Sequential circuits samplers

Hi all

Just had the most amazing discovery. I was able to find a Atari 
program called Softsynth v 2.1 by digidesign( made in 1988)It is 
a "libed" version. This program turns the P2000 into a 32 partial 
additive synth with lots of great features on making original sounds. 
It also has the ability to export SD ( Sound Design format) 
files.Worked like a charm, but you have to have both MIDI IN and OUT 
connected to the P2000 for it to communicate. You also have 
to "clear" a sample on the P2000 manually as it knows if a sample is 
already in the location you want to send it to.

I also did a google search looking for any .SD files( samples) Could 
not find any. However I did find out that Sound Forge can convert 
wave to SD. Since I have Sound Forge, I tried it..and it works!! What 
a discovery! Now I can work on samples in wave format on the PC, and 
convert it to SD, then upload it to the P2000!!

However, now I am having trouble creating a preset from the actual 
samples. I think someone answered me on this, but how do any of you 
create a sample ? I have the Operation Summery ( OS)available on the 
file section, but I think what we need is a clear step by step 
process on creating a sample and saving it as a preset. Even a copy 
and paste from the OS would be OK, but it would help newbies as well 
( like me:-)

BTW: I wonder if it would be OK to have this Atari version on our 
file section for our own use? Probably not. It would work under Steem 
( http://tamw.atari-users.net/steem.htm) on a PC.

TimC

There is also Sound Designer on the ST that works, as well as on the 
Mac.  The Sound Designer II file type is a bit different though.  
That's when they went to stereo files and a bunch of other little cool 
things.  I think even Turbo Synth made it to the ST at one point.  I 
don't remember though.  Works pretty much the same way for sample 
dumps.  Alchemy is a great app on the Mac for sample dumps, but it is 
pretty old and wont run on OSX.

-Rob-

Hello,
if you want more or can't find SOFTSYNTH by Digidesign, you can run AVALON
from Steinberg (1989?)  :
http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jul99/articles/retrosteinberg.htm

Avalon 2.0 supports a wide variety of samplers, with dedicated MIDI sample
dump drivers supplied for the Akai S700, S900, S1000 and S1100, the Casio
FZ1/2, the Dynacord ADS and ADD, the Emu Emax and Emax II, the Ensoniq EPS,
the Prophet 2000, the Roland S50, S330, S550 and S770 and the Yamaha TX16W.
And, if that isn't enough for you, there is also the 'MMA Standard' driver,
which is a kind of generic MIDI sample dump driver that should work with
just about any sampler. Not only that, but there are also SCSI drivers for
the Akai S1000 and S1100 and the Dynacord ADS and ADD.
There are also synthesis functions....





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

From: "timothyconrardy" <tconrardy@...>
To: <prophet2000@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: [prophet2000] P2000: Softsynth and SoundForge


> Hi all
>
> Just had the most amazing discovery. I was able to find a Atari
> program called Softsynth v 2.1 by digidesign( made in 1988)It is
> a "libed" version. This program turns the P2000 into a 32 partial
> additive synth with lots of great features on making original sounds.
> It also has the ability to export SD ( Sound Design format)
> files.Worked like a charm, but you have to have both MIDI IN and OUT
> connected to the P2000 for it to communicate. You also have
> to "clear" a sample on the P2000 manually as it knows if a sample is
> already in the location you want to send it to.
>
> I also did a google search looking for any .SD files( samples) Could
> not find any. However I did find out that Sound Forge can convert
> wave to SD. Since I have Sound Forge, I tried it..and it works!! What
> a discovery! Now I can work on samples in wave format on the PC, and
> convert it to SD, then upload it to the P2000!!
>
> However, now I am having trouble creating a preset from the actual
> samples. I think someone answered me on this, but how do any of you
> create a sample ? I have the Operation Summery ( OS)available on the
> file section, but I think what we need is a clear step by step
> process on creating a sample and saving it as a preset. Even a copy
> and paste from the OS would be OK, but it would help newbies as well
> ( like me:-)
>
> BTW: I wonder if it would be OK to have this Atari version on our
> file section for our own use? Probably not. It would work under Steem
> ( http://tamw.atari-users.net/steem.htm) on a PC.
>
> TimC
>
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