Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I am wondering if any of you folk are using software on PC to manage your
VFX / SD-1 sounds.

Having given Sounddiver a reasonable go, have to say my search for the
program of choice continues (although i do realise it is possible there is
no single ideal/choice program).

It seems unlikely that there would be VFX specific editors still available
which is pity coz they always seemed to work better than the universal
types.

Without completely ruling out Sounddiver, i am presently trialling a
midi-quest demo. It does look promising and seems a better editing
environment.

Simon,

have you finally come to  conclusion?
Looking around a bit Soundquests Midi Quest seems more or less the only 
option. I wouldn't consider Sounddiver since this software will not be 
further developed after Apple has acquired Emagic and there's abolutely 
no support any more...

Is anyone using Midi Quest or something else?

Hans


--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Rod." <stek@a...> wrote:
> I am wondering if any of you folk are using software on PC to manage 
your
> VFX / SD-1 sounds.
> 
> Having given Sounddiver a reasonable go, have to say my search for the
> program of choice continues (although i do realise it is possible 
there is
> no single ideal/choice program).
> 
> It seems unlikely that there would be VFX specific editors still 
available

> which is pity coz they always seemed to work better than the universal
> types.
> 
> Without completely ruling out Sounddiver, i am presently trialling a
> midi-quest demo. It does look promising and seems a better editing
> environment.

ive started with midiquest a few weeks ago
can only say that it seems to easily connect to my vfx and sr16

On Apr 9, 2005, at 8:00 AM, artmannh wrote:

>
>  Simon,
>
>  have you finally come to  conclusion?
>  Looking around a bit Soundquests Midi Quest seems more or less the 
> only
>  option. I wouldn't consider Sounddiver since this software will not be
>  further developed after Apple has acquired Emagic and there's 
> abolutely
>  no support any more...
>
>  Is anyone using Midi Quest or something else?
>
>  Hans
>
>
>  --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Rod." <stek@a...> wrote:
>  > I am wondering if any of you folk are using software on PC to manage
>  your
>  > VFX / SD-1 sounds.
>  >
>  > Having given Sounddiver a reasonable go, have to say my search for 
> the
>  > program of choice continues (although i do realise it is possible
>  there is
>  > no single ideal/choice program).
>  >
>  > It seems unlikely that there would be VFX specific editors still
>  available
>  > which is pity coz they always seemed to work better than the 
> universal
>  > types.
>  >
>  > Without completely ruling out Sounddiver, i am presently trialling a
>  > midi-quest demo. It does look promising and seems a better editing
>  > environment.
>
>
>
>
>
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ive started with midiquest a few weeks ago
can only say that it seems to easily connect to my vfx and sr16

A free universal editor librarian (that does only
librarian for the VFX) :
   http://www.jsynthlib.org/

Fred

--- Hans Artmann <hans-artmann@...> wrote:
> I've looked into the Midi Quest demo today and tried
> both the SD and SD
> 1. Seemed to work fine so far. However, when I
> played around on the
> keyboard while changing parameters to hear the
> changes the SD-1 crashed
> and rebooted. This happened a couple of times. Also,
>  the way back
> doesn't work; changing a parameter in the SD1 isn't
> reflected in the
> software (ok, why would I want to do that). The
> window where you can
> edit a patch looks quite useful. At a second glance
> the implementation
> looks half hearted with many configuration details
> missing. You can't
> even see the six voices for a sound without opening
> them one by one...
> I could have liked the window presenting the
> parameters of the tracks if
> they only had linked the program numbers to the
> respective programs with
> their names.
> I apologize for the off topic: I was pretty
> disappointed with the
> support of the SR16 and HR16: . I had to initialise
> the dump at the drum
> machine manually and for both devices there was
> exactly the same set of
> parameters available which is very limited. No
> patterns, songs, presets
> etc., in one word: useless. Is this a demo issue?
>  
> From what I've seen the 200 bucks are way too much
> for the features
> presented and the poor support of e.g. the Alesisi
> drums. And there's
> absolutely no support for the sequencer part.
>  
> My conclusion is: the demo is fine to change or
> create a patch - if you
> are comfortable with the 30 minutes until the demo
> terminates. No need
> to save that work as this is done on the synth.
>  
> For the library part there is wonderful freeware
> like Soundlib. 
>  
> Hans
>  
>  
> -----Urspr\ufffdngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: tim sullivan [mailto:timsullivan@...] 
> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. April 2005 15:07
> An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: editor /
> librarians
> 
> 
> 
> ive started with midiquest a few weeks ago 
> can only say that it seems to easily connect to my
> vfx and sr16
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 9, 2005, at 8:00 AM, artmannh wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Simon,
> 
> have you finally come to  conclusion?
> Looking around a bit Soundquests Midi Quest seems
> more or less the only 
> option. I wouldn't consider Sounddiver since this
> software will not be
> further developed after Apple has acquired Emagic
> and there's abolutely 
> no support any more...
> 
> Is anyone using Midi Quest or something else?
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Rod."
> <stek@a...> wrote:
> > I am wondering if any of you folk are using
> software on PC to manage 
> your
> > VFX / SD-1 sounds.
> > 
> > Having given Sounddiver a reasonable go, have to
> say my search for the
> > program of choice continues (although i do realise
> it is possible 
> there is
> > no single ideal/choice program).
> > 
> > It seems unlikely that there would be VFX specific
> editors still 
> available
> > which is pity coz they always seemed to work
> better than the universal
> > types.
> > 
> > Without completely ruling out Sounddiver, i am
> presently trialling a
> > midi-quest demo. It does look promising and seems
> a better editing
> > environment.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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Thanks for this hint. I've seen jsynthlib in an earlier version when
there was only support for the ESQ-1 and I've never managed to start
programming to add more.
Maybe I give it a try again...
However, as I said, I manage my patches with Soundlib which is quite
fine.

