KVR Audio

DSmolken · Post by **DSmolken** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:07 pm

Yeah, a basic graphic editor with round robins, velocity layers might be helpful for a lot of people. Either as the starting point of making a more sophisticated instrument, or as a quick way to get a working SFZ mapping for very basic uses, like downloading some free single-cycle waveforms and wanting to check out what they sound like.

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:21 am

I'll just add again the bit about "a manual", by the way. It's something I'd expect to have at least as much in as the KSP manual that comes with Kontakt - i.e. about the same level of detail as Simon Cann's book's appendix. That book's getting hard to get hold of, too. The Pro version would need to ensure that level of documentation is maintained and generally available - I'd see a lot of the initial work going on getting it written and then some effort would need to maintain it. This would need to be in a format such as PDF that did not need an internet connection to use or search.

kinwie · Post by **kinwie** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:34 am

anybody else has a wishlist for the Pro version of sforzando?

Let Plogue hears you....
They are very busy right now, but we need to keep bothering them

soundonly · Post by **soundonly** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:59 pm

My wishes:
Being a Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 user, I would be very happy if features from GPO4's Aria player would also be in Sforzando Pro. Multi MIDI inputs, multi audio outputs, a quick access menu for SFZs in your library, simple effects (especially reverb, so that the standalone can be enough for live jamming, without requiring another host program). I'm also interested to see the waveguide or FIR sfz opcodes for convolution (again for reverb

), or Plogue's own convolution implementation as these opcodes are not very publicly documented as I understand.
As for price, I'm usually comfortable in the hundred dollar or lower budget. But how would upgrades cost?

Juanjo · Post by **Juanjo** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:31 am

pljones wrote:I think that's what the UI for the sample set would offer - knobs to allow the end user to adjust the mapping easily. That's there now in Sforzando and it's pretty easy to wire up and label...

Yep that's there and it's relatively easy to set up... in a text editor

My point is, a well thought out graphical representation for programming (as opposed to performing) sfz instruments would help bridge this artificial gap between "instrument programmer" and "end user".

Alternatively (or in parallel), a dedicated text-based editor for sfz within sforzando would also be welcome, with:
- proper syntax highlight
- automatic syntax error detection
- automatic detection of references to non-existing samples
- integrated "opcode browser" (with different sortings based on name, function, opcode group...)
- integrated opcode reference/help within the "opcode browser"
- different "views": regular text view a-la Notepad++, tree view a-la sfzed but hierarchical, mapping view a-la any sampler mapping editor to quickly check up mappings...
etc etc

The thing is, for me the underlying engine is super powerful and near perfect, so apart from obvious things like multi-out, any big improvements worthy of a Pro version would necessarily have to come in the programming/interface side of things... which is the most spartan in the free sforzando, and coincidentally the most needed in the sfz world in general.

Juanjo · Post by **Juanjo** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:07 am

Juanjo wrote:- different "views": regular text view a-la Notepad++, tree view a-la sfzed but hierarchical, mapping view a-la any sampler mapping editor to quickly check up mappings...

Actually the more I think about this the closer to my dream interface it looks... it would preserve the text-centric nature of sfz with access to the deepest intrincacies of the format, while optimising the simpler and most common tasks... Map a bunch of samples? mapping view. Add a single opcode to all regions? tree view. Edit Global/Control sections? text view... and on and on.

Daags · Post by **Daags** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:13 pm

PRO should deliver some pristine, top-tier DSP ... like some topology preserving / zero delay feedback filters, excellent time stretching and pitch shifting... whatever the CPU cost. and also some 'creative' stuff for sound designers, that may or may not demand as much cpu.

kinwie · Post by **kinwie** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:23 pm

Juanjo wrote: The thing is, for me the underlying engine is super powerful and near perfect,

That's also my main reason to stick with sforzando
Light, fast and top-notch sound-quality!

kinwie · Post by **kinwie** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:12 am

bumping...if there's any news

Plogue sforzando Pro