Patch List Files Created by Users of Evolution Software

LAST UPDATE: 9th June 1999

The following files installed with your Sound Studio program have been
made by users of other Evolution software such as Evolution Audio Pro and
Sound Studio Gold: 

CS1X-E.PLS
CS1X-E.PLS
CS1X-E.PLS

DISCLAIMER:
These patch lists have not been fully tested in Sound Studio. Evolution
does not own the lists nor provide support on them. Please free to use 
them but please contact the author regarding any errors or omissions.

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CS1x Patch Lists for Evolution Audio Pro / Sound Studio Gold
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LAST UPDATE: 11th of March 1999

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for downloading my CS1x Patch Lists.
This package contains the following three patch lists:

CS1x_P.PLS (Yamaha CS1x Preset Performances)
CS1x_U.PLS (Yamaha CS1x User Performances)
CS1x_E.PLS (Yamaha CS1x Extra Performances)

DESCRIPTION

These patchlists are in the Evolution Patch List format, and are
compatible with Evolution Audio Pro (EVAP) and Evolution Sound Studio
Gold (SSG) fine MIDI sequencers from Evolution Electronics ONLY. They
will not work with Evolution Audio (EVA), Evolution MIDI, etc. 
They also require the Yamaha CS1x (Control Synthesizer).

The CS1x_P.PLS file contains the names of the "Preset Performances".
Press the "preset" button on your CS1x synthesizer to switch your synth to
the Preset bank. After loading the CS1x_U.PLS file (see below for
instructions), the correct patchnames will be displayed for channel 1 only.

The names of the performances that were initially put in the "User
Performances" bank of the CS1x in the Yamaha factory are contained
in the CS1x_U.PLS file. Press the "user" button on the CS1x to activate
the User bank. If you have stored your own sounds into the CS1x, then it's
extremely likely that not all names are correct. You can switch back to the
original User Bank performances by playing back the "CSUSER.MID" MIDI file
that was supplied on the "BLUE X-TRA" disk. This disk was supplied with the
Blue Book which was supplied with the CS1x. If your CS1x came without
diskettes, you can download the Blue Book with the MIDI files from the
official Yamaha UK site: http://www.yamaha.co.uk. Be sure to save your own
sounds with the Dump fuction before doing this (see your manual for more
info)!

CS1x_E.PLS contains the names of the "Extra Performances". The Extra
Performances bank is also on the "BLUE X-TRA" disk from the Blue Book (see
above for more information). First Dump your own sounds into a new file
with your MIDI sequencer, then playback the "CSEXTRA.MID" file. This file
will load the Extra Performances into your CS1x's User bank.
Press the "user" button on the CS1x to activate this bank.

INSTALLATION 

Copy the three PLS files to the directory that contains Evolution Audio Pro
or Evolution Sound Studio Gold. Start either Evolution Audio Pro or Sound
Studio Gold. Select "Options...", "Devices...".
Be sure that next to your MIDI-out port, to which the CS1x is connected to,
the "XG" option is selected. Click OK.

Click the "Options" menu, then choose "Patch Lists...". EVAP and SSG can
unfortunately only load up to 15 patch lists at a time. When installing
EVAP or SSG it automatically loads 15 patch lists, so three of them should
be removed in order to include the CS1x patch lists. Click on the arrow that
is located next to "Current Instrument" label. Select one
MIDI-standard/synthesizer/module that you do not own or use and click
"Remove" (for example delete the Korg synths). Be sure not to remove the
XG entries, as CS1x also requires this MIDI standard! Repeat this
twice. Don't worry, the patch lists are not deleted from the hard drive, you
can always change back later. Now click "Add...", select the CS1x_P.PLS
file and click OK. Do the same for the CS1x_U.PLS and CS1x_E.PLS files.

Click on the "Routings..." button. Because the CS1x can playback
Performances from Channel 1 only, click on the arrow next to "Channel 1"
and select the desired CS1x Patch List: "CS1x (Preset)", "CS1x (User)" or
"CS1x (Extra)". If you only use the CS1x to make music, make sure that
the other channels are routed to a XG bank. Note that channel 10 should be
set to "XG Drum Kits" and that "Drums" should be checked. The "Drum" option
should most probably not be checked for other channels than 10.

If you change Banks on your CS1x and you wish to see the correct names in
the MIDI sequencer, you should repeat the last step and select the desired
patchlist.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

These patchlists are put into the public domain. Distribute them in any
way you wish. You use them at your own risk. If you do like them, please
send me an e-mail message.

Note: I'm not associated with Evolution Electronics or Yamaha at all, I'm
just one of their "happy customers" :-)

Sincerely,

Vincent van der Leun
E-Mail: vvdleun@dds.nl