Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "tjiyf" <tjiyf@h...> wrote:
>
> iS IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY SD1 SEQUENCES ON A TS12, AS I AM CONSIDERING 
> PURCHASE OF A TS12.
>

I looked into this when the TS series first came out, thinking the TS
would be an "upgrade". Unlike the VFX, VFX-SD, and SD1 which were
backward compatible with earlier versions, the TS series is a
completely different instrument. The Wave samples are different (many
waves from the VFX/SD family are removed), the synthesis engine is
different, the user interface is different, and the Sysex
implementation is different. Many of the unique features that set the
VFX/SD1 family apart were removed from the TS, making it more of a
"generic" PCM synthesizer, IMO.

The effort required to move sounds and sequences from an SD1 to a TS12
would be the same as moving from an SD1 to a Korg or Kurzweil. 

Basically, you would have to play out the SD1 sequences to a computer
program as multi-channel MIDI. Then you would have to re-create the
sounds as best as possible on the new synthesizer. Then you would have
to re-record the sequences from the computer into the synthesizer's
sequencer.