toddpw@jomby.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (11/20/90)
That Samantha Fox song that was posted to comp.binaries.apple2 has a sustained instrument in it -- LOWSTRINGS. That's why BGSound chokes on it. Hmm... Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
avery@netcom.UUCP (Avery Colter) (11/22/90)
toddpw@jomby.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >That Samantha Fox song that was posted to comp.binaries.apple2 has a >sustained instrument in it -- LOWSTRINGS. That's why BGSound chokes on it. >Hmm... Hmmmn yourself. How does an instrument sustain? I've been trying to figure out how to get REALKOTO.1 and FLUTE.JAPAN to play longer. Watch for Rokudan no Shirabe and other of Japan's Greatest Oldies coming soon to a SoundSmith run near you! -- Avery Ray Colter {apple|claris}!netcom!avery {decwrl|mips|sgi}!btr!elfcat (415) 839-4567 "I feel love has got to come on and I want it: Something big and lovely!" - The B-52s, "Channel Z"
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (11/23/90)
avery@netcom.UUCP (Avery Colter) writes: >toddpw@jomby.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >out how to get REALKOTO.1 and FLUTE.JAPAN to play longer. Instruments sustain by repeating a portion of the waveform. The instrument format SoundSmith uses can express a lot more than we have seen so far, and what we need is an instrument editor that lets you add sustain markers to an instrument and envelope data. SoundSmith .95 can play them, but we need instruments that actually use those features in order to take advantage of them. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao) (11/23/90)
Its not the sustaining, its the different format the asif instrument is. My bgsound instrument loader is extremely lame.... by diddling around with it (w/ audiozap or ss inst editor) you can fix it up. Or alternatively create a ".D" file. To sustain an instrument you need to edit the "INST" block in the actual ASIF file. The play-method contains what w the instrument will be played. Pull down inst-info from the soundsmith menu for more info and then use a block editor.
v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton) (11/28/90)
In article <7356@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao) writes... > > Its not the sustaining, its the different format >the asif instrument is. My bgsound instrument >loader is extremely lame.... by diddling around with >it (w/ audiozap or ss inst editor) you can fix it >up. Or alternatively create a ".D" file. > >To sustain an instrument you need to edit the "INST" >block in the actual ASIF file. The play-method >contains what >w the instrument will be played. Pull down inst-info >from the soundsmith menu for more info and then use >a block editor. More info! All I need is the ability to sustain sounds! If it's a simple as editing a block or two that's great! But I don't think it could be that easy. Instant Synth has the ability to mark loop points in samples but it won't load Soundsmith type sounds. Does anyone know how to convert ASIF SS instruments to load into INstant synth? The IS files DO work in SS and they do sustain! Later... Ken Morton
NOWAKO09@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (APPLE //GS - THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST) (11/29/90)
I was able to get the SoundSmith instruments to run on Isynth AFTER I had
manipulated them through Music Studio. First load up a Soundsmith instrument
into Music Studio and then edit it from the Goodies menu. I suggest adding
sustain and stretching out the instruments play time. Not ALL of instruments
you change this way will work but most will. If Isynth balks at the ICN filetype
change it to BIN and it should take it. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a
quick and dirty utility to transfer soundfiles between ASIF, EAIF and MUSIC
STUDIO types?
- Joe Nowakowski