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Tried to update using Synthtribe software (Win) But now Pro_VS is useless. Got 10% into update and froze up. Pro-VS now has --BOOTLOAD-- displayed on LCD at power on and will not start. Would really like to know how to boot this instrument up before it receives a fix with sledge hammer.
@@catfishcooler1566 and standalone midi sequencers aren’t a computer also? Anything using a processor is a computer if you want to be totally pedantic. Chill out. If you liked the video, great. If you didn’t, watch something else. Thanks though for giving the video a bit more traction 😂.
I have a PSR-36 which is a full-sized version with 32 voices including the ones in the PSS-470 and also uses the YM-3812 two-operator FM generator. It also has a rhythm and chord loop recorder and has 5-pin MIDI in/out ports. I connected a midi keyboard to test the operation and added a delay/reverb stereo pedal to the stereo audio output and it really has awesome bass and bell tones! I also have a new PSR-E473 and its 290 rhythms are way too song-specific to be used in general keyboard playing for the most part. This old 1988 FM synth with 16 rhythms has a more fun set of drum patterns and useful rhythms not to mention cheaper, simpler and all without any electronic display.
I have Ableton Live, which is great, but I have never got the tight MIDI timing that I used to get with my old Roland R8, which is still a great machine (it came out in 1989, but was very advanced, in fact it's sequencer is at least as good as anything made today). I made a couple of house-ish tracks in Ableton, it was okay but I couldn't get it sounding tight. I remade the track in my Korg Electribe 2 Sampler, yes! I've got that tight sounding rhythm like I used to get with my R-8! It's really a night and day difference! By the way, I've got s background in IT, so I've turned everything off in Windows such as the system sounds, and removed everything that isn't needed for music production- I made this PC myself with really good components for music production only. But even with all this power, the timing is off, very frustrating!
Thank goodness for the brave souls who put up these videos...I'm chuffed with my VS, just as I was with my Modal Craft, but why oh why don't manufacturers make clear instructions for players to follow, and as someone else has said, legable (SIZE), so far I've spent more time finding out about how to use it than I have actual creating...but to be fair it packs a punch, and it will be part of a live setup...thanks for a concise overview...
…Without the camera adapter and therefore without an interface to plug my cans into? The plot’s stupidity thickens… NECESSARY DISCLAIMER DUE TO NEARLY EVERYONE ON THE PLANET COMING DOWN WITH WOKE/I’M SUCH A VICTIM AND I LOVE TO BE BUTTHURT SYNDROME OVERNIGHT A FEW WEEKS AGO: I mean Behringer being “stupid”; I wasn’t calling you “stupid”. Even if I wanted to suddenly shed 110 IQ points in order to be a troll and call you “stupid”, this video lacks anything which would afford me any sort of foothold insofar as providing me with any substantial reason to do so.
Although I knew the traditional MIDI genitals most synths have was strangely and straitjacket-deservingly omitted from this…bless Behringer’s hearts…I bought it hoping to assuage my grief over my Roland JP-8000’s succumbing to AIDS recently. Yeah, no. I think I may shell out for that Korg app, so maybe I’ll “experience” this synth a little deeper, but I don’t think I’d better hold my breath waiting for Mr. Spock to happen, or anything.
DUDE! You’re killing me with your pronunciation of arpeggiator. Stop baiting, there’s no way you are demoing music gear and you don’t know how to pronounce that 😂
I have the Behringer Pro VS mini. Am thinking that is the same one from the video.. i saw a video that said Pro VS Soul. Is that the same one? Am trying to update the firmware but the App only shows ver 1.1.1. How do I get version 1.1.5? Or at least 1.1.2 loaded?
I am looking for a dedicated latched Arpeggiator and could'nt find a cheap one.. Then I found your video... I have the JT-4000 and didnt know it could do this.. Thank you for this guide..
I bought one of their products and found it to be terrible. Difficult to use. Felt terrible in the hand. The LCD screen had tons of useless artwork that told me nothing. I don’t get why they couldn’t put them in a plastic case either.
So for those like me that are asking: Where is the firmware update FILE on the website? Behringer has hidden the file in their servers by forcing you to download and use a WINDOWS or MACOS version of the SYNTHTRIBE software that will "fetch" the firmware for you through the specialized program and update the synth for you. ALOT of manufacturers are doing that now forcing you to either use WINDOWS or MACOS to update your gear. If you are using an IPAD, a LINUX or UNIX based computer or device like a raspberry pi, or some such, you are now SOL.. Windows 10 or MAC OS latest or bust. I just got my unit today and noticed I can not place a firmware file in the synth in a file browser on my Linux machine and press a combination of buttons on my synth while powering on to "enter" firmware update mode.. Some synths still allow the end user to do that, but most like Behringer and Arturia and Korg do not.. So if you want to back up your old firmware or have a back up file, you will need to know where the app is downloading the file temporarily during the update download process, but even then.. how will YOU apply it, without the specialized app? Otherwise, great synths!
I see videos like this and before I even watch it, Bluetooth solves everything the simplest connect in this case is a usb c adapter to Bluetooth like the Roland or Widi Bluetooth in usb with c to A adapter. I even Bluetooth the audio with a separate adaplter that cost less than $6 and kills the chords completely! I totally understand why you did this video, and I thank you, I just wanted to point out there is an easier way, not cheaper! For sure, but worth the money!
