KVR Audio

davidv@plogue · Post by **davidv@plogue** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:53 pm

Scratch that. I have Cirrus Logic CS4206A on this mac.
Let me see on this other machine....

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:53 pm

I somehow managed to get it running with A4A now, but it's very random. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. WASAPI has always worked for me, in any other application...

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:54 pm

pljones wrote:Hey all.

Great news - the sfz2.0 engine that Plogue has been providing to support a variety of commercial sampler products (e.g. the Garritan libraries) has been released as a standalone player!

http://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/

I've been using it for a little while and it seems rock solid (as you'd expect, it's a mature product) and runs the large drum sample library mappings I'm working on really well. This is a player I'm happy to say does René's ideas proud.

Not only that, they're throwing in a free sample bank too - I can't comment on them as I've not listened to them.

I haven't played with it yet, but based on what I know of the Plogue engine (Aria is based on it too, isn't it?), it looks like we have the new gold standard SFZ player--and for free! This is really great news!

--Sean

davidv@plogue · Post by **davidv@plogue** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:01 pm

stanlea wrote:Except the sf2 converter that crashes. Thanks a lot for this program, simple and efficient.

Thanks. All ARIA converters are separate exe's to protect the host from crashing. Maybe the method I use to call external apps gives wine some headaches. Does it crahs for every sf2 files? If its a specific file, please send it over (somehow).
Cheers

Obsolete236871 · Post by **Obsolete236871** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:07 pm

Just installed it and played around with it. It's awesome! I was waiting for a good sfz player for a long time, since the only good ones available until now had some serious issues.

My first impression:

+ wonderful GUI (esp. the dedicated interface for the free library sounds)

+ nice additional options and controls, not available in any other sfz Player

+ the free sound library is really great, I love the Steinway, but also all the other sounds (some of them have been available before, but without a dedicated interface)

One question:
I have set the user file path to the directory where all my SFZ's stay. I can load them manually without problems, but is there a way to make them appear in the file browser of Sforzando (just like the free library)?

Thanks a lot for this Christmas gift to plogue and the sound designers involved in the free library. This will be my preferred SFZ player from now on!

stanlea · Post by **stanlea** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:14 pm

davidv@plogue wrote:
stanlea wrote:Except the sf2 converter that crashes. Thanks a lot for this program, simple and efficient.
Thanks. All ARIA converters are separate exe's to protect the host from crashing. Maybe the method I use to call external apps gives wine some headaches. Does it crahs for every sf2 files? If its a specific file, please send it over (somehow).
Cheers

All sf2 make it crash. And if I try a gig file (not supported, I know), the warning window also freezes. Not a big deal for me.
Something more exciting : drag and drop WORKS from Linux to wine. That's great, really.

davidv@plogue · Post by **davidv@plogue** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:20 pm

Izak Synthiemental wrote: I have set the user file path to the directory where all my SFZ's stay. I can load them manually without problems, but is there a way to make them appear in the file browser of Sforzando (just like the free library)?

If you set the "User files path" path on the settings tab, the file menu should be updated with a "User" entry, and this should be there when you restart as well.

Izak Synthiemental wrote: Thanks a lot for this Christmas gift to plogue and the sound designers involved in the free library. This will be my preferred SFZ player from now on!

Thanks for all the great comments!

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:25 pm

Very cool thanks

btw when is Bidule coming out of beta?

davidv@plogue · Post by **davidv@plogue** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:33 pm

aMUSEd wrote:btw when is Bidule coming out of beta?

That? <ThunderVoice> NEVER </ThunderVoice>!!

Obsolete236871 · Post by **Obsolete236871** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:34 pm

Now it's working (took me a 2nd attempt): the "User file path" does now appear in Sforzandos file browser!!!

I just realised that "sf2" files can also be imported and automatically converted to "sfz" , another great feature.

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:21 pm

Thank you very much, I *love* streamlined and versatile free instruments - disk streaming also!!!

- Mario

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:33 pm

Portable installation possible?

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:34 pm

Evan wrote:Portable installation possible?

Mmmm not sure...

Kwyn · Post by **Kwyn** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:37 pm

So, Im a little slow. Where are the free sound library? Thx!!

Chad@PA · Post by **Chad@PA** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:49 pm

Kwyn wrote:So, Im a little slow. Where are the free sound library? Thx!!

zoinks

New free SFZ player from Plogue