Re: RE annoying tones

[Guest guest]

,

How does the Roland JV-1010 work? You hook it up to the laptop audio output and run it to powered speakers? I use the BioExplorer and find the sound quality of the MIDI's to be limited. Can you run the Roland via the BioExporer and get a couple channel's of sound?

Gordon

RE annoying tones

Annoying tones-With audio feedback, another way to go is to get wav files, which can beripped off any CD, and then have the volume go up and down as the feedback,I have also been able to set up two thresholds with reciprocal feedbacks sothat as desired level is reached, good much plays and with undesired levelyou get ocean wave sounds.Also most computers have mediocre midi sound cards, you can have thecomputer drive an electronic keyboard which can sound better. I use a RolandJV1010 sound module which has excellent sound. It costs $400 but is wellworth the good sound. Makarewicz(203) 698-2465

[Guest guest]

Gordon, not sure how much the Roland JV-1010 costs, I've got a Roland RD250, and D20, but find that a very inexpensive Casio (wk1600) works fantastic and it has it's own speakers... so if economy is what you're looking for, I'd suggest something like that. I do have a sound card with midi in and out on it, so not sure how it would work on regular sound card. Just a thought. BioExplorer produces some nice sounds on a variety of sound cards.

From: Gordon Maclean [mailto:gdmaclean@...] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:10 AM Subject: RE: RE annoying tones

,

How does the Roland JV-1010 work? You hook it up to the laptop audio output and run it to powered speakers? I use the BioExplorer and find the sound quality of the MIDI's to be limited. Can you run the Roland via the BioExporer and get a couple channel's of sound?

Gordon

[Guest guest]

Gordon,

My laptop (IBM) sounds horrible with the built in speakers,

I have a desktop with a good soundblaster card, which is just OK

throught a pair of amplified speakers. Both are passable with

headphones. I run now both through a small stereo

amp and speaker setup I got at RadioShack and both sound very nice.

The speakers and amp cost aboput $180

At 11:34 AM -0800 3/26/04, Tom Collura wrote:

Gordon,

We've used external

MIDI devices with the BrainMaster

MIDI sounds, and it

works very well. The better the

sound equipment you

have, the better the sound.

Generally, laptop and

even desktop systems can provide

relatively poor MIDI

sounds because the synthesizer and

speakers are not

intended for quality use. Adding better

speakers, or a better

synthesizer, or even an external

MIDI device like a

Roland or Yamaha can provide very

good sounds, probably

with any MIDI device control

software.

We especially caution

people about using the tiny

speakers in a laptop

to evaluate the MIDI sounds. It's much

better to use

earphones or earbuds, so you get a decent

sound.

Otherwise, you may conclude that the sounds

are not very good,

while the problem is not with the

software itself, but

with the PC hardware.

Tom

RE annoying

tones

Annoying tones-

With audio feedback, another way to go is to get wav files,

which can be

ripped off any CD, and then have the volume go up and down as the

feedback,

I have also been able to set up two thresholds with reciprocal

feedbacks so

that as desired level is reached, good much plays and with undesired

level

you get ocean wave sounds.

Also most computers have mediocre midi sound cards, you can have

the

computer drive an electronic keyboard which can sound better. I use a

Roland

JV1010 sound module which has excellent sound. It costs $400 but is

well

worth the good sound.

Makarewicz

(203) 698-2465

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[Guest guest]

Gordon,

We've used external MIDI devices with the BrainMaster

MIDI sounds, and it works very well. The better the

sound equipment you have, the better the sound.

Generally, laptop and even desktop systems can provide

relatively poor MIDI sounds because the synthesizer and

speakers are not intended for quality use. Adding better

speakers, or a better synthesizer, or even an external

MIDI device like a Roland or Yamaha can provide very

good sounds, probably with any MIDI device control

software.

We especially caution people about using the tiny

speakers in a laptop to evaluate the MIDI sounds. It's much

better to use earphones or earbuds, so you get a decent

sound. Otherwise, you may conclude that the sounds

are not very good, while the problem is not with the

software itself, but with the PC hardware.

Tom

RE annoying tones

Annoying tones-With audio feedback, another way to go is to get wav files, which can beripped off any CD, and then have the volume go up and down as the feedback,I have also been able to set up two thresholds with reciprocal feedbacks sothat as desired level is reached, good much plays and with undesired levelyou get ocean wave sounds.Also most computers have mediocre midi sound cards, you can have thecomputer drive an electronic keyboard which can sound better. I use a RolandJV1010 sound module which has excellent sound. It costs $400 but is wellworth the good sound. Makarewicz(203) 698-2465

[Guest guest]

Tom,

Thanks for the good information. I am hot on the trail of upgrading my laptop sound system.

Gordon

RE annoying tones

Annoying tones-With audio feedback, another way to go is to get wav files, which can beripped off any CD, and then have the volume go up and down as the feedback,I have also been able to set up two thresholds with reciprocal feedbacks sothat as desired level is reached, good much plays and with undesired levelyou get ocean wave sounds.Also most computers have mediocre midi sound cards, you can have thecomputer drive an electronic keyboard which can sound better. I use a RolandJV1010 sound module which has excellent sound. It costs $400 but is wellworth the good sound. Makarewicz(203) 698-2465