Sound fonts work natively in MacOS until you install Logic, which disables that function. One of the annoying things about it.
Sent from my HAL 9000 in transit to Jupiter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seth Lowman Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:46 PM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: QWS List virtual instruments I’ve actually found logic pretty amazing for midi editing, once you get around its few quirks, like it’s balkiness when working with hardware instruments and Bank select messages. That being said, there are a few things I miss from QWS, like the progression and note replace tools, and the ability to use instrument list. I still use it from time to time when I feel the need to go back to my old but goods software instruments like my sound fonts, my freeware VST‘s, and Proteus VX, which unfortunately doesn’t work on the Mac or in logic. God bless! Seth On Jun 22, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Simon Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote: For what it's worth, the budget 61 key controller is $279 and comes with some free instruments, and they get even cheaper if you're willing to go smaller than 61. You could opt to get the M32, which is very compact, and use it as a portable controller and control surface of sorts for Komplete. There are a lot of free and inexpensive Kontakt libraries you could load up and use. You can buy more expensive controllers from them, and you can upgrade your Komplete to one of several expansions that go all the way up to the jaw-droppingly expensive Collectors' Edition, but that is by no means a requirement for making good music or getting into the Komplete ecosystem. > On 6/22/2021 11:03 AM, Joe Giovanelli wrote: > Well, Seth, that's too much for me right now. > > > I thank you for writing. > > > Joe > >> On 6/22/2021 12:27 PM, Seth Lowman wrote: >> To be honest, I’ve been using the KK stuff with logic pro, not QWS. I’m not >> really sure how well they work with QWS. I do know that they work with >> reaper though. >> How strange that your keyboard doesn’t have a local off function. All >> keyboards should have that ability. Of course, the alternative would be to >> play it using an external controller when you’re using it in QWS. As far as >> pricing for the >> KK products, the Komplete CE package is $1600. I believe the ultimate >> package is 1200, and the prices go down from there. I don’t recall the >> prices of the controllers off hand. >> >> God bless! >> Seth >> >> On Jun 22, 2021, at 8:44 AM, Joe Giovanelli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, Seth, >> >> >> The instrument is a Medeli sp-4200. Believe it or not, the MIDI >> implementation chart shows that controler 122 is crossed out. >> >> >> What do these "complete packages" offer? Do they avoid Loopmidi and Vsthost? >> What do they cost? >> >> >> God bless you as well. >> >> >> Joe G. >> >>> On 6/22/2021 11:35 AM, Seth Lowman wrote: >>> Every keyboard should now have the ability to turn off local, unless it’s >>> something really stupid cheap like a $50 RadioShack keyboard from the past. >>> What model keyboard did you get? It should say in the manual how to turn >>> off local. >>> As far as virtual instruments go, your best bet is going to be to purchase >>> one of the Komplete packages, and a A49 or S49 controller from Native >>> Instruments so you can access the parameters. There are several versions >>> of the Komplete package, some of which only have a few instruments while >>> others have literally hundreds of instruments. I currently own Komplete 12 >>> CE, and I’m looking at upgrading to 13. This package is amazing! There are >>> so many instruments I haven’t even gotten a chance to work with all of them. >>> >>> God bless! >>> Seth >>> >>> On Jun 22, 2021, at 7:32 AM, Joe Giovanelli <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Good morning, >>> >>> >>> The new music keyboard is very nice and at a cost of only $500. The problem >>> is that it does not have thie ability to turn off Local. Some of its 600 >>> sounds are very good but, under the circumstances, useless. >>> >>> >>> For this reason I am forced to obtain virtual sounds. >>> >>> >>> I foun d an article on the QWS site which discusses Loopmidi and Vsthost. >>> The instructions for using these programs to set up virtual instruments are >>> rather brief and assume more knowledge than I possess. >>> >>> I'm supposed to tell Loopmidi what ports I plan to use. Well, I figure to >>> select Proteus VX as my sound bank, but do I use that as the port name? >>> >>> >>> I'm supposed to open Vsthost in Wave. Well, the closest I can find is Use >>> Bank. >>> >>> >>> I believe I was able to delete the Input port in QWS. That is as far as I >>> could get. >>> >>> >>> I will appreciate any help you ncan offer as to how to move forward >>> successfully with my search for virtual instruments. >>> >>> >>> I thank you very much for your help. >>> >>> >>> Joe Giovanelli, W2PVY >>> >>> 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]
