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Oliviercool « A sound generator with batteries ^ ^ »
Published on 11/12/10 at 17:18GM sound generator - XG - TG300B (thus largely compatible as GS). Runs on 6 AA batteries and AC adapter and its cable-PC = Parallel Host are optional.
UTILIZATION
I currently working on midi files and I can not stay still in the studio to do them. So I'm working on a netbook with an old Cakewalk. The problem is that laptops are rare to embed a chip in the XG sound card onboard - and even less with the way TG300B. GM is often see the GS. And as the XG - TG300B allow settings impossible to do with the GM and GS ... ^ ^
This tone generator device is unique. Portable, battery operated and has dimensions of a VHS tape, he made the feat of taking 32-note polyphony, 16 MIDI channels, banks GM, XG and the famous fashion TG300B. Well, of course, its port Host PC became unusable because no new PC has no parallel port but neither, it just plug netbook in MIDI interface and USB MIDI voila ^ ^
He has a great LCD screen on which you see the meters velocity of the 16 MIDI channels, it's great. With this, one quick oeuil we see if the midifile contains original channels too low or not. We also see on which MIDI channel is assigned as her ^ ^
There's just something that's too bad: Can not access the user TG300B since the buttons, it is possible to access the message only via MIDI exclusive activation mode. Therefore why it is connected to a master keyboard with integrated control surface. Anyway, in my case, I use it with the netbook ^ ^
Anyway, among the current models (late November 2010) (MU15 because it dates from 1999), there is almost nothing equivalent if you want to stay in the XG laptop batteries, except the Yamaha MDP-5 which has the USB SmartMedia reader which supports more the GS but lacks MIDI output (argl !!!)...
SOUNDS
Not bad ^ ^ A bit more warm than the Yamaha QY70, perhaps due to its mode TG300B that he did not. But it does not always compete with the Yamaha QS300, nothing to do.
OVERALL OPINION
November 2010, I have every right to receive it.
What I love:
- It runs on batteries, battery life: approx. 6 - 8 hours
- The mode TG300B
- Its super handy LCD
What I like least:
- The mini keyboard is not velocity sensitive (for the cons of the QY70
was)
- The mode TG300B accessible via MIDI
- As an audio output, there is only the headphone output on 3.5 mm mini jack, it is a bit fragile.
It is clear that suits me better than the Yamaha QY70 I had to work before the midi files from outside the studio (in the train for example).
Another variant of this model:
- Yamaha MU5: same thing but in black and contains only the GM banks, that's all.
UTILIZATION
I currently working on midi files and I can not stay still in the studio to do them. So I'm working on a netbook with an old Cakewalk. The problem is that laptops are rare to embed a chip in the XG sound card onboard - and even less with the way TG300B. GM is often see the GS. And as the XG - TG300B allow settings impossible to do with the GM and GS ... ^ ^
This tone generator device is unique. Portable, battery operated and has dimensions of a VHS tape, he made the feat of taking 32-note polyphony, 16 MIDI channels, banks GM, XG and the famous fashion TG300B. Well, of course, its port Host PC became unusable because no new PC has no parallel port but neither, it just plug netbook in MIDI interface and USB MIDI voila ^ ^
He has a great LCD screen on which you see the meters velocity of the 16 MIDI channels, it's great. With this, one quick oeuil we see if the midifile contains original channels too low or not. We also see on which MIDI channel is assigned as her ^ ^
There's just something that's too bad: Can not access the user TG300B since the buttons, it is possible to access the message only via MIDI exclusive activation mode. Therefore why it is connected to a master keyboard with integrated control surface. Anyway, in my case, I use it with the netbook ^ ^
Anyway, among the current models (late November 2010) (MU15 because it dates from 1999), there is almost nothing equivalent if you want to stay in the XG laptop batteries, except the Yamaha MDP-5 which has the USB SmartMedia reader which supports more the GS but lacks MIDI output (argl !!!)...
SOUNDS
Not bad ^ ^ A bit more warm than the Yamaha QY70, perhaps due to its mode TG300B that he did not. But it does not always compete with the Yamaha QS300, nothing to do.
OVERALL OPINION
November 2010, I have every right to receive it.
What I love:
- It runs on batteries, battery life: approx. 6 - 8 hours
- The mode TG300B
- Its super handy LCD
What I like least:
- The mini keyboard is not velocity sensitive (for the cons of the QY70
was)
- The mode TG300B accessible via MIDI
- As an audio output, there is only the headphone output on 3.5 mm mini jack, it is a bit fragile.
It is clear that suits me better than the Yamaha QY70 I had to work before the midi files from outside the studio (in the train for example).
Another variant of this model:
- Yamaha MU5: same thing but in black and contains only the GM banks, that's all.