You can also load additional banks into it, so it's possible to get a crazy number of patches -- since it uses high density bank assignments (matrixing two controllers, 0 and 31) you can have 16384 banks of 128 patches each. It's a very useful sample player, and the format is a standard option for sound development companies and sample converter programs. And to make it all a bit nicer you can output the patch list to a text file for use to build a custom definition file. I think I've got pretty much the entire Korg M1 sound bank in an Ensoniq EPS format, so I'm thinking about getting that loaded as a Proteus VX bank and adding it to the regular sound bank file. I also launch Proteus VX with the link to the sound bank file instead of the program so it'll load that bank right off the bat. If that Proteus VX definition file has the category designator (PNO, Wind, GTR, etc.) then that's the one I built, and it took me a moment or two to realize we were dealing with high definition bank changes. I've run into some bank strangeness, including Oberheim/Kurzweil (some Korg stuff did this too) 100 patch banks where everything from 100-127 was the bank selector.
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 5:32 PM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: QWS List virtual instruments Proteus VX is not a collection of fonts; rather, it is a standalone synthesizer that will load a bank of its own proprietary presets when you open it on your computer. In order to use it with QWS, you need the virtual midi cable I was talking about earlier. I have also gotten it to work as a VST in reaper, but not with VST host. The most straightforward way to use it with QWS is to run it as a standalone program, then from the edit menu, go into preferences set your midi in device to the in Port on which ever virtual cable you’re using: for example, in from midi yoke 1. Then, go to QWS, create a new track, and set the port to your out port, such as out to midi yolk 1. This software instrument is multitimbrel, so you can create multiple tracks with it. It uses banks 0, 1, 2, and maybe 3 and four for its instrument presets, and there is also an instrument list for it on the QWS website. Hopefully this will help you out and getting started with Proteus VX. God bless! Seth On Jun 22, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Nicole Massey <[email protected]> wrote: The only thing I could think of is that the keyboard might have some way to turn it off as an internal thing, or turn off response to specific MIDI channels from the keyboard, but it's not a major manufacturer so they might do something a bit non-standard. 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 10:35 AM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: QWS List virtual instruments 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]
