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Congratulations! You're using hardware synths. You know something that many musicians have forgotten. Whatever the reason, hardware synths and effects simply sound better and are more reliable than plug-ins.
In an Integrated world...
Software synths and effects do have some great advantages. They work right inside your sequencer; you can easily store and access all of your sounds on the computer; and if you want, you can automate changes to your sounds while your sequence plays. All you have to do is twist the knobs of your soft-synth to record the changes.
Welcome to the world of Midi Quest 10 XL. With Midi Quest 10 XL, all of those great features that you have for your soft-synths are now available for your hardware synths and effects. Imagine being able to integrate all of your MIDI hardware into your digital audio sequencer and using it the same way you use your soft-synths. With Midi Quest XL, you can.
Midi Quest XL features its own VST, Studio Connections, and MFX plug-in versions that integrate virtual versions of your hardware into your sequencer. Your MIDI synthesizer or effect unit still creates all of the sound but you create a virtual version of the instrument's interface and integrate it right into your sequencer. After installation, you can audition sounds, organize a bank, edit a patch, record sound changes into a sequence, or do just about anything else that you would do with a soft-synth. You get all of the advantages of working on the computer without sacrificing that great hardware sound. Everything is handled from the comfort of your computer screen and in the digital audio sequencer of your choice. When you're done, all of your settings are saved with your song for immediate recall, just like a soft-synth.
Not only does Midi Quest XL make it easier to use your synth or effect hardware within your studio and sequencer software. Midi Quest XL makes it easier, much easier, to work with your MIDI hardware. Period.
Ask yourself...
Did you ever wish there was an easy way to get all of your instrument's patch names into your sequencer so that an accurate list was always displayed, even if the sounds stored in your instrument changed on a daily basis?
When was the last time you created a custom bank of sounds using just your instrument (without wanting to perform a Pete Townsend on it)?
Have you ever wished you could rearrange the sounds on your synth to match your organizational style but found the synth wasn't up to it? Or, you just didn't want to have to manually keep track of all of the links between Performances, Combis, Multis and their associated Programs, Patches, and Sounds.
Have you stopped tweaking patches because you don't have anywhere to store them, even when you created something great?
Have you stopped tweaking patches because you spend more time flipping through pages on the synthesizer than you do actually working on the sound?
Do you wish you could create some new variations of your favorite synth sounds but you don't have time to figure out what each one of those 1500 different parameters does or just where they're found on the instrument?
Are you tempting fate by not backing up your custom sounds? Almost every week there's a posting on the internet from someone saying "I did something incredibly stupid and I just lost all of my patches".
Would you like to have a library of 5,000, 10,000, or 20,000 sounds for your instrument and actually be able to find the sounds you need, when you need them?
The Answer...
The solution is Midi Quest. Not only does Midi Quest provide you with one of the best ways to work with your MIDI hardware by integrating directly into your sequencer, it also gives you everything you need to get the most out of your MIDI hardware investment.
Midi Quest does this by providing a set of fully integrated tools that not only display, edit, and organize the settings of your instrument. It also maintains the relationships between the various types of data in your instrument.
If you want to create a new bank of sounds, it’s easy, just drag and drop the patches from one bank to another. Now, you want to create a new bank of Performances (also called Combis or Multis depending on the instrument). For Midi Quest, that's also easy. Midi Quest will copy over the selected Performances along with all of the sounds that those performances need to work correctly. Try doing that in other software or on your instrument.
If you want new sounds for your instrument but don't have time to learn every detail of synth programming, Midi Quest has easy click and go tools that will give you great new sounds without requiring that you understand every nuance of your instrument's audio engine.
With Midi Quest you can also be as detailed as you want to, with a control to tweak virtually every parameter in your instrument. Since Midi Quest uses the entire computer screen, you won't spend your life flipping through submenus and with the computer's virtually unlimited storage space you are free to make as many variations on a particular sound as you want. While Midi Quest's organizational tools will allow you to find the sounds you're looking for tomorrow or in a year from now.
Midi Quest supports over 650 synthesizers, drum machines, effects, and other MIDI devices so there is a good chance that most, if not all, or your hardware is supported.
Advanced
- The only software support your MIDI hardware in VST, Studio Connections, and MFX plug-in standards.
