Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi guys.

I have asked about this before, but alas, there was no response so Im 
trying again.

I have a mp3 clip from a band that uses the Ensoniq SD-1 and they use 
this bass preset that I like very much. I cannot find this among the 
factory presets on my SD-1 so I hope you experts can help me here.

Here is a mp3 clip where the patch is used (a better one than the 
last example I linked to)

http://www.quadrivium.nu/gjest/sound1.mp3

The patch Im talking about is the bass sound that is played in the 
background. The string patch is the ye olde Orchestra patch..


Anyway, I would be very grateful to any help on this.

Thanks.

Regarding the SD-1 sound, it sounds like there are
multiple sounds going at once.  Since the VFX and the
SD-1 can interchange sounds, it sounds like there is a
Studio Bass 2 or Electric Bass 2 in there with the
Star Drive sound, as well as kettle drums and lots of
reverb and chorus; not to mention the strings in there
that are probably octaved as well.  It is difficult to
accurately pick out the specific instruments, so you
will most likely need to contact the artist themself
for specifics.
It also sounds like a moving sound, and it would be
hard to probably put all of that movement into just
one sound, even for the VFX/SD-1.  There are so many
different washes of sound and movement, that it has to
be layered.
  Well, that is my 2 cents worth on it.  Have a good
day everyone.

Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group
www.soundclick.com/harryebbesoniii



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> 
wrote:
>
> I don't know myself....there are many thousand presets for the VFX/
SD1 and this might not be a factory preset for all we know.....why 
don't you ask Nordvang of the band that the audio clip is from...he 
is the keys man of the band and might freely divulge the 
information....
> 
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: antonfarstad 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 5:07 PM
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 sound
> 
> 
>   Hi guys.
> 
>   I have asked about this before, but alas, there was no response 
so Im 
>   trying again.
> 
>   I have a mp3 clip from a band that uses the Ensoniq SD-1 and they 
use 
>   this bass preset that I like very much. I cannot find this among 
the 
>   factory presets on my SD-1 so I hope you experts can help me here.
> 
>   Here is a mp3 clip where the patch is used (a better one than the 
>   last example I linked to)
> 
>   http://www.quadrivium.nu/gjest/sound1.mp3
> 
>   The patch Im talking about is the bass sound that is played in 
the 

>   background. The string patch is the ye olde Orchestra patch..
> 
>   Anyway, I would be very grateful to any help on this.
> 
>   Thanks.
>

Hey that sounds like a reverb-effect added to one of the standard 
electric bass voices...

I think you should try the 8 chorus-reverb 2 voice in the elec bass 
program it might be close..

You can make just about any sound you need with the SD-1...
and the wave form is adjustable from transwave to saw and 
square...there are alot of settings.

Sure sounds like a stadium setting, like a large reverb with a bit of 
echo maybe.  The point is you will need to experiment as much as the 
guy that created the sound, and probably more, if you are trying to 
duplicate it.

PS....Anybody know of any good waveform and voice books that can help 
me make noise??? I would really like to make some great noises!

The band is playing a march with too much fanfare in it...

OK I would say that the patch you are looking for is not an orchestra 
patch at all, but a combination of presets, I recognize the tympani 
from the new VC disks I just got.

I think they made this clip with the VFX-sd VC disks VC-1, VC-2 and VC-
3...