[Rwp] importing samples and playing them on a keyboard as an instrument

Tue Feb 16 19:58:54 EST 2016

No problem.
Will write you privately.

On 2/16/2016 6:30 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Chris, I won't take much of your time like last night, but have you 
> gotta minute?  If so, can you e-mail me your number off list?  I 
> accidentally deleted it.  I have a real real quick question for ya, 
> or, so I hope. if it's not quick, then we can discuss further 
> troubleshooting and maybe me paying you a little more down the road.
>
> Hopefully this shouldn't take more than about 5 minutes, max.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rwp] importing samples and playing them on a keyboard as 
> an instrument
>
>
>> if you use the actual sfz player, you'll need a script to work it, 
>> over on steve's site I wrote one a long time ago in the autohotkey
>> format and it is a simple executable with a few control from the sfz 
>> player, and insructions and such are there with it.
>> If you use sforzando,
>> you just have to click up in your empty slot with  your screen-reader,
>> at the top and you get a context menu and you can load sfz files.
>> Sforzando can be gotten at plogue.com
>>
>>
>> On 2/16/2016 9:58 AM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
>>> ok, so I have a few sfz files loading around but i am surely missing
>>> something into how do you actually use the vst plug in with reaper...
>>> or how would you go about loading an sfz file into a vritual
>>> instrument in reaper? Opening the fx window doesnot help much either,
>>> NVDA does not see the controls for the vst plug in
>>>
>>> 2016-02-16 9:36 GMT-05:00, Juan Pablo Bello <juanpisjaws at gmail.com>:
>>>> goodness! this is just great. thanks a whole lot . I will have time to
>>>> test playtime in like amonth.
>>>>
>>>> 2016-02-15 14:03 GMT-05:00, Matt Turner <meturner2214 at gmail.com>:
>>>>> Thought this might be useful for creating SFZ's.
>>>>> http://vipaudioaccess.com/new-sfz-maker-accessible-vips/
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/15/2016 12:59 AM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
>>>>>> let us know. I am really close to buying the thing but haven't had
>>>>>> much time for testing it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2016-02-14 20:47 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
>>>>>>> Man am going to check this out.
>>>>>>> If it is accessible at all, it could really be useful.
>>>>>>> DJ and loop based stuff,
>>>>>>> with reaper, nice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2/12/2016 10:33 PM, Juan Pablo Bello wrote:
>>>>>>>> thanks for the so helpful information... so i can now do 
>>>>>>>> electronica
>>>>>>>> and techno and trance stuff with reaper! though has anyone 
>>>>>>>> checked out
>>>>>>>> playtime? at https://www.helgoboss.org/projects/playtime/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2016-02-12 23:16 GMT-05:00, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>:
>>>>>>>>> Here is the sfz basics manual.
>>>>>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10911937/sfz1.txt?dl=1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2/12/2016 10:10 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> This is exactly what the sfz format is so great at,
>>>>>>>>>> You can get sforzando at plogue.com.
>>>>>>>>>> This email is not the place to teach you the sfz  but I do 
>>>>>>>>>> private
>>>>>>>>>> tutoring if you really want to get in to it.
>>>>>>>>>> Essentially, it is so good for us blindy's because there is no
>>>>>>>>>> complex
>>>>>>>>>> GUI, you make your sfz with a text file and you can have 
>>>>>>>>>> unlimited
>>>>>>>>>> layers, and key switching, and filters, and all sorts of groovy
>>>>>>>>>> sampler stuff, I have crafted lots of drumkits, and keyed
>>>>>>>>>> instruments,
>>>>>>>>>> it has round robin and sequenced sample playback, and random
>>>>>>>>>> generators, and all the things you'd want in a samper.
>>>>>>>>>> And because it's a text file, it's 100 percent accessible.
>>>>>>>>>> As a matter of fact, dimension pro and rapture and the like are
>>>>>>>>>> based
>>>>>>>>>> on the sfz format.
>>>>>>>>>> These are made by cakewalk, but they can be used in other DAW's.
>>>>>>>>>> The interfaces of these instruments are more complex though, 
>>>>>>>>>> you can
>>>>>>>>>> stil control a lot at the sfz level, but the simple sfz 
>>>>>>>>>> player and
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> better sforzando
>>>>>>>>>> I mentioned are your ticket to easy sampled playback.
>>>>>>>>>> Just to give a quick example of what a sfz file would look like,
>>>>>>>>>> //snip
>>>>>>>>>> //kick
>>>>>>>>>> <group>
>>>>>>>>>> loop_mode=one_shot
>>>>>>>>>> <region>
>>>>>>>>>> sample=kick1.wav
>>>>>>>>>> key=35
>>>>>>>>>> <region>
>>>>>>>>>> sample=kick2.wav
>>>>>>>>>> key=36
>>>>>>>>>> //end
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There you go I just expressed two kick samples and told them 
>>>>>>>>>> to play
>>>>>>>>>> on b and c.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2/12/2016 9:31 PM, Kevin Struska wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>> I have a folder full of wav files that have been sampled with
>>>>>>>>>>> various
>>>>>>>>>>> drums, one shots, snares, kicks, etc. HOw hard is it to 
>>>>>>>>>>> bring all
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>> these into reaper and be able to play them, similar to 
>>>>>>>>>>> playing a
>>>>>>>>>>> drum
>>>>>>>>>>> kit on a keyboard? I'm guessing I'd have to assign different 
>>>>>>>>>>> wav
>>>>>>>>>>> files to different keys? or is there an easier way.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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