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Title: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: pquenin on December 17, 2018, 04:27:32 PM

I have downloaded XGWorks on the XG-Central site and this sequencer works fine on Windows 10.
I think this is a great tool for midi sequencing and editing the sounds of Yamaha instruments.
But as it's an old software, there is no support for the PSR-S670.
My questions are : are there people here that use XGWorks with the PSR-S670 ? Do you know if you can add configuration files for this keyboard.
Any informations are welcome :-)

Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: pjd on December 18, 2018, 02:21:47 PM

Hi --

The short answer is "Yes, it's possible." I suggest studying the files in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Yamaha\XGWorks\XGEditor"

Each instrument has TBL and INI files. The instrument must also have an entry in the xgeditor.ini file. Bill Gross produced a "patch" for the Tyros 3 (attached) and a similar patch for the S910.

Be prepared to do some detailed tedious work. Also, make a back-up copy of everything. I blew up XGWorks when modifying the xgeditor.ini file. (XGWorks would no longer launch.) I suggest extreme caution!


All the best and good luck -- pj



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Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: pquenin on December 18, 2018, 10:20:44 PM

Thank you pjd, I will study theses files carefully...

Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: SeaGtGruff on December 19, 2018, 03:47:09 AM

Quote from: pjd on December 18, 2018, 02:21:47 PM

I blew up XGWorks when modifying the xgeditor.ini file. (XGWorks would no longer launch.) I suggest extreme caution!

If you blew up XGWorks, what hope do the rest of us have? :D

Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: pjd on December 19, 2018, 06:30:49 PM

Quote from: SeaGtGruff on December 19, 2018, 03:47:09 AM

If you blew up XGWorks, what hope do the rest of us have? :D

 :D  :D  :D

Sometimes the wisest course of action is to put everything back where one found it and step away...  ;)

I'm in awe of Bill G.'s Tyros 3 mod. He did a great job and it works.

All the best -- pj

Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: beykock on December 19, 2018, 06:42:15 PM

SFF2 voices will not work in XGWorks.

Plse convert styles first by using Joergen's conversion prog first. From SFF2 to SFF1.

Tyros1 and Tyros2 ( + older ) stys will always work in XGW.

XGW works with the *.sty extension only !

Extensions always need to be changed before saving them in the XGW styles file.

Good luck, Babette

Title: Re: PSR-S670 and XGWorks
Post by: ckobu on December 19, 2018, 07:45:44 PM

Quote from: beykock on December 19, 2018, 06:42:15 PM

SFF2 voices will not work in XGWorks.

Plse convert styles first by using Joergen's conversion prog first. From SFF2 to SFF1.

Tyros1 and Tyros2 ( + older ) stys will always work in XGW.

XGW works with the *.sty extension only !

Extensions always need to be changed before saving them in the XGW styles file.

Good luck, Babette

Conversion of Style from SFF2 to SFF1 is not a good solution because SFF2 sometimes loses properties. A better way is to open SFF2 with MixMaster and then Go To in XGWorks and edit Style.

https://youtu.be/irVUgJcpNaw (https://youtu.be/irVUgJcpNaw)

Regards, ckubu