What made me try DirectWave, was high quality sinc-interpolation, EXS-import and the monotimbral capability (i love the EXS and hate the multitimbral concept and it's slower workflow).
1. But whenever i open DW, it is opened multimbral. Can it be forced to open monotimbral?
2. It also seems, that the monotimbral mode, does use the same amount of RAM. Why? Or am i doing something wrong?
3. EXS-format: how does the import work?
4. Is a batch-conversion possible? Folders only, or subfolders, too?
5. Are samples copied, or only DirectWave instruments created (referencing the original samples)?
DirectWave questions
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- KVRian
- 831 posts since 7 Sep, 2004
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- KVRist
- 453 posts since 16 Sep, 2002 from Malaga (Spain)
1. Yes, go options dialog and clear "Multitimbral" mode checkbox, and press Accept. It's a config setting.
2. You wont gain resources anything at all for launch it Monotimbral, and the parts of code where something could be saved because working in monotimbral will just be a mere KB's of RAM.
And CPU wise depends on your host. DW will only take mixing on channels with programs loaded, so is virtually zero in DW's side, although your host might add a little overhead mixing the 32 outputs DW has.
DW was designed to be multitimbral / multioutput since beginning as VST API supports it.
3. DW uses it's "Translator" module to handle EXS conversion.
4. Not with DW yet. But i'll take note. Maybe a simple 'folder' batch file scanner / converter could be placed there, to find propietary formats and save them as DWP.
5.
- When you save your programs in DirectWave (as DWP files), yes, it copies the samples. Although, it will try to load from original reference if these are not existant anymore (ie: you delete the wav files created by DW after saving a program).
- When your host save own vst data (fxb, fxp files, project data, whatever), samples are referenced if "total recall" options is disabled, otherwise will bundle all the wavedata within the chunk.
- If you want to save your own programs and you dont want DW to create wav files, but using only references, you should use your host 'fxb/fxp' vst preset saving capabilities with "Total Recall" option disabled in DirectWave.
Argu.
2. You wont gain resources anything at all for launch it Monotimbral, and the parts of code where something could be saved because working in monotimbral will just be a mere KB's of RAM.
And CPU wise depends on your host. DW will only take mixing on channels with programs loaded, so is virtually zero in DW's side, although your host might add a little overhead mixing the 32 outputs DW has.
DW was designed to be multitimbral / multioutput since beginning as VST API supports it.
3. DW uses it's "Translator" module to handle EXS conversion.
4. Not with DW yet. But i'll take note. Maybe a simple 'folder' batch file scanner / converter could be placed there, to find propietary formats and save them as DWP.
5.
- When you save your programs in DirectWave (as DWP files), yes, it copies the samples. Although, it will try to load from original reference if these are not existant anymore (ie: you delete the wav files created by DW after saving a program).
- When your host save own vst data (fxb, fxp files, project data, whatever), samples are referenced if "total recall" options is disabled, otherwise will bundle all the wavedata within the chunk.
- If you want to save your own programs and you dont want DW to create wav files, but using only references, you should use your host 'fxb/fxp' vst preset saving capabilities with "Total Recall" option disabled in DirectWave.
Argu.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 831 posts since 7 Sep, 2004
Argu, thanks for the reply.
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 5 Aug, 2006
hello argu ,
do you know when the samples in the browser will be pre-listenable ?
and a "<" and ">" function
(to jump to the next sample/return to the old one )
i already asked u , and u told us that u will do it in the future vresions , i was just wondering when
thanks for that amazing instrument !
do you know when the samples in the browser will be pre-listenable ?
and a "<" and ">" function
(to jump to the next sample/return to the old one )
i already asked u , and u told us that u will do it in the future vresions , i was just wondering when
thanks for that amazing instrument !