Re: Edirol HQ Orchestral Full Version
Anfos Sin
maybe you should just keep a system around tuned specifically for audio (not motion graphics which has MUCH higher processing and memory demands) that fits the compatibly specs of edirol orch which puts it way back at WindowsXP / WindowsMe / Windows2000 / Windows98???
Not that i know of, i have two versions 1.1.0 and 1.2.0, both are not recognised at all by any host.
I have 5 dat files for the library, they might perhaps work with your working copy (if it really is listed in Renoise)
Hm, to be honest I haven`t tried to fill 8GB mem with samples, but now I tested: I filled all 256 slots with samples and VST instruments - and currently I have 5.16gb filled and less than 3 GB free. Seems like Renoise works with memory all well Limit was in XP - with 64bit system finally memory is just a limit
Other than Renoise [I just tested now] - all that memory helps a lot when have thousands of tabs opened in Opera, rendering animation in AfterEffects and watching movie - all working great and without problem.
Technically, the Edirol HQ Orchestral VST plugin is still under copyright by Roland. This is a very useful and versatile plugin for many new producers and relinquishing its copyright will allow thousands of up and coming music producers to access, enjoy and share this software LEGALLY.
While Roland offers newer orchestral plug-ins, it is no secret that Edirol HQ is still in use and is still being distributed over the internet. Edirol HQ is easy to use as a VST, and it provides a good stepping-stone for new producers. To our knowledge, Roland has not enforced its copyright on this software since ending its support, therefore this petition is meant to encourage Roland to allow Edirol HQ Orchestral to become "freeware".
Freeware: Freeware is proprietary software that is available for use at no monetary cost. In other words, freeware may be used without payment but may usually not be modified, re-distributed or reverse-engineered without the author's permission.
We feel that allowing this VST plugin to become freeware will allow well-meaning, law-abiding, digital music producers to enjoy this software that is no longer supported. Furthermore, we feel that allowing Edirol Orchestral to become freeware will not harm Roland's sales of this type of plugin, since this VST is a far more basic and lower quality version of the products that Roland now offers.
Anyone here compared Fl Studio Mobile's Varazdin Orchestra Mobile In-App Purchase instruments with Sampletank's Miroslav? I love the quality of Garageband instruments but feel a bit too limited and closed off in that environment like not being able to copy out and track count so I'm transitioning to BM2 as my main iOS DAW but I find the instrument selection in BM2 to be lacking and am looking to supplement with one of these two.
FL's Varazdin is reasonably priced at $5. The only issue is that the only demo I've found is their website which seems to be referring to the desktop version and I'm not sure how different it is from the iOS version. One thing that doesn't lend confidence is that I find FL Studio Mobile's stock instruments quite lacking in comparison to other apps and fairly limited in terms of sound shaping controls and effects architecture.
Miroslav, on the other hand, I'm already familiar with on the desktop side and know it sounds good but I have mixed feelings about the iOS version of Sampletank so far. I downloaded the free version of ST and I find the popup ads super annoying and the 4 part MIDI sequencer is almost too simple and barely usable. Also, I'm not into IK's archaic pricing scheme. I do think ST's instruments sound good in general so I'm not worried about the quality (although at the expense of storage and presumably memory usage) but the overall experience (overpriced instruments, popup ads, extremely limited sequencer with no MIDI editing) leaves me wanting for an excuse to look elsewhere.
I've converted the Miroslav solo wind instruments (on disc) to soundfonts and have done a direct AB comparison in bs-16i with the Sonatina wind instruments. I actually think the Sonatina instruments are better. The Miroslav instruments have a slight chorus effect that detracts slightly from the realism. Could be due to my conversion process in Extreme Sample Converter though.
Another minus for SampleTank is that when I recorded a pattern and exported the audio via audiocopy into Audioshare, the resulting audio loop didn't seem to be a clean loop and had a very audible click when looped. Yet another thing to deter me from investing into the overpriced SampleTank platform.
Thanks for pointing out bs-16i. That one doesn't have a built-in pattern recorder though and just plays back MIDI files, right? Can the bs16-i be synced and sequenced from BM2's MIDI track and have its audio recorded into BM2's audio track via audiobus?
Bs-16i will receive up to 16 channels of live MIDI from any source and can play a different instrument on each channel. It has a 2 mixing pages to adjust levels, reverb, chorus etc. and will sit in the input slot of Audiobus so that the combined output can be sent to any Audiobus compatible app. Soundfonts are best kept under 100Mb to avoid loading issues, but it can have up to 4 soundfont libraries loaded concurrently, all of which are available for simultaneous performance.
@PaulB Sorry in advance, I'm going to bombard you with a lot of questions. :-) Were you able to get the entire Sonatina Soundfont collection converted? Have you broken it up into individual instruments with a librarian? How large is the overall collection? What is the Chamberlin Soundfont? Thanks in advance!!! :-)
I divided up the Sonatina_Orchestra soundfont that was posted in the Soundfonts thread. All of the instrument patches ended up in one of the three sf2 files and are individually selectable, so 'yes' to the first and second questions. Too large for bs-16i on my iPad 2, hence the splitting into 3 files. The Chamberlin was the precursor to the Mellotron, but less were made and they were more expensive to manufacture. When the Mellotron was created, they made some design compromises and rerecorded the instruments, with the result that there was actually a loss in quality. I had both Chamberlin and Mellotron sample sets on disc.
Hi there.
i have in my edesctop a bunch of soundfonts coverted from some orchestal librarys, some is from the miroslav, other from garritan, other Fromm advancer orchesrttra, and other sfrom the e-mu virtuoso 2k.
the mirosdlav has exeletn samples, i agree with all with chorus effects, same think hapends to me.
from the other hand, i have some garritan patches converted from some old akai cds, and the poket orchestra that comes with sonar, i like the strings sections of garritans gpo.
sonatina is my orchestral soundset of all time, for compose fast ideas, however tthe strings section don't like it verry mutch.
in my desctop roduction i have some of patchse of varius librarys converted in to soundfonts, garritan, miroslav, sonatina, advanced orchestar, e-mu virtuoso, and, i use a vst call edirol Orchestral.
so, despide of this review, i concidere tu buy the bs16 i to use sonatina instruments in my iPhone.
MPJ Factory studios, Quito, Ecuador
I am really hoping that Synful could be ported to iOS. The RPM hybrid technology takes up very little space compared to sampled libraries. It could work well on an iPad, in my opinion. Maybe if they got a lot of emails requesting the port to iOS, something might happen.
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