Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

the poly at is more responsive on the vfx-sd than on the sd1

to get it to work you have to set it to the lowest settings and press very hard feels like your going to push the finger through the keys to get it to respond as good as the vfx-sd

there are a few more samples but not much the 1mb piano being the bigest 1

which was also included in the sqr+ and sq1+ and ks32 keyboards

the sq1 is a cut down version of the vfx it has a few less waveforms but has the transwaves and only 3 osc layers

but can create most vfx-sd sounds that only use 3 layers

which is most of the patches

i have a vfx-sd2 and a sd1

a sqr+32 and a sq1+32 keyboard which i use to layer up with the vfx pitched lower to create fatter patches

a ts10 which if you record the vfx waveforms for your personal use you can do vfx sounds on that as its the same synth in side but betterfx

but a vfx-sd and an sd1 sound the same sd1 is a little more refined the transwaves dont click as much as the vfx did

down to better converters and a later revision synth chip that was used in the sq1+ but they have identical synth artitechture in side so they all program the same

if you can program a vfx you can program a eps16+ or asr10 ts10/12 fizmo sq1/2/1+32/sqr/sqr+32 ks32 zr and mr

----- Original Message -----

From: Christian Brunschen

To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 3:03 PM

Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] VFX-SD vs SD1

On 4 Mar 2012, at 14:20, fddi wrote:

> Hello which One of the two is better in your opinion? I have to buy one of those. Thank you.

To the best of my understanding:

Fundamentally, the SD-1 is a somewhat upgraded VFX-SD - whilst still remaining fully backwards compatible. Everything you can do on a VFX-SD you can also do on an SD-1; but there are things you can do on the SD-1 that you can't do on the VFX-SD: there are some waveforms that are only on the SD-1 but not on the VFX-SD, and so on. Also, the software in the SD-1 is newer / better than in the VFX-SD. Add of course the 32-voice version of the SD-1 obviously has more voices available and this can play more sounds simultaneously.

But, this doesn't make the VFX-SD 'not good' any more. I still have the VFX-SD I bought in 1990; but I also bought a second-hand SD-1/32 as an 'extended backup', so to speak. Both still sound amazing.

I know, I've not actually been much help ;)

// Christian Brunschen