Have you tried JSynthLib - is it stable enough?

Hans

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Roi de la plage [mailto:roidelaplage@...] 
Gesendet: Montag, 11. April 2005 17:50
An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: Re: AW: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: editor / librarians



A free universal editor librarian (that does only
librarian for the VFX) :
   http://www.jsynthlib.org/

Fred

--- Hans Artmann <hans-artmann@...> wrote:
> I've looked into the Midi Quest demo today and tried
> both the SD and SD
> 1. Seemed to work fine so far. However, when I
> played around on the
> keyboard while changing parameters to hear the
> changes the SD-1 crashed
> and rebooted. This happened a couple of times. Also,
>  the way back
> doesn't work; changing a parameter in the SD1 isn't
> reflected in the
> software (ok, why would I want to do that). The
> window where you can
> edit a patch looks quite useful. At a second glance
> the implementation
> looks half hearted with many configuration details
> missing. You can't
> even see the six voices for a sound without opening
> them one by one...
> I could have liked the window presenting the
> parameters of the tracks if
> they only had linked the program numbers to the
> respective programs with
> their names.
> I apologize for the off topic: I was pretty
> disappointed with the
> support of the SR16 and HR16: . I had to initialise
> the dump at the drum
> machine manually and for both devices there was
> exactly the same set of
> parameters available which is very limited. No
> patterns, songs, presets
> etc., in one word: useless. Is this a demo issue?
>  
> From what I've seen the 200 bucks are way too much
> for the features
> presented and the poor support of e.g. the Alesisi
> drums. And there's
> absolutely no support for the sequencer part.
>  
> My conclusion is: the demo is fine to change or
> create a patch - if you
> are comfortable with the 30 minutes until the demo terminates. No need
> to save that work as this is done on the synth.
>  
> For the library part there is wonderful freeware
> like Soundlib.
>  
> Hans
>  
>  
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: tim sullivan [mailto:timsullivan@...]
> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. April 2005 15:07
> An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: editor /
> librarians
> 
> 
> 
> ive started with midiquest a few weeks ago
> can only say that it seems to easily connect to my
> vfx and sr16
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 9, 2005, at 8:00 AM, artmannh wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Simon,
> 
> have you finally come to  conclusion?
> Looking around a bit Soundquests Midi Quest seems
> more or less the only
> option. I wouldn't consider Sounddiver since this
> software will not be
> further developed after Apple has acquired Emagic
> and there's abolutely 
> no support any more...
> 
> Is anyone using Midi Quest or something else?
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Rod." <stek@a...> wrote:
> > I am wondering if any of you folk are using
> software on PC to manage
> your
> > VFX / SD-1 sounds.
> > 
> > Having given Sounddiver a reasonable go, have to
> say my search for the
> > program of choice continues (although i do realise
> it is possible
> there is
> > no single ideal/choice program).
> > 
> > It seems unlikely that there would be VFX specific
> editors still
> available
> > which is pity coz they always seemed to work
> better than the universal
> > types.
> > 
> > Without completely ruling out Sounddiver, i am
> presently trialling a
> > midi-quest demo. It does look promising and seems
> a better editing
> > environment.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> • To visit your group on the web, go to: 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ensoniq-VFX-SD/
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> 
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