Recent Songs (Tyros 5)
Droomland (3/27) Tyros5
Hello Mary Lou (3/27) Tyros5
Jij Denkt Dat Je Alles Mag (3/27) Tyros5
Patrona Bavariae (3/27) Tyros5
Rutsch Polka (3/27) Tyros5
Somewhere Between (3/13) Tyros5
Musical Background
(May 11, 2022) Music has always been a big part of my life. I started playing accordion when I was nine years old and found that I had a real knack for it. I soon joined a large accordion orchestra in my home town Beerta (a tiny village in the north east of the Netherlands) and enjoyed playing in this group for many years.
My parents also wanted me to play the piano and started me on lessons in a neighboring village. This did not work out at all. My teacher and I had very different ideas about music: I wanted to play the boogie-woogie, he only allowed me to play nocturnes and other classical music pieces. He told me that boogie-woogies would destroy my fingering and that was the end of that. Music needs to come from the heart.
At one point my parents got an electric organ and that turned out to be much more my thing. My parents were always very invested in my musical development and made sure I was properly schooled on this instrument as well. Around my sixteenth birthday I joined a band (The Rodys) and started playing clarion in our local drum band.
After finishing school, I joined the Navy in the guided weapon systems department. Everyone who played an instrument was automatically enlisted to the ship band. As part of the band, we basically toured the whole wide world and performed in places such as Norfolk USA, Odessa, Tolio and Gibraltar which was a great experience.
I regularly changed ships during my time at the Navy and joined the band every time. Often the keyboardist position was already taken, in which case I would try out a different instrument. This allowed me to add bass guitar and saxophone to the list. But, whenever I could, I would go back to my first love, the accordion.
At one point we were stationed for a long time at Curaçao, where we would often play music on the beach. One night, almost 50 years ago, I was playing music with some of my crew mates when a number of ladies joined our group to listen to the music. One of those ladies later became my wife to whom I am still happily married.
After eight years in the Navy, I moved back to the mainland to work as an electrotechnician, but my love for music always stayed. Next to my day job I played in a band called The Rio’s at weddings and parties. I also volunteered to play accordion in nursing homes and accompanied Dutch folk choirs together with a friend, which I still do on occasion (unfortunately, my friend recently passed away after 30 years of playing the accordion together).
Now that I am a bit older, the on-stage performances have become less frequent. I do still accompany one Dutch folk choir for men and record background music for singers and choirs who do not have the luxury of professional musicians. I used to record songs using the MIDI format but have recently switched to mp3 as this is much easier to play from a telephone.
I have a lot more time to devote to my music now that I am retired. I practice at least an hour a day on my accordions and record a lot of German and Dutch folk music. I also still enjoy the boogie-woogie. I record my music on the Tyros 5 and Roland FR7. I am trying to covert my old midi files in to styles with Style Works2000, but is not an easy process. In any case, over the years, I have produced a ton of mp3 and midi songs and the pile keeps on growing. I would love to share these songs with you all via this website. I will also try to share some of my best midi files from the past.
Juul Meffert
Juul's MP3 Song Index
Juul's songs are arranged alphabetically by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download the song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5.
* Juul has made available the styles that he used for these songs. You can download all of these song-named styles in a single MP3Styles.zip file.
(Jul 5, 2022) Here are 8 additional Dutch MP3s Juul received from his friend Dick. Those marked with an asterisk (*) also have the style file available. All can be downloaded in this DutchMP3.zip file.
(Jul 16, 2022) Here are some Accordion/T5 songs played by me and some together with my friend Dick (marked with an *). These are all well known Dutch songs we played on a musical performance. Our friend Hans recorded our performance. For more information on how I have connected my accordions to my Tyros5, see the section on "Performing with an Accordion and Tyros5" at the bottom of this page.
Dutch Song-Named Styles
(Oct 12, 2022) There are quite a few of Juul's MP3 songs that included the style used for that performance. Rather than search for a specific style for those that don't, Juul has sent in a whole library of Dutch song-named styles. If you know the song, you can use that style to play it. Many of these styles will work fine with songs above that do not have a specific style provided. There are over 200 style files included and you can download them all in this DutchStyles.zip file.
