Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I had an SD 1...but I believer the vfx SD was the same.  Yes, you can sequence on the VFX and send the midi signal to the outboard sound  module.  Then mix them all together at the mixer/amp.  On the SD 1 a track could be (and I don't remember the actual jargon) internal sounds, cart sounds, or midi.  the "midi" or external sent the midi info to the sound module. 

My brother in law did the same with his old ensoniq 8 channel sampler, can't recall it's name either...getting old... but I'm very sure the VFX will function as the "computer" to play external sound sources.

Dave

--- On Wed, 11/17/10, jonpalman <jonpalman@...> wrote:

From: jonpalman <jonpalman@...>
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Questions about sounds for the VFX-SD - Newbie to Synths!
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 8:14 AM







 



  


    
      
      
      I would probably go for the JV 1080, particularly because of the exceptional price I've seen one at. Checking the specs out, it does seem pretty amazing actually, and I like the sound of it from YouTube as well as the fact it has all the expansion cards.



It's really bugging me to know, can I use it with the sequencer of the VFX-SD? Also, can I use some of the sounds from the VFX-SD in my sequences (I suppose I can by using the track button on the VFX-SD).



Thanks,

Jonathan.



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:

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> the tg500 is a rompler but also with a sample dump memory to add your own sample waveforms its has double the polyphony of the sy85 but lacks the floppy drive and memory expantion to 8mb

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> both sound identicle very warm and large sounding great fx its got an yam sp990 in there resonant filters

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> jv1080 are your staple synths have many sounds in the rompler and can add 4 expansion cards from the s7xxx range of sample cdroms in rom format

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> m3r is a cut down version of a m1

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> s1000 is a great 16bit sampler very crunchie but no filter resonance but you can add multipul loops from a sample which can be like transwave synthesis you set loop points and how many times looped then it will play that loop set number then move onto the next loop point

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> the fz1 also have this programming feature

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> did you know that when emu and ensoniq joined that emu eos samplers had loop modulation added its also in the software version emulatorx2/3

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> richard i have redon those single cycle waveforms an sampled then at a higher frequency and got rid of the anti aliasing noise give me a shout and ill send you a bank in w01 format

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> richard you need to get a sy85 with your tg500 as they make a great pair especialy when it comes to dumping sysex to the tg500

>   ----- Original Message ----- 

>   From: jonpalman 

>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 

>   Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:21 PM

>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Questions about sounds for the VFX-SD - Newbie to Synths!

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>   Hey.

>   Please can you expand on your answer? What exactly do these racks do? I persume they're connected to the synthesizer, not a computer? Also, whats the difference between a rack and a sampler?

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>   Sorry for asking stupid questions.

>   --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Rish <rish@> wrote:

>   >

>   > Hey I do some 80s and 90s stuff, Depeche, New Order and others.

>   > I don't use the sounds in the SD that much, if i do its mostly pads. 

>   > I have several racks connected via midi, I use TG500, M3r, JV1080 and two s1000 samplers.

>   > 

>   > No way to preview sounds before hand, SYSEX the banks to the VFXSD then save them to disc.

>   > 

>   > Sent from my iPod

>   > 

>   > On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:23 AM, "jonpalman" <jonpalman@> wrote:

>   > 

>   > > Hello.

>   > > I am trying to make songs on the VFX-SD. I have no problem using the sequencer or anything like that (yet - I haven't gone into anything too advanced...), but the only thing that's stopping me make some of these songs (I'm focusing on 80's songs by the way), is how the default sounds on the VFX-SD aren't anything great. They're not bad, but now I really can see why Ensoniq put a floppy drive in this synthesizer...

>   > > 

>   > > Anyway, I have been looking at the sounds stored on here, which thankfully there are many. I now want to know a couple of things. The first is can I sample what these sounds are like before putting them onto my synth?

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>   > > The second is can I transfer these via a floppy disk? I have the right floppy type (the low-density), but I can't see any way to transfer .syx to a floppy. I'm moving so half my stuff is in boxes, including the midi cable for my synth.

>   > > 

>   > > The last is can I only use VFX-SD sounds on here, or can I use sounds say for the SD-1? They're all in .syx format.

>   > > 

>   > > Thanks,

>   > > Jonathan.

>   > > 

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