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jason666
Total Posts: 34
Joined 03-23-2012 status: Regular |
Hi guys,
Is there a tool to convert vsti’s or samples to
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meatballfulton
Total Posts: 3022
Joined 01-25-2005 status: Guru |
There are some roundabout ways to do it. I have tried some of these but never been really satisfied with any of them. 1. Motif Creator from Chicken Systems This can convert from many sample formats (including Kontakt and NN-XT) to Motif XF voices. I experimented with this and found that the sample sets I converted were very inefficient in memory usage (i.e. they were meant for use on a computer) and required more RAM space than they were worth. Also the overall levels seemed low. The same samples used in Reason NN-XT (for which they were meant) sounded much better. 2. Waveform Editor from John Melas This one only converts GigaStudio, AKAI and Sound Font (SF2) files. I haven’t used it because I don’t have any samples in the above formats. 3. Loading Raw Samples If the sample set provides WAV or AIFF format (44.1/16) you can load and edit them in the XF or use one of the above tools. You will have to do your own looping and zoning, then create an XF voice using the samples. Very old school and labor intensive but might be worth it for you. 4. Direct Sampling Useful for capturing sounds from VSTis. Program a short sequence in the XF to play the notes you need from the VST (don’t forget multiple velocity levels!), record the output, edit/loop the individual samples, then it’s like #3 above. |
DavePolich
Total Posts: 6820
Joined 07-27-2002 status: Guru |
The real-world, practical answer is no, there is no tool or program that
Yes, you can in theory record the sound output of a VSTi into the Motif.
Furthermore, most sample-based “VSTi’s” employ thousands of samples
Here’s my advice - just use your Motif to trigger VSTi sounds that run on your computer. If you absolutely have to have them for a live show, put your VSTi host (like Cubase or Sonar or whatevr) on a laptop, hook up a
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californiamusic
Total Posts: 125
Joined 08-10-2003 status: Pro |
I’ve done this a few times with a program called SampleRobot. It’s an automated program that samples VST’s or other keyboards and converts the samples into a Sondfont or other format. Then I used the John Melas Wave Editor to convert that Soundfont to Motif format. There were a few sounds I really wanted in my XF, so I went through this whole process 8 or 9 times. Like they’ve said above, depending on how well you want to sample something and the type of sound your sampling, it can take up alot of memory. ; ) |
benoit
Total Posts: 173
Joined 08-19-2009 status: Pro |
And that is why I always ask myself how can all motif sounds fit into a ROM memory, even 741 Mb. |
anotherscott
Total Posts: 653
Joined 06-30-2010 status: Guru |
Once you use Wave Editor to convert the Soundfont to Motif format, what exactly do you have? That is, do you only have the wave files themselves, or do they come across with their other parameters (i.e. mapping of the waves to the appropriate keys and velocities)? I guess what I’m really getting at is, once you have converted the SF2 file to a format you can load into the XF’s flash, how much more is involved to actually create a Voice from it? |
moxrox
Total Posts: 440
Joined 11-28-2011 status: Enthusiast |
The short answer is that they can’t. There isn’t a separate sample for each note, velocity, element, voice, etc. thefreedictionary.com defines “sample” as “a portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.” This is what is stored in the Motif waveforms: portions and pieces that are representative of the whole. The Motif uses these pieces to synthesize the whole. |
bonivyr
Total Posts: 141
Joined 11-15-2011 status: Pro |
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