MIDI Corner
Juul's MIDI Songs
(May 29, 2022) Juul's midi songs are arranged alphabetically by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download the song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5. 79 songs were added in 7 installments and they can all be downloaded in a single zip file: Juul Midifiles 1.zip.
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Als De Sterren Aan De Hemel Staan Als De Sterren Daarboven Stralen |
Een gebroken hart kent geen rust |
(Dec 31, 2022) Juul adds another 92 of his midi songs for your enjoyment. The songs are arranged alphabetically in the table below by song title. Click on the song title to listen to and/or download that song. Songs were recorded on the Tyros5. All 92 of these midi songs can be downloaded together in this file: Juul Midifiles 2.zip.
Backing MIDI Songs
(Oct 23, 2022) In my search on a new 3 TB hard disk, I found a lot of backing midi. When I played some of these files, I discovered there was no melody. So, I played a few and they sounded very well and I decided I would send them in for any other players who may be interested. (- Greetz, Juul)
There are 111 songs in this group. Download them all in this zip file: BackingMIDI.zip.
Beatles MIDI Songs
(Jun 27, 2022) Juul has come across a large number of midi files of Beatles songs. There are nearly 200 songs in this collection. Download all of them in this compressed file: Beatles-6-27.zip. To see a listing of all the songs, click on Beatles Songs.txt.
Christmas MIDI Songs
(Sep 9, 2022) Here is a diverse mix of 60 Christmas songs in MIDI format. Get all the songs in this xmas midi.zip file. Song Titles are in the XMAS midi Titles.txt .
(Nov 30, 2022) 2022 Christmas MIDI Songs - Thanks to Juul for pulling together a large collection of Christmas MIDI songs for the 2022 Christmas Concert. The result has been a full page of Holiday MIDI songs added to the Christmas Concert. You will find 299 Christmas midi songs on the MIDI Christmas page.
Dutch MIDI Songs
(Jan 6, 2023) Here you have the first Dutch midi files and they have all words (text). I recently received from the US 12 questions, 3 from New Zeeland, and 5 from Canada. They all had roughly the same question. "Do you have elderly Dutch songs and also the text files?" So, I searched my files for these and found some. I think these are people with roots in Holland! I ordered these midi files alphabetically by artists. There are over 300 files. You can download these in 3 zip files (with about 100 songs each). Click on "Song List" for a listing of the artists/songs included.
- Dutch Artiesten A-F 104.zip -- Song List.
- Dutch Artiesten G-M 102.zip -- Song List.
- Dutch Artiesten N-Z 97.zip -- Song List.
(Jan 6, 2023) Here are an additional 82 Dutch midi files, sorted alphabetically by song title. Download all these files here: Dutch Midifiles.zip. A listing of songs included is here: DutchMidifiles.txt. For those interested, I (Joe) created a pdf file showing the Dutch song title as well as a translation of that title to English. Here: DutchMidiFiles.pdf.
(Jan 21, 2023) Here are an additional 37 Dutch midi files. Download all these files in Dutch Midifiles1-21.zip. A list of the songs included in this set is here: Dutch1-21.txt.
(March 14, 2023) Here are an additional 37 Dutch midi files. Download all these files in Dutch Midifiles3-14.zip. A list of the songs included in this set is here: Dutch3-14.txt.
(March 27, 2023) Here are an additional 40 Dutch midi files. Download all these files in Dutch Midifiles3-27.zip. A list of the songs included in this set is here: Dutch3-27.txt.
English MIDI Songs
(Dec 31, 2022) Here is a collection of 113 English MIDI songs starting with the letters A or B. For a list of the specific song titles, check here: EnglishA-B.txt. All these songs can be downloaded in one large file: EnglishA-B.zip.
(Jan 5, 2023) Continuing with our English MIDI songs, this second batch includes 115 songs starting with the letters B, C, or D. Get the complete song list here: EnglishB-D.txt. Download all the songs here: EnglishB-D.zip.
(Jan 9, 2023) This third batch includes 57 songs starting with the letters F or G. Get the complete song list here: EnglishF-G.txt. Download all the songs here: EnglishF-G.zip.
(Jan 21, 2023) This fourth batch includes 56 songs starting with the letters G or H. Get the complete song list here: EnglishG-H.txt. Download all the songs here: EnglishG-H.zip.
