Originally Posted By: earl kirby
What do I need to playvst's in stand a lone mode? /I have keyboard psr3000 and want to play righthand parts on a stand alone vst with seperate key controller via laptop. Hope this makes sense. Help is appreciated


1. Install the PSR3000 driver software if required.
2. Use a USB cable from the "USB to Host" on the back of the PRS connection to your computer USB port.
3. Connect speakers or headphones to your computer. You will not hear the VST from the PSR3000. You will hear the audio from your computer soundcard.
4. For VST/VSTi Stand Alone version; Open the VST and check the Options or Set Up to see if your VST recognizes the PSR3000 automatically. If not, you will need to install the PSR3000 drivers according to the manual.
5. Set the VST MIDI input channel to ALL or Omni for now to make it simple. Or, set it to MIDI channel 1 for now.
6. Set the PSR MIDI output channel to ALL or Omni or the same channel as the VST.
7. Once that's done you need to check your computer's soundcard properties mixer to activate the proper audio output.

This is a summary and probably real close to what you need to do. The exact details depend on the instructions for the Yamaha Keyboard and the Options or Set Up dialog in the Stand Alone VST.

If the VST will open by itself without a DAW then, I would think, it is a Stand Alone. If the VST or VSTi does not have a "Stand Alone" version you can not use it that way. But, you can still do it in a DAW by putting the VST on a track in a host DAW and play "THRU" (or assign the track to the DAWs stereo main output )to the soundcard output.

What VST are you trying to do this with?

Does the noise in your head bother me ?