Hi Don, Am wondering if you have anything further to share regarding your new S900?
Are you using Gary Diamonds previous 3000 EQ settings for board and mic for instance?
Or anything you'ld be interested in sharing...
Feel free to contact me direct E-mail if you think that more appropriate.
Best wishes,
Jim

I just read a long post Don wrote on a different forum. He's really excited about this keyboard. He said he's getting it ready to use on a gig tonight. He's set it up with all of his song lyrics and is using a 4GB drive and another 1 GB drive through a USB hub. All of his songs and lyrics are on the smaller one and he said he has enough memory on the 4GB to record his entire nights worth of playing so he can critique himself after he's done.
He's last statement was that this home arranger keyboard will never see the light of his home again......it will be on the job. He says he won't have to use his laptop and other equipement on the job anymore.
I'm anxiously awaiting his report and Hank B's after the gig.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

Cool,
Thank you for the news George.
If you feel funny mentioning the other forum here, mind e-mailing me with the link?
I would really like to hear his input 1st hand and in entirety.
Thank you again George. You do really Rock.
Jim

Jim,
the site is www.smallgig.com

The debut of the S900 went WAY better than I expected, or even hoped for. I still have a lot of minor tweaking to do, but the sound through the Bose was fantastic. Regulars in the audience all commented on how good it sounded, and I didn't tell them I had changed gear. Incidentally there was no evidence of any phase cancellation through the Bose.
I only set up one bank of registrations, so I was working with 8 setups. The rest I just called up a style and played.
I used a couple of midi files just to see they sounded, and they did fine.
It is fairly easy to call up lyrics (test files). They CAN be associated with registrations, but I haven't set any up yet, except to test.
The feature that allows you to record to portable media works great. It even assigns a name to the song, and allows you to immediately audition a new recording and choose to delete or let it stay saved.
Stupid me, I brought home the wrong USB drive, so can listen to all of them until tomorrow.
More later,
DonM

Can you play wave files on the s900 or only the ones you record on the s900?

As far as I have found, you only play back the last recording you made, in audition mode.
DonM

Thanks Don I posted on the other site about a yamaha mfc 1 midi pedal I bought on ebay. Check it out.

Don,
When you hit the button called audition mode, it takes you to the directory on your usb drive. I created a folder and called it "audio songs". You can take each song you make and cut and paste it into a folder you create and play back whatever you want. The only way you find your files in a folder or just on the root directory is to push the button below the word "audition". This is the only way to play songs. When you hit record and then hit stop, the song is called something like new audio 01, 02, etc. You then can rename. When just in "song" mode and you look through the USB directry, you only see midi files and styles and you must be in USB Audio Mode and hit audition to see a list of all your available files.

Also, you can record songs from an external ipod, CD, etc. and then play them back so that you are using your USB drive like an IPOD.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

George, you are right, I didn't notice the way it worked, because I was doing it on the job, and just hit stop and exit so I could go on with the show. I did audition one last night, and now I recall that it did go to the folder. Since the song was the only one there, I didn't notice that they all would be stored there.
Thanks,
DonM

Don, let me clarify.
If you make a folder......it will always show up on the main directory when you select "songs" from the USB. However, unless you are in the display that says "USB Audio Recorder" you will not see any files in this folder. You must select "audition", then go to the folder and you will find your files.
Also, if you don't put your songs in a folder, they will show up on the last page of all the songs you have on your USB device. So, lets say you have 18 pages of midi files and you select "audition" and you had 5 songs created as Audio Files and never have put them in a folder. They will show up on page "19" now that you've selected "audition". If you didn't hit "audition", these name and extra page would not be visible. I hope this makes sense! Now, if you copy and paste these songs into the folder you created, they will all be there and no longer at the end of the song pages. But remember, if you call up the folder and see nothing inside, you are not in the "USB Audio Recorder" section and you have not selected the button under the word "audition". Call me if this doesn't make any sense!


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

So now you don't even need to bring the ipod for the break songs is that correct? Can I transfer wav files to the usb and play them or do you need to actually record it on the 900?
and you don't need the laptop for the words, they're gonna sell a ton of these things. IMHO

Mike dont be fooled by the hype....fluid navagation to juggle all these features live is key. But if it works for your needs enjoy it.

Navigation, though similar to previous models, seems to be easier and faster on the 900.
I'm learning shortcuts that are obvious once you learn them!
I look forward to optimizing this keyboard to best suit my needs. So far it has surpassed my expectations.
Thanks for the clarification, George.
DonM

Everyone,
Yes, you can put your USB drive in your computer and just transfer .wav files directly to the drive and they will play in the 900. I just took a CD, ripped one of the songs and dragged it to the USB drive and it played just like the original.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

thanks George.