(March 14, 2023) Our fifth batch includes 113 songs starting with the letters J, K, L, or M. Get the complete song list here: EnglishJ-M.txt. Download all the songs here: EnglishJ-M.zip.
(March 27, 2023) Our sixth batch includes 114 songs starting with the letters M, N, or O. Get the complete song list here: EnglisM-O.txt. Download all the songs here: EnglishM-O.zip.
European MIDI Songs
(Dec 17, 2022) Here is a collection of songs primarily European. There are 45 songs included and all are in this EuropeA-B.zip file. The song list is provided here: EuropeA-B.txt.
(Jan 01, 2023) 50 more European MIDI songs. All can be downloaded in a single zip file: EuropeB-C.zip file. The song list is provided here: EuropeB-C.txt.
(Jan 21, 2023) 53 more European MIDI songs. All can be downloaded in a single zip file: EuropeC-F.zip file. A list of the songs included is here: EuropeC-F.txt.
(Feb 26, 2023) 59 more European MIDI songs. All can be downloaded in a single zip file: EuropeF-L.zip file. A list of the songs included is here: EuropeF-L.txt.
(March 14, 2023) 55 more European MIDI songs. All can be downloaded in a single zip file: EuropeL-M.zip file. A list of the songs included is here: EuropeL-M.txt.
(March 27, 2023) 56 more European MIDI songs. All can be downloaded in a single zip file: EuropeM-Q.zip file. A list of the songs included is here: EuropeM-Q.txt.
French MIDI Songs
(Mar 23, 2023) Here is a collection of 77 French MIDI songs: French1.zip. For a listing of the song titles, click here: French1.txt.
(Mar 27, 2023) Here are an additional 20 French MIDI songs: French2.zip. For a listing of the song titles, click here: French2.txt.
German MIDI Songs
(Dec 31, 2022) Here is a collection of 157 German MIDI songs added to the site in December 2022 and January 2023. All of the songs can be downloaded in a single zip file: German.zip file. For a listing of the songs in this collection, click here: German.txt.
(March 14, 2023) Here are an additional 29 German MIDI songs. Download all the songs here: German3-14.zip. For a listing of the songs in this collection, click here: German3-14.txt.
(March 27, 2023) Here are an additional 34 German MIDI songs. Download all the songs here: German3-17.zip. For a listing of the songs in this collection, click here: German3-27.txt.
Piano MIDI Songs
(Oct 08, 2022) - These are piano lesson files. All files are played on the Tyros 5 grand piano. Staf is possible with MIDI2NOTE (on the web). A text file within each zip and listed separately below provides a title for each midi file.
(1/3/2023) Note: I have renamed all the Piano and Ragtime midi files to show the song name in the filenme. I've also combined the two Ragtime sets into one and also the two extra piano sets into a single PIANO-Pop set. Check out the various text file to see what is included in the large zip files. --Joe W
- PIANO-Classical.zip - 130 songs - PIANOClassical.txt
- PIANO-Ragtime.zip - 90 songs - PIANORagtime.txt
- PIANO-Pop.zip - 105 songs - PianoPopSongs.txt
- (1/11/23) - 23 new songs added to PIANO-Pop.zip above. If you have already downloaded the earlier Pop songs, just the new ones are here: PianoPop2.zip, PianoPop2.txt.
Spanish MIDI Songs
(Jan 21, 2023) Here is a new batch of Spanish song. There are 48 midi songs in the collection. Download them here: Spanish1.zip. Get a list of songs here: Spanish1.txt.
(Feb 6, 2023) Here is another batch of Spanish songs. There are 45 midi songs in the collection. Download them here: Spanish2.zip. Get a list of songs here: Spanish2.txt.
(Feb 28, 2023) There are 50 more Spamish midi songs in the collection. Download them here: Spanish3.zip. Get a list of songs here: Spanish3.txt.
(March 15, 2023) There are 55 more Spanish midi songs in the collection. Download them here: Spanish4.zip. Get a list of songs here: Spanish4.txt.
(March 27, 2023) There are 46 more Spanish midi songs in the collection. Download them here: Spanish5.zip. Get a list of songs here: Spanish5.txt.
