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CrownRoyal · Post by **CrownRoyal** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:19 pm

I'm a registered user of FL6. I have the XXL version which allows me to use DirectWave. I LOVE that program. It has saved me a ton of time and it sounds very good. Then something dawned on me while I was sampling one of my discoDSP synths (natively those synths aren't working in FL6 for me, apparently there's a bug and as a work-around I've sampled the synths that I use in DirectWave). I was wondering if DirectWave isn't a VST Ripper? Would that violate copyrights of other VSTs?

For those of you who don't know what DirectWave is, it's a sampler in FL6 (soon to be a VST) that can load a VST instrument and sample a preset and save them as WAV files. It automatically does this. I've done this manually for a few years with Reason's NN-19 and XT.

I've used FL6 a couple times live and use DirectWave as a BIG time saver between sets. The downside is the FL6 has been HORRIBLE. FL5 was solid but FL6 needs a few more months of development. It crashes the heck out of my laptop and desktop. So, I use FL6 within eXT and it's FAR more stable.

So, do you think that DirectWave is a VST-Ripper? Do you see the possible abuse?

Ciao.

safeaim · Post by **safeaim** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:28 pm

It's fully legal to sample the sounds coming out of your synths for your own use, so it can't really be a VST-Ripper.
And it wouldn't be the first program to sample vsti's, Chainer does the same thing.

Qubit · Post by **Qubit** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:44 pm

...and discodsp's own highlife sampler does exactly thesame thing

CrownRoyal · Post by **CrownRoyal** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:33 pm

safeaim wrote:It's fully legal to sample the sounds coming out of your synths for your own use, so it can't really be a VST-Ripper.
And it wouldn't be the first program to sample vsti's, Chainer does the same thing.

Oh, okay, I was just concerned that I might be doing something wrong. I see so much about this kind of thing and see how it could be abused.

Thanks.

CrownRoyal · Post by **CrownRoyal** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:35 pm

Qubit wrote:...and discodsp's own highlife sampler does exactly thesame thing

Really? I have discoDSP's Vertigo, Phantom and Discovery and didn't know about Highlife thing. I'll have to look into that one.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:20 pm

CrownRoyal wrote:
safeaim wrote:It's fully legal to sample the sounds coming out of your synths for your own use, so it can't really be a VST-Ripper.
And it wouldn't be the first program to sample vsti's, Chainer does the same thing.
Oh, okay, I was just concerned that I might be doing something wrong. I see so much about this kind of thing and see how it could be abused.

Thanks.

youre concerned you might be doing something wrong.....even though youve "done this manually for a few years with Reason's NN-19 and XT"

dont make me laugh

I first thought about using it to sample loads of demo versions, thats what i used to do years ago when I had no cash Lol

John Vulich · Post by **John Vulich** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:25 pm

CrownRoyal wrote:For those of you who don't know what DirectWave is, it's a sampler in FL6 (soon to be a VST) that can load a VST instrument and sample a preset and save them as WAV files. It automatically does this. I've done this manually for a few years with Reason's NN-19 and XT.

I'm reporting you to the authorities for copyright infringment.

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