Marcos Mendez Registrations

[porterma]

Hi,
I am wondering if anyone has tried the registrations from Marco Mendez.
He has a site called "Sound Like A Pro Now" where he has some "freebie" registrations.
Curious as to whether anyone has tried these out.

Thanks,

Mark

[overover]

So that no one has to search for long, here are the links to Marco Mendez's website and his YT channel:

>>> https://www.marcomendez.net/

>>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFw_6qqP6sBNZpldINq2MDw/videos

By the way, the "Freebies" link on Marco Mendez's website leads directly to a Dropbox folder in which there are, among other things, free registration files and MIDI files for Genos, Tyros4 and Tyros5 as well as sheet music for certain songs.


Best regards,
Chris

[dlepera]

Hi.

  Loaded them on my SX700 and for some strange reason non of them work. The keyboard recognizes them but does not load them.

      dom

[overover]

Hi.

  Loaded them on my SX700 and for some strange reason non of them work. The keyboard recognizes them but does not load them.

      dom

Hi Dom,

The MIDI files should also play on the SX700. But note that Registration Bank files (.rgt) are always keyboard-specific and only work on the direct successor models (e.g. Tyros4 > Tyros5 > Genos1 > Genos2). As far as I know, T4, T5 or Genos Registrations do NOT work on PSR-SX models.

However, you could use Murray Best's Yamaha Registration Manager (YRM) to convert the Registration Bank files to SX700 format. Then they should at least be able to load on your SX700. However, manual changes (voices / style / effects) may still have to be made directly on the SX700.

Please note, in order to be compatible with Genos1 and SX Registration Bank files, you need at least YRM version 5.3.
>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/util/best.html

For the sake of completeness: YRM V5.4 is required for Genos2 compatibility. This new version can only be received upon direct request from Murray Best.)


Best regards,
Chris

[Tony09]

Thank you so much Mark for asking your question and thanks also to Chris for the links.

Since reading your posts I've become totally hooked on what Mr Mendez has provided on his website. I'd never heard of him before. He's great. He explains some things that I've never seen anyone else do. If you're a beginner or intermediate like me you are going to benefit from what he teaches.

Apparently his web presence was brought about by the regulations around Covid. 

I downloaded his Freebies set and am very impressed by it. Eager for more (of which there an abundance) I found in his Digital Classroom that "After April, 2020, the monthly fee for materials will be $50 / month." I interpreted that to mean that if I subscribe it will cost me $50 a month. Oh no! I can't afford to put out $50 a month on my hobby. I later came to realise that isn't what it means. It simply means, if you want to purchase the songs he's covered in any particular month, it will cost $50. Some months  have 4 songs, some five. Do the sums. It probably averages out at $11 a song. The Freebies pack is equivalent to any month so you get quite a bit for $50. See for yourself.

His Freebie set introduced me to a beautiful song I'd never hear before, "This Is The Moment" from "Jekyll & Hyde".

As to his registrations, I really like them as they have a good mix of voices, apart from volume level which I find too loud. So I'm tweaking them, which is something we all do to other people's regs anyway.

So anyone who hasn't already done so, download his Freebies and give them a try. I'm sure that, like me, you'll be ordering a few of the 30+ months currently available.

I have no connection with Mr Mendez or his associates.

Thanks again,

Tony