First post, by jheronimus
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Hi, all
I recently got an EWS64XL, now I'm trying to get some more soundfonts on it (apart from the collection that is available on Vogonsdrivers).
1) Has anyone figured out a way to convert SF2 files to TTS/94B? I've seen some threads here on Vogons, but seems like noone has been able to get a good result.
2) Studio4All guide mentions that you can import Akai S1000 sets:
For all users who are working with the synthesizer intensivly and who wants loadup bigger sounds a change of the original RAM wi […]
For all users who are working with the synthesizer intensivly and who wants loadup bigger sounds a change of the original RAM with a bigger one would be an advantage.
In my case and in case of 2 friends (we changed the original RAM with a 64MB RAM) now the complete world of Akai Sound CD's (AKAI S1000-Format) is opened:
Even sounds with a size of 32MB are uploadable and usable for music production.
That means: There are a lot of high quality sounds available for the EWS64 if you have enough memory.
Note:
You need a 64MB RAM-module for the EWS64 to load 32MB Akai-Soundsets!
This is not possible with a 32MB EWS64-RAM-module, because the EWS64 loads their OS and all instrument settings into the RAM too.
There's a collection of Akai CDs on Archive.org.
CD8 is supposed to be GM:
Volume 8 – General MIDI Sets […]
Volume 8 – General MIDI Sets
A. GM Set #1
B. GM Set #2
C. GM Set #3
D. GM Set #4
E. GM Set #5
F. Percussion / Sound Effects
G. Drum Kit
Now, unfortunately I need to source a 64MB SIMM module to test it, but maybe someone has already tried this or can test it on his system?
I've tried Ed!son 1.9. It does have a menu option to import Akai sounds, but it gave me a bunch of errors and couldn't detect an Akai CD. I figure that's because I need an ASPI driver, and for that I'll have to install at least a Win95 OSR2 (I have an RTM with SP1 on my system currently).
Could those GM sets indeed be a full GM soundbank that would be loadable into EWS64XL? I'm a bit sceptical, because the CD has just 5 sets that weigh 540MB (so about 108MB each). Unless Ed!son does some kind of compression there is probably no way it could fit into 32 megs.