Tirol MIDI Songs
(Dec 6, 2022) I also play Tirol midi files on my presentations. I have one student who only wants to play Tirol music This kind of music produces a lot of smiles everywhere I play it and older people start to move on the rythym of the song. I have sent 10 files for you to check out this music. The first midi in this group I played on my Tyros 5. You can download all 10 files here: Tirol.zip
MIDI Lesson Files
(Jun 4, 2022) I found my midi files that I used to give keyboard lessons. These midi files are combined with the style from which they are played. We did this as follows. First, we played the song ( mostly my friend Dick ) with a working style and created the midi file. Then, in most cases, the style is made from the midi file. Then we print the score list to play the melody. (if you would like the song lyrics and chords, these are available for 570 songs in this text files.zip file.) The pupil played first the whole song together with the midi file Then, we mute the melody line. After awhile, when the pupil was ready, he or she could play the song with the style. This method has worked very well.
The "MIDI Lesson" files were originally submitted in small groups of 15 to 45 songs. The songs were available individually and the styles only in a zip file for each submission. I have combined all these earlier submissions into Midi Lesson (ML) packages of about 100 songs. Each ML zip file includes both the midi file and the associated style file.
- ML1.zip - 100 songs/styles (song list)
- ML2.zip - 100 songs/styles (song list)
- ML3.zip - 100 songs/styles (song list)
- ML4.zip - 95 songs/styles (song list)
- ML5.zip - 103 songs/styles (song list)
- ML6.zip - 15 songs/styles (song list)
(March 27, 2023) ML7.zip contains 15 additional song/styles. Click ML7Songs.txt for a song list.
I do the following things. I search the hard disks from my friend for midi files and then delete duplicates. That still leaves a lot of files, about 120,000 midi files! I don't know where all these files come from but for a long time they have been used for music lessons.
For the files with styles, I look and listen to styles to compare them with the song. I play the styles on the keyboard. I do not change anything on the midi file or the style only the name so that the midi file and the style name are the same. For the other midi files without a style, I listen to them and if they sound well, I include in a volume and send it here.
Now and then, I play some songs on the Tyros5 and those are the MP3 files that I have provided elsewhere on this page.
Juul
Juul's MIDI Frequently Asked Questions
I receive lot of questions about midifiles. Let me repeat some here with the answers I have provided.
- How to split the track when there is only one track?
- It would be nice to have the score from your midifiles so i can play it better. Do you have these or give me a solution how I can get the scores?
- How do I get scores from the midi file?
- How do I connect my Roland accordeon to a Tyros 5?
- Press the FUNCTION button.
- Choose Midi (Button H).
- Choose Edit (Button 8).
- Go to the Receive tab At Ch1, put part on KEYBOARD.
- At Ch2, you put part on LEFT (If you want to hear that from your Tyros, otherwise on OFF).
- With CH3, you put part on STYLE CHORD 1 or STYLE CHORD 2 (just which one you want to hear from the Tyros).
- Now you go to the Chord Detect tab, and there you make sure that 3 is selected.
- MAKE SURE YOU DO E.E.A. WITH THE RIGHT MIDI, A OR B.
- I play a midifile, but I hear a piano instead of drums?>
- Gulio, in some midifiles, I see the words on my Tyros5 screen, But not in all files. What am I doing wrong?
- When I connect the sustain pedal on my Tyros, it gives continous sustain and I can not switch it off.
- I want to play several songs, one after another, on my Tyros. But, after each song, I have to manually start the next song every time. Is it possible to avoid this?
- I would like to play more midifiles in one session. How can I do that?
- I want to change the volume from a midifile on my Tyros. Is that possible?
- I am Frency and I am living in Belgium. I had a few nice midi files from you on psrtutorial. When I play these on my pc, there are some tracks that I do not hear. What is the problem?
- Juul, I can not change the instrument from a midi track. When I change it and play it again, nothing changed in the track. I don’t see the instrument.
- I am Ingrid from Holland. Some midi files have only 1 track but I hear more instruments and I can not change them.
- I am Marian and I live in Poland. I have a question for you. When I play a midi file, I like to play with the music. My music is not corresponding with the midi. It is to low. When I transpose it, nothing changes. My keyboard sound is wrong. Please tell me how I can change it.
