Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

The violin patch is only available on the SD-1, not on the SD. The SD-1 has a couple more wave forms implemented (168 waves altogether in a 3,5MB Rom instead of the VFX-SDs 141 waves in a 1,75 MB Rom). The vanilla VFX has 109 waves (1,5MB).

The ROM banks are also different. While the VFX series including SD have INT, CART, and ROM, the SD-1 has a second ROM bank to hold another 60 sounds and 20 presets.
That is why you can switch between INT, CART, ROM1, and ROM2 on the SD-1.

Among the waves added for the SD-1 were some solo strings like violin and cello.
That means there is no way to develop a clean violin patch on the SD.

Sorry Harry, but if you need a violin you need to explore other options, maybe an SD-1 or an EPS series sampler (great Ensoniq gear, and sometimes pretty cheap to come by).

Oh, and ebay has lots of violins ;-)

Hans


Claus schrieb:

If You use the CART button to select ROM Bank 1 and press the 7 key there should be a Violin as the fourth sound in that window...

From: Harry[mailto:ebbrecords@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:29 AM -07:00
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Highly Desired Patch.....

Hello all,
I trust that all are doing well and making lots of music. I need a
patch for the VFX-SD and I cannot seem to create it convincingly. I
need a solo violin patch. Has anyone been able to successfully make
a violin patch? I know that there is not a waveform in the list for
that sort of thing, but I was thinking that there has to be a way to
make one.
That is really the only patch that I have not been able to make on
the synth since I have had it. I have one on my SQ-2, but as I look,
there is a designated waveform for such an instrument.
If anyone has one, can you send it over to me?

Thank you,

Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group