Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hans, 
  Thank you for the information.  I will get started on them tonight
and see what I come up with.
  I have an SQ2 32-Voice as well, and was able to make the Merlin
sound on my VFX based on the Mystic patch on the SQ2.  These patches
are virtually indentical and I had fun comparing the menus between the
two.  The VFX has a couple of extra parameters in the ENV section of
it all (Break 3, Decay 3) that require some playing around with when I
was programming the sounds.
  I was also able to get a lead sound I always use on the SQ2 called
Dyno Lead (I customized it), to almost work on the VFX.  The Digital-X
tone seems to distort out at the higher notes, so I had to find
another sound.
  There was also another sound called St. Michael that i was able to
get over as well.

  I think the challenging sound will be The Queen, because if I
remember correctly, it had a slight delay on part of the sound....

Thank you again, 

Harry Ebbeson III
www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
Ebbeson Management Group




--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@...m, hans-artmann@t... wrote:
> Harry,
> Here's the list of what I can produce, along with a description of the
> fields.
> 
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> "progNr","progName","voiceCheck","voice1","voice2","voice3","voice4","vo
> ice5","voice6","pitchSw","patch1","patch2","patch3","patch4","progCheck"
> 01,THE-QUEEN
> ,2011615376,PIANO.VAR,ESQBELL-X,VOCAL-PAD,PIANO.VAR,INHARM-X,SYNTH-BEL,0
> ,000101,000011,000110,111000,1963033141
> 02,MERLIN
> ,1026409057,RACK-BELL,DOORBELL,VOCAL-PAD,VOCAL-X,ESQBELL-X,STRINGS,0,000
> 101,100011,010100,001101,421758771
> 03,MINI-LEAD
> ,2611097652,SQUARE,SQUARE,SQUARE,SQUARE,SQUARE,SQUARE,0,000111,011000,11
> 0000,100000,2903215105
> 04,IN-CONCERT
> ,1386235780,STRINGS,GRAND-PNO,GRAND-PNO,EL-GUITAR,GRAND-PNO,UNI-BRASS,0,
> 010001,000110,111000,111001,1021761607
> 
> 
> progNr		program number within the bank
> progName	program name
> voiceCheck	unique identifier *) for the set of 6 voices with their
> parameters
> voice1-6	waves used for the 6 voices
> pitchSw		1 indicates that voice 6 contains a pitch table (else 0)
>                 2 indicates that voice 6 contains a drum map (else 0)
> patch1-4	indicates with 1 which voices are used in the
> combinations 1-4 
> 		of the patch selectors (00,*0,0*,**)
> progCheck	unique identifier *) for the set of program parameters
> 
> The first line contains field names to allow easy import into a database
> or spreadsheet.
> 
> *) The unique identifier is a checksum computed from the respective
> contents of
>    the program, i.e. identical programs produce the same identifiers.
> 
> BTW, I've posted the program to list sysex file contents (and others to
> deal with floppies) in the file section of the list, the above output
> has been created with vlst. Programs which do not access floppies can be
> run from a cmd prompt in any windows system.
> 
> Hans
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Harry [mailto:ebbrecords@y...] 
> Gesendet: Montag, 10. Januar 2005 17:13
> An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Sounds on Paper...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for the reply.  I would welcome any patch settings that you
> can provide. I am not really lost on the VFX at this point, because I am
> mainly using it for drums and bass to augment my system.  The 12 Preset
> main template is what I use on it at present.  I will get the drive
> fixed and eventually get one of my computers for have a MIDI interface.
> I mainly do everything via hardware in my studio.  Everything is
> connected via MIDI, including my hard drive recorder, but none of it is
> connected to my computer.  I was too busy buying boards and outboard
> gear to worry about getting my computer outfitted for MIDI work...
> 
> Anyway, thank you again and I look forward to the information.
> 
> Harry Ebbeson III
> Ebbeson Management Group
> www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, hans-artmann@t... wrote:
> > What I could deliver is information on what voices, .i.e. instruments 
> > are used with which patch select. However some other settings related 
> > to the voices might be even more important.
> > Maybe there's someone out there who has got a VFX editor like Sound
> > Quest and could read out the 
> > values from there more easily???
> > With no MIDI and no floppy drive you seem to be lost... 
> > 
> > Hans
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:10:55 +0100
> > Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Sounds on Paper...
> > From: "Harry" <ebbrecords@y...>
> > To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for the sounds.  At this point I am unable to get them from 
> > the computer to the VFX-SD.  I do not have the MIDI interface on the 
> > computer.  I am going to look into it tomorrow at the office and see 
> > what I can come up with. Do you have the programs written out anywhere
> 
> > as to what their voice settings are?  Do anyone else have that 
> > information as well that I could pull the information from?  I keep 
> > thinking of my previous issues of the Transoniq Hacker (I had years of
> 
> > these things once) and they had the sound settings in there.
> > 
> > I do have a lead sax sound that I have tried to re-create from memory 
> > and have most of it done.  when I figure out how to do the 3-note 
> > trill, I will post it to the Files section of our group.
> > 
> > My VFX had the same programs in both RAM and ROM when I got it, so I 
> > have had to make some of the old sounds from memory.
> > 
> > Does anyone have a conversion program from SYX files to a DOS file? I 
> > have a Yamaha MDF-II Midi Data filer that can play DOS files.
> > 
> > Additionally, I thank you for the information on the Violin patch.  I 
> > also have an Ensoniq SQ2 32-Voice, and have a great solo violin patch 
> > I made on there.
> > 
> > Thank you,
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> > Harry Ebbeson III
> > Ebbeson Management Group
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