- I am very new in the midi world but now I see a lot of files on your site so I downloaded some files. I also have installed the Cakewalk Pro audio on my computer. The files play very well in my Tyros 3 but not on my PC. What is the secret of this problem?
- I am Henry and I live in Paris. Thanks for your enormous resource of midi files. I download the files every time I see new ones. I have also an FR7 but there is no midi on my accordion. On your site you tell me that you have a midi in and out on your FR7 and play it on the Tyros. Where can i find these. Sorry about my English. Hope you understand it.
- I am Ivonne and live in CZ and I have a question. It would be nice to have the score from your midi files so I can play it better. Do you have these or can you give me a solution how I can get these?
- I would like to see the notes from track 4 in a midi file on my Tyros. But whatever I do, nothing works. Do you know a solution? - Jean Washington DC
- I am Ivonne from Germany and I am 81 years old. I play midi files on my laptop and then I like to play the song together with my Tyros, but many times the tone does not match right. Can I change that on my laptop? On my Tyros I know how to do it.
- How do i connect my Roland accordion to Tyros 5?
- I play a midi file but I hear a piano instead of drums?
- In some midi files I see the words on my screen (Tyros 5). But not in all files. What do am I doing wrong?
- When I connect the sustain pedal on my Tyros, it gives continuous sustain and I can not switch it of.
- I think you use a Tyros5 and I have a question about it. I will play several songs, one after another, on my Tyros. However, after each song, I have to hit start every time to go on to the next song. Is it possible to play more songs at once?
- I would like to play more midi files in one session. How can I do that?
- My volume pedal works wrong. When I push, the sound goes down?
I do this with CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO 9 and in this program you can run a program split channel to tracks. It works very well, but there are more programs that do this. You can also do this here: https://www.ofoct.com/audio-converter/split-midi-tracks-midi-splitter.html and i am sure there are more sites to do this.
You can do it yourself with a very small programm that you can download for free. You can get it here ( http://midisheetmusic.com/ ). This program shows you a keyboard and if you load a midifile, you see the score and the keys. But you can also transpose the midi or select 1 or 2 tracks. And, if you wish, you can print the score. This programm is portable, which means you only have to click on the downloaded file and it works. No install. Have fun with it.
I do this with MUSESCORE (a free programm to download). It is also possible with CAKEWALK. Also here: https://melobytes.com/en/app/midi2sheet. And here is a free programm to use: http://midisheetmusic.com/. First, select the track from which you want the notes. Then, upload it and you get the score file back to download. You can put it on the laptop in musescore or cakewalk and print the score.
The Roland Accordion uses the following midi channels for the keyboard, the bass and the chords: Midi channel 1 = KEYBOARD, Midi channel 2 = BASS, Midi channel 3 = CHORDS. Here's how to set up the Tyros:
Now you can play the Tyros with a Roland accordion.
When you play a midifile, there are channels (16 or new 32). In all midifiles, the drum part should be on channe 10. So, look for each channel where you hear the piano with no melody and put it in channel 10.
You are doing nothing wrong. There are some midifiles with words and some that do not have words. If you have a programm like CAKEWALK Pro Audio 9, you can see the lyrics. You can also add lyrics if you want that.
Goto your controller menu and change the priority for the pedal. On the right side of your screen, you can change it.
Yes, you can do this with a playlist. Look in the manual, page 88 - 89.
I use Winamp (a free download) and use it to make a playlist. It works wonderfully. Although I think there are other (free) programs that do this.
Yes, this is possible.
On screen > "BALANCE (1/2)" > far left > "SONG" > and change volume with the slider.
Save to registration.
Ditto for all the other items in "Balance".
Hello, Frency. I think the way to the right sound bank is not correct. If you have a program to change this, then change the bank to zero (0) and then you should hear the track.
