Thanks to all for the kind words. For Charles and others that might be interested, below is a link to my salsa band's web site. If you click on the demos link, there are a couple of songs there. The salsas are being played live, but the one merengue and 2 bachatas are all sequenced. The merengue is with the Karma, but both bachatas are entirely from the XS. Heavy chorus effect on the lead guitar because that's the norm for bachata lead guitar. I used a nylon string guitar sound because it sounded better, but it's supposed to be steel strings. Here's the link: HTTP://rumbaconson.com Jose -----Original Message----- From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel R Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:36 PM To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question Yeah, Jose knows what he's doing. He's sent me some Bachata tracks he did and I was extremely impressed! Keep it up Jose! On 2/2/10, Charles Marston <rumbero73@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jose: > > Thanks for sharing your music. Well done! With regards to percussion, the > XS' congas and bongos sound very nice. I think yamaha could have done > better with the timbales though. > > You did a very nice job with the horns. The trombones are quite good. > > > > > > From: Jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question > Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:12:58 -0500 > > > > > > > > I just sent the song to your private e-mail. I use the on-board horns. I > sequence using Sonar, not using the board, but do set all of the instruments > directly on the board, not by sending program change messages. I have a > template for each style of music I do most communly: salsa, merengue, > bachata, cumbia, and baledes. Whenever I'm going to do a sequence, I load > the appropriate empty song on to the board and send only the other data. I > don't want Sonar selecting my voices. I must shamefully admit that I'm > using Sonar 2.2. that's not a typo, it's really two point two. It works > great for me, and I prefer to spend my time making music than configuring > new versions of software. I do have an XS instrument definition file for > Sonar, but don't feel the need to install it. > > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Charles Marston > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:00 PM > To: Motif Blog questions > Subject: [MoAccess] sample question > > Jose: > I would also be very interested in listening to your tracks. I have been > playing salsa for many years now. I have only been using the XS at home > with Sonar for four months. I have spent most of my time though in learning > how to use Sonar. So, I don't know much about the XS functions and > potential yet. I must say that as a piano player I am quite happy with the > piano sounds of the XS. What I am disappointed with are the brass sounds > that come with the board. So, if you are getting a better sound out of them > or using an expansion library, I would like to see how those sound. > > My email is: > rumbero73@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Thank you. > > > > > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ -- Daniel C Romero Paterson New Jersey Website: http://danrmusic.no-ip.org Cell Phone: 973-955-6955 MSN messenger/E-mail: djdan567@xxxxxxxxx Aim: RadioDJ246 Skype: radiodj246 myspace: http://myspace.com/south_park246 For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit www.MoAccess.info. To change your list options and view archives for the MoAccess list, visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit www.MoAccess.info. To change your list options and view archives for the MoAccess list, visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess.