Seriously, I wish something like that would be available in each and every sequencer (of course the sounds should be a little better than what you get from a Sound Canvas).blank/diod wrote: It has one instrument, the rompler ID8, something akin to a Sound Canvas module with a GM type sound set. A quick'n'dirty go-to module if you want a sound in less than 5 seconds (it doesn't open a browser window, you just pick the sound directly on the panel).
When I'm in "composing mood" I really don't want to look for a certain plugin and a certain preset or so. I just want a (rather comprehensive, of course) set of various instruments loading quickly with all the required basic tweaks already being done.
Personally, I do have my own little personalized channel strip preset folder in Logic, so whenever I need some "standard" instruments (like a piano, e-piano, bass, synth bass, GM drums, a few pads, clavinets, organs, etc.) I can get there pretty quick, even without opening any browser, plugin GUI or so.
So, anyway, does that ID8 thingy load proper sounds automatically when you import SMFs? For whatever (rather unfortunate) reasons, I have to do stuff like that occasionally, and I have yet to find some decent solution on the virtual instrument market (most SMFs still sound *lightyears* ahead when being played back through my rusty Sound Canvas or Yamaha QY 70, compared to whatever virtual counterparts, such as NIs Bandstand, let alone the latter is a true CPU hog).
- Sascha
PH