First, download the instrument list (1 to 127) so you can see which number is which instrument. I only can tell you how I do it in Cakewalk Pro 9. Open the file and go to the event list. At the beginning, you see somewhere in the right row an instrument name and a number in color. Change this to the instrument number you want and then you hear it by playing. For example, the number 22 is accordion. All the midi instruments are given in the table below.
| Piano: 1 Acoustic Grand Piano 2 Bright Acoustic Piano 3 Electric Grand Piano 4 Honky-tonk Piano 5 Electric Piano 1 6 Electric Piano 2 7 Harpsichord 8 Clavinet |
Chromatic Percussion: 9 Celesta 10 Glockenspiel 11 Music Box 12 Vibraphone 13 Marimba 14 Xylophone 15 Tubular Bells 16 Dulcimer |
Organ: 17 Drawbar Organ 18 Percussive Organ 19 Rock Organ 20 Church Organ 21 Reed Organ 22 Accordion 23 Harmonica 24 Tango Accordion |
| Guitar: 25 Acoustic Guitar (nylon) 26 Acoustic Guitar (steel) 27 Electric Guitar (jazz) 28 Electric Guitar (clean) 29 Electric Guitar (muted) 30 Overdriven Guitar 31 Distortion Guitar 32 Guitar harmonics |
Bass: 33 Acoustic Bass 34 Electric Bass (finger) 35 Electric Bass (pick) 36 Fretless Bass 37 Slap Bass 1 38 Slap Bass 2 39 Synth Bass 1 40 Synth Bass 2 |
Strings: 41 Violin 42 Viola 43 Cello 44 Contrabass 45 Tremolo Strings 46 Pizzicato Strings 47 Orchestral Harp 48 Timpaniv |
| Strings (continued): 49 String Ensemble 1 50 String Ensemble 2 51 Synth Strings 1 52 Synth Strings 2 53 Choir Aahs 54 Voice Oohs 55 Synth Voice 56 Orchestra Hit |
Brass: 58 Trombone 59 Tuba 60 Muted Trumpet 61 French Horn 62 Brass Section 63 Synth Brass 1 64 Synth Brass 2 |
Reed: 65 Soprano Sax 66 Alto Sax 67 Tenor Sax 68 Baritone Sax 69 Oboe 70 English Horn 71 Bassoon 72 Clarinet |
| Pipe: 73 Piccolo 74 Flute 75 Recorder 76 Pan Flute 77 Blown Bottle 78 Shakuhachi 79 Whistle 80 Ocarina |
Synth Lead: 81 Lead 1 (square) 82 Lead 2 (sawtooth) 83 Lead 3 (calliope) 84 Lead 4 (chiff) 85 Lead 5 (charang) 86 Lead 6 (voice) 87 Lead 7 (fifths) 88 Lead 8 (bass + lead) |
Synth Pad: 89 Pad 1 (new age) 90 Pad 2 (warm) 91 Pad 3 (polysynth) 92 Pad 4 (choir) 93 Pad 5 (bowed) 94 Pad 6 (metallic) 95 Pad 7 (halo) 96 Pad 8 (sweep) |
| Synth Effects: 97 FX 1 (rain) 98 FX 2 (soundtrack) 99 FX 3 (crystal) 100 FX 4 (atmosphere) 101 FX 5 (brightness) 102 FX 6 (goblins) 103 FX 7 (echoes) 104 FX 8 (sci-fi) |
Ethnic: 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bag pipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai |
Percussive: 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drum 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum |
| Sound effects: 120 Reverse Cymbal 121 Guitar Fret Noise 122 Breath Noise 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone Ring 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot |
Hi, Ingrid. In Cakewalk Pro is a cal program named Split channel. If you run this program, the tracks will show up.
Dear Marian, if you use transpose and your settings are for everything, then that is your problem. Change your transpose options in KBD (Keyboard). Now, your midi will not be transposed but only your keyboard.
It is no problem at all. In Cakewalk, look to your midi settings. Under OPTIONS, you will find midi devices. There you choose one for output and it will work.
Hello, Henry. Nice to live in Paris. Now you see how music connect people over all the world. If you want to play with midi to the Tyros, you have to buy a cable (not cheap) that you put on the big connector of the FR7. For example, here:
http://elane-electronics.com/fr7x_accessories/FR-7x_breakout_cable.html
This cable also has line out 2 x and midi in and out. And you have also this option on the same site (Cheaper):
http://accordions-asia.com/fr7x_accessories/FR-7x_Midi_Connector.php
This is only midi out. Have fun and keep playing your music, Juul.
