KVR Audio

maximilians1 · Post by **maximilians1** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:17 am

Since www.soundcreationsinc.com doesn't post the 256 meg version of slendid grand sf I was wondering if anybody here could post it on a website, then send me a private message and I'll come and get it. Kinda a longshot I know but I just can't find it anywhere and it sounds great!

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:57 am

I had it - but now I can't find it

and that damn thing sounds great, too!

maximilians1 · Post by **maximilians1** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:20 am

In it's archived form I think it's 75 meg or so (sfark).

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:34 am

Can someone add me to the list of request-ees? And probably the next 30 ppl that are gonna post after me

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:38 am

maximilians1 wrote:Since www.soundcreationsinc.com doesn't post the 256 meg version of slendid grand sf

I don't think there has ever been a 256 Meg soundfont available to the public. However, Akai used to have the original files accessible through their FTP server. The original Splendid Grand was not in soundfont format. It was in Akai format. There were actually two 256 Meg sets of WAV samples, along with AKM and AKP files which specified how the sampler should handle all the various WAV files. One of the 256 Meg sets was labeled "Grand Piano off mic" and the other was "Grand Piano 256M", even though both sets were actually 256 Meg in approximate size.

So, what you're asking for might not exist in soundfont format.

later,
McLilith

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:20 am

You might want to give this a try:

University of Iowa

The Splendid Grand was a sampled Stienway, with 256 Megs of samples and 4 velocity layers.

The link above is to a 1,320 Meg (1.3GB) Stienway sample set, with 3 velocity layers, available for free download. Even though it has one less velocity layer, it's still 4 times as large as the Splendid Grand! All the notes in this sample set are much longer than the Akai sample set, and they are allowed to fade into silence. This Steinway was recorded with Neumann KM 84 mics, through a Mackie 1402-VLZ mixer, onto a Panasonic SV-3800 DAT, in 16-bit 44.1 kHz AIFF stereo format.

The bad part is you'll need to do a bit of work to bring this into the sampler of your choice. Since the files are all AIFF format, most people will have to convert them to WAV. After that, you will possibly want to tweak the levels and normalize everything. Then you have to map them all to a sampler format. It can get tedious.

If you don't want to go through all that, you could wait till I get around to mapping all the samples to the SFZ format, sometime in the next week or two. You'll still have to batch convert all the AIFF files to WAV format, but that will be relatively easy.

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:11 am

McLilith wrote: I don't think there has ever been a 256 Meg soundfont available to the public.
So, what you're asking for might not exist in soundfont format.

Yeah there is because I've got it.

I would upload it for you guys, but it would take forever on my 56k. It took me 16 hours to download it

I got it a while ago, I think at The Sound Site(which is unfortunately gone

)

I am planning to get DSL sometime in the near future, and I would be glad to upload it then if someone will host it

Oh, and I personally prefer the piano in the GM SJ Orchestral Soundfont to the Splendid Grand.

factorypresets · Post by **factorypresets** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:17 am

I've got the Wav files here and I am happy to upload them. but I don't have a site to put them in. So if you host it I'll post it. Then you convert it.

That's if that is not breaking any rules around here.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:29 am

we have rules here?

factorypresets · Post by **factorypresets** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:36 am

Dunno mate, I'm a freshie, here.

I just don't want to upset anyone in my ingnorance.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:43 am

there's someone here who will be willing to do it. Let the sunrise & we'll get an offer.

maximilians1 · Post by **maximilians1** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:03 am

McLilith wrote:You might want to give this a try:

University of Iowa

If you don't want to go through all that, you could wait till I get around to mapping all the samples to the SFZ format, sometime in the next week or two. You'll still have to batch convert all the AIFF files to WAV format, but that will be relatively easy.

Cool, yah I think I'll wait that sounds great
The only reason soundcreationsinc.com doesn't post the 256 meg sf is because of server rules and bandwidth .
Cheers

Anyone here have the 256 meg version of splendid grand sf