What you're asking, I can't control. I can only report on what's in the soundfont.
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:38:44 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Steve, >One thing to consider, if and when you make that script: >Some soundfont players read banks differently. For example, sFZ reads >banks in QWS as 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on. But other players like to use 0, >128, 256, 384, etc. So, if it's not too much work, could there be an >option, when making the instrument list, to multiply the bank numbers by >128? Maybe it could be a checkbox, when checked it would multiply, when >unchecked it would use the normal bank numbers. >I hope I am not asking too much, as I don't know how easy it would be >for you to put in. >Thanks. > >On 2/25/2012 12:50 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: >> Hi Raymond: >> >> Glad ya like the file. >> >> Regarding Viena, it's really quite simple. You open a soundfont and >> you get this kind-of list view thingie, but you don't even hafta mess >> with that aspect. Just go to the File menu and use the export >> function. But then comes the hard part, turning the file you get into >> the instrument definition syntax you need. But if you just want to >> know what's in there, Viena works great! >> >> Regarding running the VBScript, of course I'll make it simple as >> possible for everyone's benefit, with the standard Windows file open >> dialog so you can browse to your output file, and another so you can >> specify where the instrument definition is supposed to go. What I'd >> *REALLY* like to do is talk to the creator of Viena and have him stick >> this right in his program as another option, but this will have to do >> for the nonce. >> >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:06:09 -0500, you wrote: >> >>> Hi Steve, >>> I've been looking for something like this for a long time! Viena itself >>> is something I never really figured out. But the export presets feature >>> is something I completely missed. I'd be interested in that VB script, a >>> million percent!. >>> Since I am not a programmer though, I would have no clue how to run it, >>> so I'd need some instructions. >>> Thanks for the useful stuff! >>> >>> On 2/24/2012 5:53 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: >>>> When I first started with softsynths and soundfonts and things, the >>>> first thing I noticed was, yeah, the sounds are great, but not so much >>>> the documentation as to what was actually in the soundfonts, and how >>>> to address them. Now, I'm not big on hunt-and-peck, tiptoing through >>>> hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, of program-change combinations >>>> to get the most out of a soundfont, and I always thought that if there >>>> is software to compile a soundfont out of samples and instructions as >>>> to how to access them, there's got to be a program that can >>>> deconstruct them, or at least read them and tell the human what they >>>> contain. Nearly a year later, I've found such a program. It's called >>>> Viena (not to be confused with Vienna), available from >>>> http://www.synthfont.com. It opens a soundfont (.SF2) file as if it >>>> were a word-processing document and lays everything out on the screen >>>> in nice accessible fashion. One of the functions on its file menu will >>>> export the presets list to a file of fixed-format records (once you >>>> strip off a few lines of header you don't need), and that file, in >>>> turn, can be massaged with a text editor via a simple macro to >>>> rearrange and reformat the individual lines a little bit. The result, >>>> if you do it all correctly, is the perfect stuff for QWS instrument >>>> definition data. Add the required two-line header at the top, a little >>>> documentation if you're of a mind, save it, then bring it into QWS and >>>> assign it as the instrument definition for your port of choice. >>>> >>>> Since Andre's big soundfont file is in wide use, and I'll bet a >>>> not-so-strong American dollar that most QWS and TheSoundfont users >>>> aren't getting nearly everything out of this file that they could, I >>>> submit the attached. There are over 400 sounds in this thing, all >>>> addressable and all with real names. So, save the attachment, drop it >>>> into your QWS folder, open the instruments dialog on the Options menu, >>>> and assign it as the instrument definition for whatever you call Onj's >>>> Soundfotn on your system. Then, go and enjoy yourself romping through >>>> the sounds. >>>> >>>> If there is sufficient interest, I will turn my editor macro into a >>>> VBScript file that will take the text output from Viena and convert it >>>> directly to a QWS instrument definition file, then give you the >>>> VBScript which you can then run on your own soundfont presets lists >>>> you make with Viena. >>> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >>> >>> for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> > >To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > >for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
