Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

u could also use the Geibler program and convert


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From: "kc0fcp" <kc0fcp@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: SD1 TO TS12


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