- The only software to offset sophisticated program automation by plugging into Infinity
- The only editor/librarian to support patch name export for ProTools
- Includes over 70,000 patches and other SysX data (that's over 70MB of data covering most supporting instruments). Check the each individual instrument page for information on included patches. (DVD version only)
- Skins - Midi Quest patch editors include a sophisticated set of tools which allow you to create your own 'look'. You can choose from an extensive selection of skins provided by Sound Quest or create your own using your preferred colors and background bitmaps
- VNRPN - remotely edit any parameter in any editor using a MIDI keyboard or hardware controller
- Parent/Child Hierarchical Bank Editing
- Intelligent and automated assignment of descriptive keywords to each of your patches
- Instrument Creator and Panel Editor - modify Sound Quest's editors to your liking or create your own editor and librarian support
- File Linking - be able to use the same data in different groups, databases, and libraries. Edits to one linked file are automatically transferred to all other linked files
- File Conversion - import SysX files from other editor/librarians
- Gen 4 and four other types of intelligent patch mixing
- Automated search for duplicates in Libraries. Do you have thousands of sounds? Let Midi Quest find and remove all of the duplicates in your libraries - even if the names of the patches are different!
Highlights
- x64 version of Windows Midi Quest XL for Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista x64
- x64 versions of Midi Quest XL plug-ins (VST, MFX, Studio Connections) are ready when you go 64-bit
- Standard 32-bit Midi Quest and Midi Quest XL versions for Windows
- Intel and PPC versions of Midi Quest and Midi Quest XL for Apple Macintosh OSX 10.4
- Windows and Macintosh versions included on the same DVD
- Fully independent MIDI I/O lets you edit and audition one instrument while simultaneously sending data to another instrument
- With a multi-port MIDI interface, all instruments can be updated simultaneously
- More plug-in versions of Midi Quest XL
- Instrument specific VST plug-in modules
- Instrument specific MFX plug-in modules
- Full support for the Yamaha Studio Connections plug-in standard currently supported by Cubase, Nuendo, and Studio Manager applications
- Enhanced VST automation capabilities, features, and options
- Over 12 hours of AVI video tutorials are included on the DVD versions of Midi Quest and Midi Quest XL
Studio Window features
- Custom Set dialog makes it easy to select the components for an instrument's custom set
- Two more ways to create new libraries - including a dialog listing all available library types
- Enhanced MIDIX import capabilities - Midi Quest now scans for the appropriate SysX data in a MIDIX file
- Enhanced FTP dialog allows Midi Quest to download instrument modules from alternate sites
- Updated progress dialog shows status of FTP downloads
- "Open to Instrument" display data files of a particular type to select and send directly to the instrument
- Enhanced MIDI channel selection using computer keyboard
- Enhanced Fast Tips file options: Midi Quest developers can now use html files to provide help instead of text files
- Support for .SQZ update file version numbers to reduce downloading
- "Select All" function removed - no longer applicable
- "Instrument to Disk" options removed - not compatible with new multi-threaded MIDI I/O
- Register and un-register instruments for use as VST, Studio Connections and MFX plug-ins
Set Window features
- Extensive enhancements to the Set Display including:
- Improved graphic integration
- Instrument centric view
- Set displays graphic of currently selected instrument
- Select the active instrument by double clicking on instrument graphic and use the popup menu to select a new instrument to edit
- Previously opened editors are cached for "instant" editor switching and greatly improved graphic performance
- Selection state of banks is now maintained while switching between editors
- Editing of patches in banks is now handled in a separate window to provide additional working space
- Menu "Transmit" option now displays the name of the data to be sent
- "Get" SysX button added to the button bar
- Supports UniQuest "one window" custom editors (TC-Helicon, TC-Electronic, etc)
- Fn keys switch between instruments in a multi-instrument Set
- Set menu lists all instruments in a multi-instrument Set
- Set window is now always in split mode
Bank Window features
- Enhanced Undo capabilities including "Undo history"
- Improved ROM bank features - audition ROM banks without loading the Sys
- Improved numbering options for large banks
- Editing of patches in a bank in a set
- Improved auto-sizing of Bank windows
- Double click on patch automatically opens the editor
- Optional save of edited patch into Bank before saving Bank or Collection
- Improved copy/paste/swap editing between banks
- Auditioning of undefined patches now through standard patch change commands
- Added Get and Mix buttons to button bar
- "Shift+Esc" cancels drag operations
- XReference function is updated to include multiple banks and displays patch names instead of numbers
- Drag and drop from a Multi/Combi from a Set to a Collection copies the Multi/Combi along with all child patches when possible
- Mix operation is enhanced with randomization biasing (set level of biasing between two patches)
- Specify a background bitmap
- Two more bank numbering formats added for Moog Source and Chroma Polaris compatibility
