KVR Audio

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:09 am

It seems to me that Extreme Sample Converter is the perect file conversion tool. I can convert to Sampletank and Wusikstation. It seems like I can't convert wav to soundfont/ST/WS though. So I was wondering if there is something better than Extreme Sample Converter that I am missing. One that converts to WS, ST and SF2. I would really like it to be able to make a ST file or SF2 from a bunch of waves but that seems no a no go feature as far as I have seen.

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:32 am

Because WAV is a AUDIO format like Aiff and many others.
NOT a SAMPLER format.

Use "Awave studio" to create sf2 and other sampler formats from wav files.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:43 am

I guess the most important one to me would be the ability to get a sample into Sampletank. I could get SF2 to ST with Extreme Sample Conv but getting wav to SF2 seems the problem. Is the only way to do this with something like VSampler?

Off to check out Awave. Thanks

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:51 am

Use AWAVE AUDIO to create a sf2 from your wav's,
then extream to convert to ST.

THE DEMO VERSION LET YOU SAVE 1 sf2,
then yo need to restart it.

http://www.fmjsoft.com/awframe.html

Any sampler can do that too,
but not as fast and easy.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:52 am

Drat, I was hoping ESC had the ability to edit patches, as well.

I suppose editing a sondfont, importing it, and then exporting to WS or other formats is an option, as mentioned.

Greg

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:55 am

So what is the cheapest way to make a SF2 from a selection of wav files, preferably with the option of keymapping, velicity mapping etc. If there is a free way to do this then I think ESC could still be the best all rounder for me.

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:59 am

morelia wrote:So what is the cheapest way to make a SF2 from a selection of wav files, preferably with the option of keymapping, velicity mapping etc. If there is a free way to do this then I think ESC could still be the best all rounder for me.

AWAVE STUDIO
http://www.fmjsoft.com/awframe.html
Told you 3 times already...

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:10 am

I did check it out. Albeit quickly. I didn't see that you could actually map the samples. I successfully made a SF2 file though so it was a start but I was unaware of the option of keymapping, velicity mapping etc. Thanks for your suggestions. I'll look deeper.

Told you 3 times already

I did notice that so just to make it up to you.

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

No sarcasm intended.

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:20 am

Fine, a deeper look is nessesary,
there is nothing you can not do with it.
Sometimes not that easy to understand...

Feel free to ask here.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:37 am

I can't imagine AWave will be the cheapest solution, though.

Try checking out Synthfont and its included editors to see if it does what you need. Can't beat free to at least try it out.

Greg

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:44 am

Thanks mate. I was hoping there would be a cheaper alternative. Especially as I really don't want all the different conversion properties and I don't think AWS does ST2LE.

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:45 am

Lunch Money wrote:I can't imagine AWave will be the cheapest solution, though.

THE DEMO VERSION LET YOU SAVE ONE sf2 (OR OTHER),
then yo need to restart it.
http://www.fmjsoft.com/awframe.html

So it beats 'free' !

Midiworks · Post by **Midiworks** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:52 am

morelia wrote:I don't think AWS does ST2LE.

Nothing does ST2 at the moment...
But cince ST1 can be loaded into ST2,
use ESC to convert, its the ONLY way to
get it into ST atm.

Its always a combination of tools you will need.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:09 am

Oh, BTW, AWave 9.2 is still in BETA, but will allow WusikSND creation and export.

Check It Out

Also, to get a closer peek at AWave in action (using Wusik, but I'm sure it'd be the same for SF2 or others), Check out this tutorial by bobhug.

Greg

ceenda · Post by **ceenda** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:32 am

Do you have a proper SF2-supporting soundcard from Creative, like SBLive or Audigy?

If so, you could probably make your SF2 files with Vienna for free.

http://www.soundfont.com/downloads.html