Hi again, hope you're keeping well (appologies for the groce assumption of you being well in the first place). Today, I got a chance to play with SFZ. I've got it working fine, but now I have a few questions, or maybe just one or two actually. Anyway here we go:
I can asign the sample to play up and down the keyboard, with a rout note, changing pitch respectively as I move across the keys. However, if I want to sample more than one note, say I have a real g and a real c sample that I wish to asign to these notes, how would I do it? I think I understand how, but I don't get how it would work, if you have to load one wave file in to the SFZ insert at a time.
Actually that will do for now, as this is quite lengthy.
If its easier to talk rather than email and you have skype then we could talk that way. I can't remember my username so you'll have to give me yours. Thanks and sorry for this email's length.
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Good luck, DJX
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eagle Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:21 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
There seems to be a free version as well as a demo version which has more features apparently. It doesn't seem to be advertised very clearly but the full version is DXI and the free is VST. As a result, I will have to finally
reinstall my VST adapter because it seems to have broken, then I shall be sampling like a maniac. Yehhhh!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DJX" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 6:06 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Not sure, sfz player is free...not normal...
DJX
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eagle Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:27 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
2HI, I can play samples fine now, however the sound periodically fades. I downloaded the DXI version not the vst version, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Do you know why the sound would fade. Its almost like its a demo version.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DJX" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Ah, try this: copy and paste it if you like:
<region> sample=chime.wav pitch_keycenter=c4
You need the <region> tag, it specifies a new region on the keyboard, the sample=... Is self explanatory, and the pitch_keycenter=... Is not necessary if you specify a key, but if you are mapping across the entire keyboard (which is not a good idea to do with a single sample) this tag specifies which key plays the original sample at its original pitch... Now save this file as test.sfz, not txt, sfz. Put it on the same directory as your chime.wav file, in the sfz player, using the jaws cursor, arrow to coordinates x (left and right arrow) 196 (or somewhere close to that) and y (up and down arrows) 113 (also somewhere close to this). Then you can left click and a dialog for opening files comes up, navigate to the file you created, press enter on it, and it should work! If you can't find the file, make sure you check and that the final extension is .sfz, not .txt, notepad usually appends it on the files it creates, so if I were you I'd rename it.
If you can't get it to work, let me know, and we can probably do a voice convo, as there are small details that need to be worked out, but which e-mail just make harder...
HTH, DJX
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eagle Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:06 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Hi, thanks for helping. This is what I have done. I opened notepad and typed
in the following: sample=chime.wav
The file is obviously called chime.wav. ON the website, it mentions other parameters that can be typed in, though I assumed that simply typing in the wave file name would trigger all over the keyboard. Is this right? I then saved my txt file in the same folder as my wave file. I don't know how to use the jaws cursor with soundfonts but I did insert the rjc SFZ DXI in to sonar as a softsynth.
Thanks
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DJX" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:22 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
O yes the good old sound forge midi triggers...if you still wanna go that route, try checking midi imputs and outputs in soundforge, maybe in options? I'm not sure, never tried it myself, though I will get around to it sometime... However the site I gave is the sfz format site, sfz is a new sample format, like giga, soundfont, halion etc, which you use a text editor like notepda, write your samples definitions, place the samples along with the definition file in a directory, and load the definition file in to the sfz player, which ships with sonar 5 but which is also available on the sfz site, then your samples will trigger from your midi device, depending on how you defined them in the definition file. It was made for ppl like myself and many others, who are half musicians, half programmers etc lol, once you learn the concept of the tags and how to use them you will be on your way, if you need help with it, let me know and we can do a little talk on something, me you and whoever else is interested in this sfz stuff, I heard of it fro Gorden Kent, and from there I flew with it, however I'm sure he can also give you guys a hand on whatever I don't know... The advantage of sfz is that it's a text based coding standard, so we don't have to go using the mouse to edit parameters on unaccessible sampler screens, we can write tags and values to controll envelopes filters and anything else we like! If ya got more questions, fire away!
HTH, DJX
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eagle Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:33 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Hi, thanks for the information. My mind is boggling. I will try and explain what I know.
I have sound forge on my computer as well as sonar. I understand in sound forge there is a way of inserting and creating regions and I have attempted to work it out to play samples via my keyboard. For example, I have a wave file loaded up called chime.wav. It is a single bell chime sound. I then select all with control A. I then go to insert region. it says name 01. I keep it at that. It has the start time, finish time, and length of my sample. I then select "Midi note on play" as I assume this is what I want.
I
then press ok. I then play the keyboard and nothing happens. Obviously this what I am doing is totally wrong, but I don't understand what the website you pointed me to is saying. It explains what to do but not in which program.
Sorry for my ignorance. I am grateful for the help.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DJX" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:17 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Hey, go to: http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfzformat.htm Read up on it, and then shoot the questions over my way, I'm we'll be able to help you. It's really a great sampler/sampling format, I use it all the time!
HTH, DJX
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eagle Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:09 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: AW: Re: Is a sempler useble for blind people?
Hi! I am very keen to develop music using samplers. So far I have had to use
my bad quality mono sampler on my keyboard. Can you explain how to get my wave files in to the SFZ format. I would be emencely greatful if you could help with this as I have been trying to trigger waves or convert to midi for
ages.
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