> From: Harry <ebbrecords@...>
> Reply-To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:55:51 +0000
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: GM Drum Map for VFX-SD
>
>
>
> Frank,
>
> I have a VFX-SD.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Harry Ebbeson III
>
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Crawford" <fmc@t...>
> wrote:
>> are you doing a vfx-sd or an SD-1 ?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harry" <ebbrecords@y...>
>> To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:14 PM
>> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: GM Drum Map for VFX-SD
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Frank,
>>> I am looking for the drum map page that you are talking about
> and
>>> cannot readily find it. Are you speaking of the Output screen
> where
>>> it is showing the key assignment for each sound?
>>>
>>> I am a little lost on that part of it all. Fan you give me more
>>> insight as to which screen you are talking about?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Harry Ebbeson III
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Harry" <ebbrecords@y...>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Frank,
>>>> I will look at that tonight. I have been going into the Wave
>>> Edit
>>>> page, selecting which sound to work with, and changing the key
>>> range
>>>> in the output screen. I must have been doing it wrong. The
>>> problem
>>>> is that it seemed as though the ballad kit was a Multi-Drum
> sound
>>> and
>>>> was permanently assigned to a range of keys that were not able
> to
>>> be
>>>> changed. I will look at your instruction tonight and let you
> know
>>> of
>>>> my results.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Harry Ebbeson III
>>>> Ebbeson Management Group
>>>> www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Crawford"
> <fmc@t...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> punch up the ballad kit, write down all the settings from
> edit
>>> drum
>>>> map
>>>>> page, then select a drum kit in the int bank so you can save
> it,
>>>> reproduce
>>>>> the settings you wrote down, in a gm map............frank
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Harry" <ebbrecords@y...>
>>>>> To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:19 PM
>>>>> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: GM Drum Map for VFX-SD
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for the response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am looking for a way to copy a drum kit, mainly the
> Ballad-Kit
>>>>>> because of the big toms, into a map that is compatible with
> GM
>>> so
>>>>>> that I may use the Ensoniq drums (all of them in the kit) in
>>>>>> sequences that I have written.
>>>>>> I play in a band where I am the keyboardist, bassist and
>>> drummer;
>>>> the
>>>>>> majority of bass and all drums are done in the sequencer. I
>>>>>> currently use my Roland XP60 as the main sequencer. I also
> use
>>>> the
>>>>>> sounds in it, including the drums. I trigger an Alesis
> QS6,
>>>> which is
>>>>>> mainly on a preset(s) I have created that use drums and
> bass,
>>> to
>>>> get
>>>>>> a fuller drums and bass sound.
>>>>>> I have the bass parts taken care of because they go to their
>>>>>> respective channel from the XP60 and trigger anything on
>>> Channel
>>>> 7.
>>>>>> Since I have gotten my VFX-SD, I have fallen in love with
> the
>>>> ballad
>>>>>> kit again, and currently have a custom kit that uses the
> kick
>>> and
>>>>>> snare from that kit.
>>>>>> The problem is this: I do not have the sequencer loaded in
> the
>>>> VFX-
>>>>>> SD, because the floppy drive does not work. This forces me
> to
>>> use
>>>>>> template for tracks 1-12 on the VFX-SD as my multi-timbral
>>> setup
>>>> on
>>>>>> that synth. I do not anticipate getting the unit fixed
> until
>>>> after
>>>>>> the 1st of the year or when taxes come back, whichever
> allows
>>> for
>>>> the
>>>>>> funds to do so (I have my Christmas album from 2003 and my
> 2002
>>>>>> release, Finding Hope, selling in stores in the area and
>>> online).
>>>>>> Right now, I am writing music my another album and I am
>>> currently
>>>>>> using track 10 for the drums (all the GM drums of course)
> and
>>>> track
>>>>>> 11 for the VFX alone. Combining the kits make for a
> wonderful
>>>> drum
>>>>>> kit (especially on the toms and snare) and I would like to
> be
>>>> able to
>>>>>> do that in every song I do (for the cover band and/or for
> my own
>>>>>> music), with the ballad kit and the other kits I trigger on
> my
>>> GM
>>>>>> machines.
>>>>>> I remember somewhere, probably in the Transoniq Hacker,
> where
>>>> someone
>>>>>> brought up the issue of GM kits on the VFX and SD-1 and I
> do not
>>>>>> remember if it was answered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope that helps. If there was a way that I could convert
> the
>>>> data
>>>>>> file to a file that can be read by my Roland XP60 or Yamaha
> MDF-
>>> II
>>>>>> Data Filer, that would be great too. My computer is set up
> for
>>>>>> strictly computer and administrative duties, rather than
> MIDI.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I downloaded the Geibler software to convert stuff to a
> format
>>> the
>>>>>> VFX could read, but the program said my floppy drive was not
>>>>>> compatible, so I gave up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also got a hold of Thesoniq today and he did not give
> specific
>>>>>> pricing on what it would cost to get my synth fixed, other
> than
>>> it
>>>>>> was $70 for labor and $75 for the new floppy. I am going
> to
>>> get
>>>> the
>>>>>> entire synth redone (new ROMs, updated O/S and whatever
> else I
>>>> can do
>>>>>> to make it new again), but again, that will be after the
> 1st of
>>>> the
>>>>>> year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope this explains it a little better. I sure am happy
> that
>>> I
>>>> got
>>>>>> the VFX; I had been looking for one for many years and
> finally
>>>> found
>>>>>> one in the pawn shop for $250.00 . Once I get it up and
>>> running
>>>> 100%
>>>>>> with the sequencer and other sounds accessible by floppy, I
>>> will
>>>> be
>>>>>> pleased.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Harry Ebbeson III
>>>>>> Ebbeson Management Group
>>>>>> www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
>>>>>>
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