From jr6670@yahoo.com Mon Oct 25 09:17:48 2004
Subject:Re: B4 rig, with Peavey 1600x, laptop, Echo Indigo, Midi Solutions Midi Merger


I can help you with this -- I use a laptop with B4, Voce MIDI
drawbars, MIDIOx/Yoke, and ASIO4ALL drivers with a stock soundcard.
Sounds great.

I never bothered to figure out Audiomulch, but I know some people
here have used it to good success. I've used in the past
Brainspawn's Forte and Steinberg's V-Stack -- right now I only use
the B4 as standalone, so no VST host. If B4's the only thing you
run, I'd recommend standalone mode -- I get better, more stable
results that way.

Forte is the best VST host out there, IMO, although it's been a long
time since I've used it -- you shouldn't need MIDIOx/Yoke since
Forte can handle the remapping from your controllers (IIRC).
Steinberg's OK, but I can't use it since I already installed it on my
desktop before buying the laptop. For me, that puts it into the
dirty scumbag category of software, but it worked pretty intuitively
when I *could* use it (thanks Steinberg! what a bunch of tools).

I use MIDIOx to remap the presets from my drawbar controllers to
match B4s codes -- isn't the Peavey programmable so you wouldn't have
to go this route? You can also do cool stuff with MIDI Ox like set
up the top or bottom note(s) of your keyboard to change B4 parameters
(in case you don't have enough buttons on your controllers). You
need MIDI Yoke as well to make this work -- it's a "virtual" MIDI
in/out thing which allows you to patch in in/outs on your computer.

I also just set up splits within B4, so I don't use a MIDI merge box -
- how come you couldn't take the MIDI out from your board into the
MIDI thru on the Peavey, and then route the MIDI out from the Peavey
into your computer? That might simplify things a touch.

I have to run, but feel free to ask more questions if that doesn't
answer your original question.

John

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