128 Vstream Sounds

[gwenhwyfaer]

bazz said:

if cat works, then this should also work in windows/dos:

type vstream_01.zip.00? > vstream01.zip

Would it, though, or would it end up mangling anything that looked like an EOL character? The thing about UNIX is that the commands are 8-bit clean; the DOS equivalents haven't been, historically.

Anyway... I just want to add my voice to those expressing appreciation and gratitude for your efforts, Joeri - thank you! I'm really looking forward to being able to try out these patches!

[stuart]

Joeri, many thanks for all the work in putting this collection together. I just got it all down finally tonight, merged without any issues using that tool, and uploaded to the fusion. There are really some fantastic sounds in there, especially the pads. They will keep me busy for a while I think.

Thanks again.

[blandis]

I agree. The pads are great. Super job. Only about a third of the way through. Somebody send flowers to my wife, I'll surface sometime next week......

[guydenruyter]

Hi Joeri,

Great sounds! Got way too late to bed last night trying them all out! In particular, i like the pads and the fat 'guitar-ish but not quite a guitar' sounds, in particular when playing with the filter!

As a way to refund you for your work, I was thinking about sending you a bank of (sampled) analog percussion/drum sounds I created - but then I thought it would be better to make my sound bank available to anyone - so'll try to do so in the coming days

[ajmuso]

Thanks a lot...

great job, a full sound bank and free of charge...what more could we ask..
there are some realy useable sounds in this lot, well done and thanks a million..


cheers

[guillaume35]

I downloaded the Vstream 1 bank.
Those sounds are great, excellent quality. I love "the Swellers", this is an incredible pad !
Thanks for sharing this bank for free.
All Fusion owners MUST download this bank !

Concerning the Vstream 2, you should make a short demo so as to make people know how are the sounds of this second bank. No ?

Great job Picaja

[alphachimp]

Hi,
Wonder if you can help answer a couple of queries for a newcomer to the Fusion...
First of all, though, I want to say thanks for all these sounds. It's great to see that someone is so willing to help other musicians.
I'm about to join all of the vstream files, and notice a comment that M1 and JD800 banks will be deleted. Sorry, but I don't understand what that is about. Can anyone explain? Do I need to do anything?
I have also downloaded all of the Hollow Sun sounds - again, a big thank you from me - but would now like to move the various sounds to a smaller, more personalised number of banks and then probably delete the various HS/Freepack banks. Am I going to cause any problems by doing so?
I'd appreciate any advice.
Pete.

[Hollow Sun]

Feb 27, 2008 13:29:26 GMT @alphachimp said:

....but would now like to move the various sounds to a smaller, more personalised number of banks and then probably delete the various HS/Freepack banks. Am I going to cause any problems by doing so?

Quite possibly.

The sounds are linked through pathnames (programs linked to multisamples linked to samples) and if you start moving those around, you run the risk of losing the associations and getting "Can't find XYZ" error messages - even renaming a folder is likely to cause trouble because a program will be looking for a multisample in a particular folder which in turn will be looking for its samples in another folder - change the folder names and you could have problems.

As a self-confessed newcomer to Fusion, I'd advise against it until you are more familiar with things. Christ - it's thrown me on occasions and I've had mine for two years!!!


Steve

[alphachimp]

Hi Steve,
I'm very grateful to you for your help - you've probably just saved me from a big headache!
All the best,
Pete.

[wildbill]

New user here - what am I doing wrong?

After downloading the first 3 sections in the first post of this thread, I read further and found that I could download them all in one go, so I did.

I tried to open vstream01 in Fusion converter and it's not a recognized format (volume shows up blank). So I opened the folder in windows explorer and when I open the multisamples, samples, etc. folders, they're already in the Fusion format - .afs etc.

The converter program won't allow these to be added, so how did you all get them into the Fusion?



EDIT: well, I found something that worked for me. I bypassed the Fusion and used a card reader to load the sounds directly into the card from my computer, and then loaded them into the Fusion's hard drive from the card.

What I've heard so far sounds very good.

[jiffy]

You can also do it over USB from computer to Fusion (drag and drop straight to the Fusion's hard drive) as with all other Fusion format banks (which, I believe is the normal way).

The Fusion Converter converts (some) other formats (eg akai, soundfonts) to Fusion format.
The converter isn't needed for the Vstream bank, as it is already in Fusion format (as you found out when you looked at the files in windows explorer.

Hope that helps,
Paul

[wildbill]

Yes - it does help. Thanks. I didn't know you can do a direct drag/drop.

I'm slowly learning about the Fusion. What a great board.

One other thing I noticed (probably not doing this right either ), is that for some things, like the DX presets, I couldn't get the Fusion to accept them until I made folders called 'volume' and 'programs' and then dropped the loose files into those, before transferring.

I'd like to get to work programming some sounds with all the stuff inside the Fusion (VA, FM, PM - without samples).
That really appeals to me more, but the last couple days, I've been loading in sounds like a mad man. ;D

[jiffy]

You could have just dropped those DX afp files straight into an existing programs folder on your Fusion (eg USER) or create a new one (eg YOUR_STUFF) to drop them into.
Using method 1, you would then verify the USER folder.
Using method 2, you would then verify the PROGRAMS folder and YOUR_STUFF folder.

Paul