That would be great. Having a way to turn freeware samples into sounds would make life a lot easier. And if you can document the procedure I can then do some conversions to some of my favorite Ensoniq samples so I can use them. They have a great Sitar layer that includes drone strings, tabla, and melody strings, as well as a wonderful hammer dulcimer and a very nice orchestral percussion map. I also have some samples I converted from the Akai S612 format and some samples I did on my own, including a three synth organ layer (Proteus 1 for the middle drawbars, MT-32 for the high ones, and DX7IIFD for the bottom ones) sampled through a overdriven fender twin for that grungy organ sound. Getting all of this converted would be great, as I could work without needing the full studio for now.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond Grote Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:29 PM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi Hi, definitely looking into this program now. Maybe I'll try to help fix accessibility issues. Also that sample site sounds very nice, looking into that too. Nicole Massey wrote: > No, though I've heard good things about it, and if we have problems > with accessibility in it one of the core programmers has said to me on > more than one occasion that he will make those problems go away. > Translator Free converts multiple sample formats to the one you > specified when you downloaded it. Yes, some things translate better > than others, but it covers a wide variety of formats. And with the > vast number of samples at www.soundcentral.com (I wonder how much > longer that site will be around) there's a good chance of finding something that will do the job. > I'm thinking about this a lot right now, as I'm trying to get my brain > around building my own sound font bank of early music sounds so I can > have that as a good sound source for the stuff I do in that time > period. Shawm, Crumhorn, portative, and rebec samples aren't just > lying around everywhere, so I know it's going to take some work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Raymond Grote > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:45 AM > To: QWS list > Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi > > Hi, > While I see your point, not every free sample out there is what you'd > call usable. That's just what you get in the world of freebies. Of > course if you're absolutely desperate you'll use just about anything. > But I am spoiled rotten and picky. So it's ridiculously difficult for > me to find a freeby I actually like although when you get lucky it is > pretty awesome. It's amazing how a thousand dollar keyboard saves my > life every time though, because I know a lot of people who would pay a > lot more for something like that and still complain loads about it. > Anyway, back to the translator. Have you used it much? anything useful > with regards to QWS usage? > > Nicole Massey wrote: >> I find the contention that the sounds don't exist to be a bit >> spurious. With the vast amount of public domain samples out there, >> and tools like Translator Free to convert them at no cost, it sounds >> like it's more a matter of effort than availability of the needed data. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Raymond Grote >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:15 AM >> To: QWS list >> Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi >> >> Yes, that is a definite factor. But, another factor is simply not >> having the sounds the GS standard calls for. Some of the sounds that >> the GS/XG standards call for are hard to find, especially free ones. >> And the paid ones are too expensive to be worth putting into the old >> soundfont format, according to some. Truthfully I don't think >> soundfonts are half bad especially since the format hasn't really >> changed > for many years. >> In any case even professional synths sometimes don't follow the >> standard as tightly as they used to. For instance my keyboard's GM >> instruments are fine, but some of the other instruments like XG ones >> are not, because they are still using older sounds for those. Yet >> some of the front panel voices specific to that keyboard would be >> totally fine > to be XG instruments. >> Nicole Massey wrote: >>> Right -- a lot of folks making soundfonts don't know the breadth and >>> depth of the GS standard, so they don't account for everything it >>> has in a normal patch and feature set. So it's a YMMV situation to be sure. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Raymond Grote >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:03 PM >>> To: QWS list >>> Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi >>> >>> Hi, >>> It's also worth noting that when a soundfont says it's GS, XG, or >>> whatever, it isn't fully compatible with that standard, it just has >>> some of those instruments. For instance, the general User GS >>> soundfont might have some GS instruments, but not every single one. >>> I haven't used that font in a very long time, so I can't tell you >>> what it will do, but if you go over an instrument that the soundfont >>> doesn't have, Bassmidi will just use the last one you selected >>> before that. For instance, if you go to a regular piano, and then to >>> a piano on a different bank that the soundfont doesn't have, it will >>> just use the >> regular piano. >>> Nicole Massey wrote: >>>> Okay, then go to the Options menu, select Instruments, and assign >>>> the GS definition file to your Bassmidi port. This will give you >>>> patch > names. >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Dewald >>>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:43 PM >>>> To: QWS list >>>> Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi >>>> >>>> Hi, yes, i downloaded a GS font. >>>> It's called GeneralUser_GS_1.44-MuseScore >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2012/08/20 06:26 PM, Nicole Massey wrote: >>>>> You don't have an INF file associated with it. >>>>> What sound font did you download? Is it a General MIDI, XG, or GS >>>>> font? If so, then you can set the instrument definition to one of >>>>> those. If it isn't, then you'll have to use something to find the >>>>> patch names and build your own inf file -- it's fairly easy, but >>>>> you have to know what it entails. I put up a good explanation of >>>>> how to do it using Excel to make everything a lot easier a while >>>>> ago > here. >>>>> For now, go to the properties, set the patch to a number between 0 >>>>> and 127, then see what plays. Move that number around in >>>>> properties and you can get a good feel for what's playing and >>>>> where you have >>> patches. >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>> Behalf Of Dewald >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:06 AM >>>>> To: QWS list >>>>> Subject: QWS List Bassmidi >>>>> >>>>> Hi list. >>>>> I downloaded my first font. >>>>> Importet it into Bassmidi,, set the ports to Bassmidi. >>>>> In the tracks list it's also selected. >>>>> >>>>> It shows no instruments. >>>>> In the instrument list under options, what do i have to select there? >>>>> I don't know which programmes or banks to use for the instruments. >>>>> >>>>> It is the .sf2 file. >>>>> >>>>> What should i do from there on? >>>>> >>>>> Can i just record a violin part and listen to how it sounds like? >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure how to use another synth like Bassmidi with QWS. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Dewald. >>>>> >>>> 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] >>> >> 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] > 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]