Dear Ivonne (CZ). You can do it yourself with a very small programm, which you can download for free. You can do it here: http://midisheetmusic.com This program shows you a keyboard and if you load a midi file you see the score and the keys. But you can also transpose the midi or select 1 or 2 tracks. And, if you wish, you can print the score. This program is portable, which means you only have to click on the downloaded file and it works. No install. Have fun with it, Juul.
You choose a midi file via button A to the left of your screen. If you have chosen the midi file, you press score, this button is on the Tyros5 near the audio player. You will now see your midi file in notebook. At the bottom of the display, you will see chord lyrics etc. At the bottom right is setup that you select by pressing button 6 below the sliders. Now you see another menu with the channel you want to see for your left or direction channel. If you want to see midi on channel 4, press button 2 down until channel 4 is selected. With button 8 you press okay. You will now see the notes of channel 4. I hope to have helped you on your way. Wishing you success and have fun with your music.
We live not far from each other! Ok, Ivonne, look here: https://midi-transposer.apponic.com/ Download the program and install it and you can transpose your midinfile.
Viele grusse von Juul (jurgen sagt man in Deutschland).
The Accordion of Roland uses the following midi channels for the keyboard, the bass and the chords:
Midi channel 1 = KEYBOARD
Midi channel 2 = BASS
Midi channel 3 = CHORDS
Here's how to set up
Tyros 5: (I have a Tyros 5.)
Press the FUNCTION button
Choose Midi (Button H)
Choose Edit (Button 8)
Go to the Receive tab At Ch1 you put part on KEYBOARD
At Ch2 you put part on LEFT (If you want to hear that from your Tyros, otherwise on OFF)
With CH3 you put part on STYLE CHORD 1 or STYLE CHORD 2 (just which one you want to hear from the Tyros.)
Now you go to the Chord Detect tab, and there you make sure that 3 is selected.
MAKE SURE YOU DO E.E.A. WITH THE RIGHT MIDI, A OR B.
Now you can play the Tyros with a Roland accordion.
When you play a midi file there are (16 or new 32) channels. In all midi files the drum part should be on channel 10 and, in some cases, channel 9. So, look for each channel where you here the piano with no melody and change it to channel 10.
You are doing nothing wrong. There are midi files with words and some do not have words. If you have a program like Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, you can see the lyrics and you can also add lyrics if you want to do that. Download the manual of Cakewalk and you can find out how.
Go to your controller menu and change the priority from the pedal. On the right low side of your screen, you can change it.
Yes! You can do this with a playlist. Look in the Tyros manual page 88 - 89 to see how to create a playlist.
I use Winamp, a free download, and use it to make there a playlist. It works wonderfully. But there are other (free) programs that will, I think, do this.
Go to your controller menu and change the Priority from the pedal (+ and -).
-----------------------------I get a lot of other questions and thye are all very positive about the files. Even from Holland because they don't have the dutch files. The nicest one came from Iceland! A lady, Yvonne, 91 years old and still playing a tyros2. She was very happy with the files, mostly the dutch ones, and could now play with old memories from Holland where she was born. Very heartwarming reaction. Thanks to all those who have written me. I do appreciate your views.
-- Juul
Performing with an Accordion and Tyros5
My accordion files are played on an accordion coupled via MIDI to my Tyros5. The sound from the accordion goes from the accordion and the organ sounds come from the Tyros5 and sometimes from a Roland BK-7m backing module. Everything is coupled via MIDIi, so we have a lot of sounds to play with.
This photo shows the installation I have in my little studio. It is also what I (and Dick) use for a performance. The Tyros5 and the PSR-900 are the central sound machines. And beside the Tyros5 is the Roland BK-7m backing module. The BK-7m is only used for some accordion styles that are not on the Tyros5. I think it is made for accordion sounds.
I only use the PSR-900 now and then to play, for example, a trumpet or saxophone and not more, but the sound is very nice.
The Tyros5 is used for strings and other orchestra sounds in the background because this sound is stereo and therefore the music performance sounds better. Some times I also use the Tyros5 for the piano sound.
This setup is only used when I play accordion and I need no drums. I also play music on the Tyros but than with styles and so.