- Plug-in versions of Midi Quest now support all randomization functions
Editor Window features
- One step Undo
- Auditionable Undo History
- Optional HTML help (alt+F1)
- "Learn" mode allows each control to be assigned to a CC number for remote editing by a keyboard or hardware controller
- Clear any CC assignment made using Learn mode
- Any copy block defined in any editor can be saved as a resource for use with any other patch. - For example, save your favorite LFO settings to apply to any patch you wish
- "Store" menu option stores the current patch back in the source bank location
- "Store As" menu option displays a dialog allowing you to save the patch into any compatible bank in the Set
- Each control's popup value shows an asterisk (*) when the value has been edited
- Left clicking on a String List's drop button automatically displays the popup menu
- Tab control shows popup value
- Optional html help for each editor and/or parameter in the editor (alt+F1)
- Optional verification dialog when an initialized patch will be sent to the instrument to overwrite an existing patch
- Direct numeric entry is now uses a popup dialog
- Patches can now be saved from a Bank editor split window
- Editor load and render progress bar
- "Shift+Esc" cancels any editor drag currently in progress
- "Ctrl+left click" on a parameter sets that parameter to its "init" value
- 3 more standard skins designed for the layout style
- All existing Midi Quest editors were modified to provide improved appearance
Additional Instrument Support
- Midi Quest 10 adds support for over 40 additional instruments
- Midi Quest now supports over 650 instruments
Collection features
- Instantaneous editor switching after initial draw
- Bank editors retain their selection state during the entire session
- When the Collection is the active window, the MIDI menu shows which types of data are ready to be sent
- Added a "Get SysX" button to the button bar
- "Shift-Esc" key command cancels a drag operation in progress
- Send button is correctly disabled for ROM banks
Library Features
- Click on column title alternately sorts ascending then descending order
- Specify number of patches to mix and blend in Library (in Preferences)
- Each Key column can be uniquely named
- Query dialog is now able to search on the "Comment" parameter of each patch
- When adding a patch, if there is a name match or full patch match are given opportunity to cancel or change the patch name automatically or manually through a displayed dialog
- Editing of patch names directly in the Library list now correctly handled
- "Shift-Esc" key command cancels a drag operation in progress
MIDI I/O Features
- Multi-threaded MIDI I/O
- Save time by sending to SysX to multiple instruments simultaneously
- Save time by loading SysX from multiple instruments simultaneously
- Save time by continuing to edit & create patches while SysX is being sent to other instruments
- Support for up to 256 MIDI IN ports
- Support for up to 256 MIDI OUT ports
- Cancel menu option stops all queued MIDI OUT activity
- More MIDI Thru options
- Option to transmit all SysX data stored in a standard MIDI file
- Cntrl-T now always sends the selected data in the active window
- Cntrl-Shift-T now always sends the entire contents of a Collection or Set from the active window
- Cntrl-G now always loads the selected data from the instrument to the active window
The MIDI Monitor Window features
- Displays of real time activity for all MIDI OUT ports
- Displays size of SysX messages greater than 16 bytes
- Displays the offset of each line of SysX to make finding specific offsets easier
- Shows all MIDI events even while bulk transmit/receive is occurring
General features
- Each type of instrument data can now (optionally) be stored in a different folder
- All MIDI transmit and receive menu options now display the type of Sys x
- "Online" menu provides direct links to important Sound Quest web pages
- All new windows are now created and opened just to the right of the Studio window for maximum visibility and screen usage
- Integrated support for HTML help. This requires creation of HTML help files so watch for this as new instrument modules are released
- If supported by the instrument modules, creating Master INS or Patch Script name files will automatically include the instrument's ROM bank names even if those banks aren't currently loaded
- Drum key names can be manually defined so that Midi Quest will create more complete MASTER.INS and Patchscript name files
- XML files are now automatically saved with the .midnam extension
- Main button bar can be hidden for additional work space
- MQ Remote window (XL only) allows any Set, Combination, Bank, or Patch to be transmitted under MIDI control
- Standardized key command equivalents for sending and receiving SysX data
- Expanded virtual keyboard in the MIDI controller window
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Mac
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Microsoft Windows XP, ME, 98, 2000 or NT
MIDI interface: any MIDI interface with Windows drivers
Minimum hardware: PI with 32 MB RAM, 30MB hard drive space
Suggested hardware: PII/Celeron II with 32MB RAM, 30MB HD space
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MIDI interface: any MIDI interface supported by OS X or OMS in OS 9
Minimum hardware: G4 with 128MB RAM, 60 MB hard drive space
Suggested hardware: G4 with 256MB RAM, 80MB HD space
Software: OS X 10.2 or OS 9.2
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