HI Again
Just popped my head back in to try to help a bit .
Bit of long read but, this works for me .
But I do have a Yamaha CVP 405 that has a full set of midi voices plus a set of xg voices and panel voices .
So I can set this as my external synth for all midi from biab

New BIAB W10 pc for my Yamaha CVP 405.

Hi ALL

After my recent success with W7 to W10 upgrades on my 2 existing PCs, I decided to push the boat out and buy a new PC so that I could have BIAB and some of my other music software permanently connected to my Yamaha Clavinova CVP405 in my Lounge .

This saves me having to break down and move my existing BIAB PC from my normal every day work station and controller keyboard and Audio interface, to the other room and reset all midi and audio drivers to suit, then change them back again when I bring it back.
As I had not used my 3 BIAB installs allowed, and still had a spare license for Acronis True image it just had to find a suitable PC.

In the end I went for a 24 inch White all in one from HP

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5+ 8250U Processor

- Quad-core- 1.6 GHz / 3.4 GHz- 6 MB cache

RAM 8 GB DDR4 (2400 MHz)

Storage 2 TB HDD (7200 rpm)

The 24” monitor would also mean I could display 2 A4 size PDF pages of music sheets side by side, useful as the pc screen would be using my music stand .

Works like a dream.
This now gives me access to 6095 BIAB styles when using my CVP with BIAB running, with up to 40 variations in each style intelligently generated from my chord sequence.

Here is my brief description of how I connect.
First the CVP is connected via midi over usb lead to my PC, this allows BIAB to see the CVP as my midi synth and a midi input device. As set in my midi and audio settings on BIAB.

With the aid of a pat file converted from a cakewalk ins file (instrument definition) I can access all the CVP’s 884 Midi voices and 19 Drum sets. In BIAB. Select higher bank option .

To make use of the many excellent Realtracks styles an Real drums. I feed the audio output of the PC to the line input of CVP.

This allows me to hear the Real tracks etc. audio from the CVP sound system and speakers, and play live over the top ( with careful adjustment of the PC sound out and the line in trim pot on the Yamaha )

I can now sing over the top with vocal harmony if required by sending the root chords from the BIAB chord sheet over the midi connection using the set midi chords to output option in BIAB ( options /preferences/output channel ).

The whole lot can be recorded on the Yamaha CVP built in Audio recorder as a wav file.

Just my way hope it helps some one wanting to use a Yamaha keyboard with Band In A Box or maybe the free Cakewalk prog, if only as a midi Synth.

Just by way of an update I have printed a pic of my wiring diagram for those interested in these things,.

Probably looks like a nightmare to some but I enjoy playing with the technology.

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BIAB2021 UltraPlus,AsusN55S1Tbssd, W10/64,Akai EIEpro
Yamaha CVP405,SquireStrat, CoolsoftVMidSynth
Novatation Impulse61 Ctr kbd, Cwalk blab Kontakt

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