understand why it converts one of the strings but not the other. The only difference is in “00” or “01” before F7.

@Al Quinn I’ll try ch 10..! Notes like that are usually there for a reason. Looking in my midi monitor, I can see that the cc for c/v is sent twice when I press the YC switch. It seems value 0=on and 127=off, and somehow my command triggers 0(on) the first time and 0(on) + 127(off) the second time I hit the switch. I’ll try to redo the whole programming from scratch tonight… When I program, is it possible to edit the rendered file from the programmer (for instance change midi channel) or do I need to redo the whole shebang? The editor is on a pc and everything else on a Mac, so I can’t copy/paste…

Thanks! Here's what I've got going on; F0 00 00 50 29 00 F7 { Clear All Settings - allow all MIDI events not specified below to pass through unchanged } F0 00 00 50 29 02 00 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 00 F7 B0 1F 00 { Setting #1: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 00 F7 to Control Change #31 of value 0 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 01 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 01 F7 B0 1F 7F { Setting #2: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 01 F7 to Control Change #31 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 02 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 01 F7 B0 42 7F { Setting #3: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 01 F7 to Control Change #66 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 03 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 00 F7 B0 42 00 { Setting #4: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 00 F7 to Control Change #66 of value 0 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 04 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 00 15 F7 B0 58 7F { Setting #5: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 00 15 F7 to Control Change #88 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 05 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 15 01 F7 B0 58 7F { Setting #6: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 15 01 F7 to Control Change #88 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 06 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 01 F7 B0 59 7F { Setting #7: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 01 F7 to Control Change #89 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 07 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 00 F7 B0 59 00 { Setting #8: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 00 F7 to Control Change #89 of value 0 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 08 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 01 F7 B0 5A 7F { Setting #9: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 01 F7 to Control Change #90 of value 127 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) } F0 00 00 50 29 02 09 F7 F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 00 F7 B0 5A 00 { Setting #10: Map the System Exclusive event F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 00 F7 to Control Change #90 of value 0 on MIDI channel 1. Continue to process settings (right-click to edit) }

@Al Quinn thanks a lot again! I’m succeeding with remapping CC:s but not sysex. I don’t even see the light indicating midi response on the HX3 on some of the messages. Here’s a list of all the commandos I use - I’m clearly missing something. 🤦‍♂️😂 YC SysEx, EPP CCs C/V on F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 00 F7 C/V off F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 01 F7 Perc on F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 00 F7 Perc off F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 13 00 F7 Perc Slow F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 15 00 F7, 88 Perc Fast F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 15 01 F7, 88 Perc Normal F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 01 F7, 89 Perc Soft F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 16 00 F7, 89 Perc 2nd F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 01 F7, 90 Perc 3rd F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 00 14 00 F7, 90 VC Off Upper F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 00 F7, 84 VC On Upper F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 10 12 01 F7, 84 VC Off Lower F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 11 12 00 F7, 86 VC On Lower F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 11 12 01 F7, 86

Drawbars (cc) are mapped end working perfectly. I can’t get the sysex to work just yet, I’ve probably messed up some minor detail. 🤦‍♂️ I’m going to try again tomorrow - generally speaking, if I map two sysex values, should they be with opposing values? For instance, VC Off Lower F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 11 12 00 F7, 86 VC On Lower F0 43 10 7F 1C 09 50 11 12 01 F7, 86 the editor wanted the specific byte values mapped so I entered 127 for one of them (“on”) and 0 for the other (“off”).

Thanks a million! I went and bought an Event Processor Plus today. 👍

I have a hard time understanding how manufacturers decide on the keyboard layouts. The low E layout isn’t really practical for me - I often need low Eb and D, Db and C are also important. Low B and downwards- not so much. On top, having a C really helps with orientation, and if I need to go higher than C I usually need one more octave. In my ideal world, there would be the choice between a weighted 88 and a weighted 76 (A-C) or 73 (C-C). Pitch and mod wheels above the keys, slim aluminum side panels. I get by fine with my YC73, I just miss the lower keys a bit.

That’s exactly what I’m trying to do. (I use C2, though. ) was this a tedious process? I have a gig on Wednesday and very little time… classic situation.

Great! Thanks, will do that. All I need at first is on/off switching - I seldom use other settings than C-3 and 3rd soft/fast.

Hi! I'm trying to figure out if the Event Processor (plus) can re-route a sysex message to a CC in realtime. I want to remap C/V and Perc controls on my YC61 from sysex to CC, the manual states that "The Event Processor can be programmed to map any MIDI event to any other MIDI event" - does this apply to my situation too?

Interesting! I’ve also had confirmed that something is in the pipeline - not what, but we all know what’s trademarked and what technologies are floating around in the Yamaha eco system… 😎

Listening to BB is easy, but I remember the first time I tried to play “That’s what friends are for” as a relative beginner on piano… 100% trainwreck! 😂 His material is so sophisticated and forces any performer to be his/her absolute best.

I saw him live back in 1998 or 1999. It was a stellar experience - some of the best piano playing I’ve heard live. 👌🎹

He is great! I saw him a couple of years ago, he did a Donny Hathaway tribute. 👌

I saw that tour..! 👌

Thanks for the brochures! I have an EP-705 in my studio..! 🎹🔥

I use a Vivo S9 which has wooden keys and generally feels very “right”. It’s better for acoustic than for electric pianos and I prefer it to the Kawai VPC1 I used to own. I don’t think it does triple pedal though.