11 Nov
2009
11 Nov
'09
5:12 p.m.
I have an S-760 and I want to set up partials/patches/performances on my PC and transfer
it all to the sampler via Zip100. I have downloaded Translator Free, in the hopes of
translating .sf2's to Roland .out files (or whatever it needs to be).
I know Translator's S-7xx support has been a mythical unicorn, so does it still not
work? If not, is there any way to setup a patch/performance/etc.. on the computer
(perhaps as a .sf2) and translate any other way?
I love the sound of the sampler, but sheesh! PLEASE NOTE: I'm not sure if I still
get sgroup group emails, so please respond to dec(a)rocketmail.com....
tia,
dh
11 Nov
11 Nov
6:11 p.m.
At 11/11/2009 02:12 PM, declan halpin wrote:
I have an S-760 and I want to set up
partials/patches/performances
on my PC and transfer it all to the sampler via Zip100. I have
downloaded Translator Free, in the hopes of translating .sf2's to
Roland .out files (or whatever it needs to be).
I know Translator's S-7xx support has been a mythical unicorn, so
does it still not work? If not, is there any way to setup a
patch/performance/etc... on the computer (perhaps as a .sf2) and
translate any other way?
I love the sound of the sampler, but sheesh! PLEASE NOTE: I'm not
sure if I still get sgroup group emails, so please respond to
dec(a)rocketmail.com....
Never done it, but I think you create a virtual drive under 'tools'.
Then you may need to burn an actual CD and read into the sampler via SCSI?
Maybe you can make a drive and copy to the ZIP.
I used to copy files one by one with Soundforge or Recycle via Midi
SDS, which was slow, but worked.
Dennis Barton <db(a)skylab2000.com>
Brainforest Productions, Los Angeles
6:15 p.m.
At 04:12 PM 11/11/2009, you wrote:
I have an S-760 and I want to set up
partials/patches/performances
on my PC and transfer it all to the sampler via Zip100. I have
downloaded Translator Free, in the hopes of translating .sf2's to
Roland .out files (or whatever it needs to be).
I know Translator's S-7xx support has been a mythical unicorn
Really.... really? =) No, it's very real. (Ah, gotta love that Internet.)
so does it still not work?
It's always worked. Most importantly, it works right now. Why don't
you try it in Translator Free? You can do one conversion.
Plus, you are always free to contact Chicken Systems and ask them.
I'm sure they'd either like to know if it doesn't work, or they would
give you the direct answer. Have you done this?
->S-7x support has been in Translator Windows for many years.
Translator Mac is just getting it (I think it's in now, just waiting
for the next build release).
I just tried a couple SoundFonts, converting to S-7x ZipDisk. Works
great, loads into the S-7x fine, sounds great.
You may also be interested in Chicken Systems Constructor, available
in both Mac and Windows flavors. You can build Instruments from
scratch on your computer. Once you are done, you can save it to a
S-7x media, either a SCSI hard drive, ZipDisk, or a Virtual Drive
that you can burn to a CD, and have the S-7x read it.
->S-7x is not in Constructor currently (many other formats are), but
it's going in this week.
While I'm at it, there is now Instrument Manager, a new program from
Chicken Systems that can archive and manage all your Instruments, of
any format, whether it be S-7x, Kontakt, Giga, or anything. Database
the Instruments and add tags or any other search criteria. It's sort
of like iTunes for Sampler Instruments.
See here for more info: www.chickensys.com
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
6:47 p.m.
I understand exactly how to write an img ifle if I was making a
Roland *CD*, but what do you use to make a Zip disk from an image?
At 11/11/2009 03:15 PM, Garth Hjelte wrote:
At 04:12 PM 11/11/2009, you wrote:
>I have an S-760 and I want to set up partials/patches/performances
>on my PC and transfer it all to the sampler via Zip100. I have
>downloaded Translator Free, in the hopes of translating .sf2's to
>Roland .out files (or whatever it needs to be).
>
>I know Translator's S-7xx support has been a mythical unicorn
Dennis Barton <db(a)skylab2000.com>
Brainforest Productions, Los Angeles
11:03 p.m.
At 05:47 PM 11/11/2009, you wrote:
>>I have an S-760 and I want to set up
partials/patches/performances
>>on my PC and transfer it all to the sampler via Zip100. I have
>>downloaded Translator Free, in the hopes of translating .sf2's to
>>Roland .out files (or whatever it needs to be).
I understand exactly how to write an img ifle if I was
making a
Roland *CD*, but what do you use to make a Zip disk from an image?
No real need to - you skip the Virtual Drive part and write directly
to the Zip. Translator can read and write a Roland-formatted ZipDisk.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
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