In have two accordions with MIDI. The first is the Piatanesi. This is an Italian instrument and plays very well. I bought it in Castelfidardo in Italy. In this accordion are two built-in microphones and and a built-in MIDI device. Both devices have a wireless connection with a mixer and MIDI expander. The sound from this accordion is mono.
Then, I have a Roland FR-7 digital accordion. I play this also on a performance but only when I have to play a longer time because of the trouble with my left shoulder. Because it is a digital instrument, I don't have to pull on the accordion for sound and my shoulder likes that. MIDI and sound are also coupled via a wireless device. The sound is mono.
And then I have the Roland BK-7m backing module, also coupled with the midi expander on channel 3 and then with a cable to the mixer. The BK-7m understands my FR-7 accordion very well in one click. So when I play accordion with a style, I can use the Tyros5 or the BK-7m.
From the sound mixer it goes to the Bose 400 w amplifier and also to a laptop computer for recording if we wish that. This mixer is also digital and couples with Bluetooth to my Samsung. On the Samsung tablet I can manage the mixer and that is very nice. I could not buy the mixer I am using so I built it myself. My mixer has 5 MIDI IN ports and 4 MIDI OUT ports. See the diagram shown here. Click on the image for a larger view..
More on MIDI Installation Details
Using MIDI in a performance may be new to some users so Joe asked me to provide some more explicit details on how all this works. I will try to explain my installation a little bit better.
When I have a performance, which is for the whole evening, I have the instruments with me as you can see on the connection drawing. As you can see, I am not a draughtsman, but I hope it is understandable. Click on that image and it will open larger in a separate window.
I have the following hardware:
- Tyros5 and PSR-900 keyboards,
- Roland FR-7 Accordion and Piatanesi Accordion both with MIDI,
- Roland BK-7m Sound module with MIDI,
- DAB sound mixer/amplifier (2 x 400 watt),
- MIDI Merger (built by me) with 4 MIDI IN and 4 MIDI OUT,
- Two speakers (400 watts)
- Two microphones
- One laptop ASUS computer for possibly recording,
- And, of course, cables and a technician.
I play mostly on the accordions and on the Tyros5 when, for example, they want rock n roll, so I use a very nice rock style. The Tyros5, PSR-900 and BK-7m have sound cables conjugated to the DAB sound mixer/amplifier to have stereo background music. Two microphones are also connected.
The two accordions are conjugated with a Lekato wireless guitar device shown here, so I have a wireless sound connection with the sound mixer although the sound of these instruments is only mono. The wireless connection allows me to move on the stage with the accordion if I want to.
Now let's look at the MIDI connections. First, consider the MIDI Merger, the central device for all connections. I built it myself 25 years ago and it still works fine. However, you can buy this kind of thing on the internet or in a good music store.
You can put more MIDI instruments together on this device and send the MIDI OUT signal to receiving instruments such as the Tyros5, PSR-900 and BK-7m. Both accordions have a wireless MIDI device (see picture) so I can move on the stage without any cable.
The Roland FR7 has a battery for 10 hours. The Pitanesi is an air accordion and has a battery for the MIDI device and the microphone amplifier. Battery change is once a year. When I play, for example, the FR7 accordion, you can hear the sound direct from the sound mixer/amplifier and then the speakers, but this is very “dry”.
The MIDI OUT signal from the FR-7 accordion goes wireless to the MIDI Merger and then, with a cable, to the midi in connector from the BK-7m sound module, Tyros5 and PSR-900. For example, I choose on the Tyros5 strings then the Tyros5 will play with the accordion in the same keys. The strings sound from the Tyros5 you hear via the sound mixer/amplifier and speakers. That’s it, no more. Also, any sound from the PSR-900 or BK-7m backing module, you hear the same way.
I have only one way with the MIDI signal. I can not play on the Tyros and then also hear sound from the accordion.
The accordion gives only MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the MIDI Merger. Then, the MIDI Merger combines the MIDI signals to MIDI OUT and this goes to the MIDI IN connectors on the Tyros5. BK-7m and PSR-900 and the Tyros5 or BK-7m or PSR-900 or all three together play the sound I want. That sound can be very nice as you can hear on my mp3’s.
I hope this explanation gives visitors a better view on how all this works!
Juul