Problems with sfz on Receptor

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Although I already created a ticket for this problem, I thought it wouldn't hurt to also post it here, in case other people are experiencing the same problems.

Recently I discovered that there are some very nice free samples available in .sf2 format. However, when I store a patch (either single or multi) using an instance of sfz loaded with some sample, the patch is often stored with a previously loaded sample.

Another, more severe, problem is that when I have a multi with 3 or more instances of sfz, my Receptor keeps restarting when I try to load another patch (e.g. a Blank Patch). A way to prevent Receptor from restarting in this case, is to set the Source of some channels to "none" until at most 2 instances of sfz are active.

Anyone else experiencing the same problems?

Regards,
Louis
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Forgot to mention that the size of the samples doesn't seem to be the problem (tried it with very small samples). The Receptor logs the following error in case of a restart:

Dec 9 09:36:44 Receptor-1 rm-host: wine: Unhandled exception (thread 0009), starting debugger...

Louis
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This actually sounds to me like an sfz problem rather than Receptor (I don't have any hard data to back that up, but that's what it feels like (and yes, I am often wrong about these things... :roll: :D )

But have you tried this on a PC? Does it work? If so, then I'm wrong, and never mind... :-o

(But that's the test - does it blow up on a PC as well? If so, it's probably sfz, not the OS. Would you be able to use multiple channels of one instance of sfz instead of multiple instantiations? Just looking for a work-around.

Good luck. Keep us posted, please.
Dasher
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Already got a reply from Rick from Muse (this is what I call support!). Upgraded from 1.6.20070618 to 1.6.20070717, but the problem remains. Sent a multi that causes the resetting problem. I'll keep you informed.

Regards,
Louis
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... get me on the list.

keeps restarting when having more than 2 instances...
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Good to hear that I'm not the only one. I'll post again when I get new feedback from muse.

Regards,
Louis
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well... don't bother them with stuff like that ;)
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Robert Karasek wrote:well... don't bother them with stuff like that ;)
It is not a receptor problem. SFZ crashes here too when using more than 1 instance in a song. (Reaper, Core2duo CPU). It even happens on my MSI Wind netbook. And one of my students just reported the problem from his PC.

Any ideas? Is there a version of SFZ that works with mulitple instances?

All the best
gunnare
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I had the same problem, which I solved by purchasing Kontakt 3 and converting all my .sf2 files to .nki. I can run as many instances of Kontakt 3 as I want with no problems. The added plus is that you can layer instruments by creating a multi in a single instance of Kontakt, and add filters, modulators, etc.
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I had a similar, but slightly cheaper and more light-weight solution, that was mentioned in another thread: I bought sfz+ :). My Receptor is now rock stable, even with 10 instances of sfz+ running in parallel.
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http://www.cakewalk.com/products/Gifts- ... stomer.asp (scroll to bottom of the page) It might help upgrading to sfz+, which is now free.
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Well, who cares about 54 euros.... that's only 30 beers.... :cry:
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Lowieke wrote:Well, who cares about 54 euros.... that's only 30 beers.... :cry:
Erm...free = 0 in any currency.
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