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OMS Tutorial leaves much to be desired

Please expand the OMS tutorial to include an explanation of how to actually do what you're talking about. I tried the Sysex thing assuming that's all I needed to do; the synth sent it, but the computer didn't receive it. This is most frustrating as I desperately need OMS to recognise my synth so I can start making music. I have an iMac, OMS and prefer to use ProTools, synth connected via basic in-out MIDI interface. Please email me, or post the update ASAP.
Alternately if anyone can give a brief guide to entering multiple banks of sounds into OMS manually, this would be most appreciated. NB: I don't have a manual, so I have to read the patches from the synth display.

Regards,

Ash.

OMS

Thanks to help from this forum I was able to locate the OMS names window in Cubase and select the GM names list. However: I want to transfer, or manually enter the whole list of patches from my synth across to OMS. The tutorial on this site for this topic is lame, and I've sent feedback on that. I would like to know how to configure OMS so I can use ProTools, cos I prefer it to Cubase. I've read the documentation, but can't grasp the general idea. It was simple to select the GM list for OMS in Cubase, but I don't see provision for adding subsequent banks. Naturally when I create a new bank it overwrites the old one.
When I access OMS as a stand-alone it said that there was nothing to edit, and wouldn't let me create a new patch-list document (although that was prior to selecting GM in Cubase, then returning to OMS - why it can't all be done in one or the other I'll never know). Again I lament the absolute stupidity of this silly little antiquated program. I feel like asking Opcode for a Mac version.
Alternately if anyone can explain how to receive a Sysex bulk dump that would be greatly appreciated. I know how to get the synth to send the dump, but don't know how to receive it. I'm using a usb UM-1 MIDI interface - basic in and out.

Pardon me if I'm a bit stroppy, but I'd like to get on with actually making some music so I can earn a living.

Regards,

Ash

Help me, I'm a complete idiot!

Hi again all.
Since there doesn't seem to be any oms patches for the ill-fated Technics WSA-1 keyboard, can anyone tell me how to get more sounds into cubase.
How do you normally do it. I don't have a clue!
Can I get sounds off the web?
Can I sample real sounds?
Can I ........ I just want more sounds to choose from, and i don't know what to do.
I don't care if they're virtual synths, or sounds that load onto the keyboard - like GM patches or something. i just need to know what people do.
For example; I need to make the perfect drum-kit: how do i do it?
can i use a browser to find wav files and edit them and then trigger in cubase with my synth - you know; up and down the scale? cos I'd really like to.

reagrds,

Ash

Newbie: I need more cool sounds, 128 patches aint cutting it

imac 500 Blue CD-RW, 256mb, Cubase, OMS, Technics Workstation WSA-1, Roland UM-1, Behringer MX1602a

First problem: I can only use 128 patches from my Technics Workstation synth, and it's got a lot, lot more than that; clearly this is very limiting on my creative output.
Secondly when I attempt to customise a sound: for example the B3 sound needs a soft attack and more decay, could also use a tad of phase-shift; whatever I do to the least of the instruments gets done to all of them; it applies the changes to the Synth SYSTEM output. Again, quite annoying. Neither of these problems occur when I sequence directly on the keyboard (seperate from Cubse) using it's GUI: I can tweak the sounds, add more layers to a sound, tweak those layers, adjust modelling, resonators - it's awesome.
last problem is that i want to create and edit sounds and then use them for recording; don't care whether they're audio files or whatever. On Cakewalk on PC I used to talk into the mic, sample it (as per setting alert sounds in MacOS) and then play the sound all up and down the keyboard, apply fx to it and record a song. Is this possible with Cubase?
One other thing, is the only way to burn a CD to wire the audio out from the mixer to the audio in on the mac.....cos that's pretty dodgy in my case.....it's gonna end up sounding like my old fostex 4 Track from the 80's.
So to wrap up: I want to make any sound I want, do it without buying more stuff, and use lots of these original sounds to create really cool music. Piano and drums is ok, but as Curtis said; 'Let's move on up!'

Cheers,

Ash