> This list has been soooo quiet lately?? Yup - shame that :-(. > Anyway I have just bought a hardware sound module. A Roland JV2080 and have > hit a few problems. > > 1/ how do you trigger multiple patches from the same hardware synth ?? I > understand its to do with the midi channel but can't figure it out ?? I'd recommend the following approach: - set up the synth in multi-timbral mode (i.e. to play different patches different MIDI channels) with the patches you want assigned to different MIDI channels. - Create a MIDI out channel for each patch and set each to the MIDI channels you setup above. - Create a Layer channel and assign the MIDI channels as children of the layer - so you can trigger all of the MIDI out channels at once. That way you can control the levels (plus other parameters) of the patches individually. Alternatively, you could set up a single MIDI out channel to transmit on say, channel 5 and setup your module to play five different sounds, all triggered from channel 5. > 2/ how do I record the hardware synth back into fruity ?? again I have the > sound routed through a simple mixer and am hearing it but can't figure out > how to record it ? You need to record the output into an audio track - there was a detailed tutorial on this very topic in Computer Music issue 62 (August this year). You should be able to pick up a back-issue fairly easily... http://www.computermusic.co.uk > 3/ How do you take into account midi delay and ensure all parts are timed > correctly. The MIDI delay _should_ be too small to notice. In fact, the latency of your sound card will probably be more of an issue, unless you are trying to put shed-loads of data down the MIDI cable. Either way, just chop a couple of seconds of the start of a recorded wav if the delay has become a problem. hope that helps, Andy