Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Doogie Howser Theme, My Own Version

When I featured My 10 Best MIDI TV Themes, I mentioned that I was going to publish my own version of the Doogie Howser Theme due to my inability to download a good version from the Internet.


Now here it is at last! The music by the way was written by Mike Post. Play it on Yamaha XG for best result. Enjoy!


Doogie Howser Theme (listen)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Using the Casio CTK-800: Problems in accessing the panel sounds through MIDI Part II

I spoke too soon when I said earlier that there was no way to access the CTK-800's panel sounds (see here). It was there in the manual all the time and I didn't find time reading it. The appendix of lists all the instrument's sounds with their corresponding Program Change and Bank Select MSB values. For example, to select 000-Stereo Grand Piano, you have to send the Bank Select MSB value of 2 and Program Change value of 0 to the keyboard. How? Well, you need a software that could handle the task. The basic Anvil Studio package does not provide a way, although I think, you can buy additional accessories that could provide Anvil with this functionality.


This brings me to the most common (and some consider it the best) sequencing software available. I am talking about Cubase, of course. In this article, I will discuss briefly how to set the Bank Select MSB values and Program Change values using Cubase in relation to the Casio CTK-800 keyboard.


Hello world, again!

This is a continuation of my blog from midiman.blogvis.com. You may visit that site if you want to see my previous posts.