Quick question about a boss dr-770

[Dillinger]

i'm trying to find a patch or program or something that will let me save all the stuff i do on my dr-770 on my computer. if anyone knows where i can get something like this please let me know. also, is it possible to write out a drum part in cakewalk and then "record" it to the dr-770 and save it and use it later? thanks.

[marcuswilliams]

Pick up a PC-MIDI Flyer from M.O.T.U.
This is the hardware connection between your Boss-770 and your PC. Use Cakewalk to pull in the 770's MIDI dump and save it to a file on your hard drive.

As for score-to-770. I haven't tried it yet even though I have Score Writer.

Marcus

[Dillinger]

thanks for the reply man. i don't know what m.o.t.u. is though or a pc-midi flyer. i have some midi cables will they work? i couldn't figure out how to dump stuff to cakewalk. i know how to make the drum machine do it but i don't know how to make cakewalk take it. i'm a little new with this kind of stuff and i don't have a manual for cakewalk.

again, thanks a lot for your reply.

[marcuswilliams]

The MIDI Flyer is a piece of hardware made by a company called Mark Of The Unicorn. Any good keyboard/Synth music store will carry it.

You need this hardware inferface to get your 770 and your PC talking. It connects to your parellel port on your PC and the MIDI ports on your 770.

In Cakewalk (8 or 9), there's a MIDI interface section where you tell Cakewalk to Receive Dump Data. On your 770, you go into MIDI and tell it to 'Dump'.

Cakewalk will be in Receive stand-by mode, until you press Enter on your 770 to start the data dump.

Talk to your keyboard/Synth guys at a local music store to get the overall idea of what the MIDI dump is doing, and how the MIDI Flyer hardware component makes the connection possible.

[c7sus]

Another good MIDI interface is the MIDIMAN USB. 2in 2 out for $80US.

IF! you have USB...

Also, you might want to pick up Scott Garrigus' "Cakewalk Power" if you have CWPA9. Great resource, explains all the ins and outs of CW. You can get it through CW's site or at a major bookstore.