Thanks for that substantial reply. I'll get it one day soon, but I'm still not clear whether using an "XG" itree will access all the sounds on the S900, or at least all the sounds I actually use! Still, bless you for trying to explain. Thanks again, Spike
Thanks, RickG. I'm persevering with trying to write an S900-specific itree, and wondering if someone, somewhere has already done it. I'm guessing from what you wrote that if I use any tested XG nwcitree, it will access at least some of the instruments, and not generate any errors. It would just feel better if I could just access all the S900 instruments structured as on the keyboard displays. I really appreciate your taking the trouble to reply so thanks again
I've put this in the general Discussion Area as the "Itrees" thread seems a bit neglected recently. I know NWC is primarily for notation, but I find it so nice I try to use it as a sequencer. I've just acquired a Yamaha S900, and have been trying to write a custom nwcitree for it. I'm doing it in instalments, piano, then guitar etc, but I'm already finding that some of the voices I've carefully coded fail to produce the correct sound, and as there are over 600 sounds available, I don't want to carry on making the mistakes I've made so far. I'm puzzled as to why there are so few itrees available in the Scriptorium. Surely whenever some user creates one, this is the obvious place to share it? HAS ANYONE GOT A WORKING ITREE FOR A YAMAHA S900 or similar.
I must add my thanks to all those who have posted their itrees. They're an invaluable guide for an itree novice. THANK YOU ALL.
I've just come to the Forum and spotted your request. I think I may understand your problem. I would guess that you know that you need a physical interface (USB or MIDI cable).
What you may need to know is that, in order to specify your instrument voices conveniently, you need to specify an Instrument Definition File, which in Noteworthy is called an itree. If this is your issue, please reply, and I'll go into more detail.
I'm trying to make my NWC files use the Sound banks of a Yamaha S900, and have tried just putting a couple of Yamaha NWCitree file into the itrees folder , just to see what would be displayed when I pressed the "Predefined instruments" box in Staff Properties/ Instruments. I just generated a message "Invalid Tree".
Even though I've now moved the offending itree files, and the folder just has the original four files, I still get the message, and any patch, MSB and LSB info are reset to zero. Needless to say, I'm not accessing the sounds I'm aiming for. Is there any way of restoring the purity of the itrees folder? Any advice would be much appreciated - Spike
