Originally posted by Dreamer:
Did you try to upload them via USB?
Andrea, No, I had saved them to floppy and attempted to load them just as you described (above). Apparently my PC had automatically
(when downloading to my PC) converted (renamed) the .pad files to .mid files by mistake.
Originally posted by keybplayer:
Scott, did you make sure when you transfered the Multipads to a Floppy Disk that Windows did not erroneously 'change' the .pad extension to a .mid extension?
Mike, you've 'pin-pointed' the problem exactly. After following your CLEAR instructions (to both show hidden files & view file extensions as well) I've discovered that (for whatever reason), my PC had both erroneously & automatically changed the .pad extesions to .mid extensions. Mike or anyone else who might have the answer: what possibly could be the reason my PC had AUTOMATICALLY converted the .pad files to .mid? Is there a Windows XP setting I can change to keep this occuring in the future?
Ok, after manually changing each extension back to .pad, all 30 multipad files now work on my Tyros via Multipad buttons (1-4). Wow, this is definitely ONE impressive collection for sure. Lots of fun effects to add in the middle of a song. The only missing multipad triggered sound effect I would have liked to hear is: "audience applause", especially on nights where I don't feel I'm getting enough love & adulation from the real audience.
I assume (from discovering now that you can simply rename a .mid file to .pad to be recognized as a multipad file) that multipad sequences are merely short recorded (.mid) sequences renamed to (.pad) so they can be called up via multipad selection. I also assume now that Peter Schip's multipad sound effects (Autos_1, Autos_2, Train, & EffectPad 1&2) were created utilizing the Tyros' INTERNAL GM/XG efx voices, so that I could record a short sequence of the keyboard's internal GM voice named: "Applause" as a midi sequence, and then rename this file as a .pad file, and then call the applause sequence via Multipad buttons (1-4), right? Now if only I could add a "stadium full" of cheers & applause. Ok, ok, I suppose I shouldn't let my ego get carried away .
Scott