seamonkey wrote:How are WAV and Akai samples loaded into the Solaris?
What CF card is compatible?
What is the maximum sample size available?
Here is the final decision for the v1.0 OS release:
1) Sample files must be in .raw format.
2) The samples need to be described in a text file. The name, number, sample start and end, loop start and end, root key, fine tune values, low and high keys need to be listed in this text file (see below for example). This text file is what makes up a 'sample pool', and you can have several on the CF card.
3) The samples and text files are loaded via computer onto your CF card.
4) The Sample Pool is selected from the Global page and loaded into the Solaris for use in any of the four oscillators.
The CF card does not need to be a certain brand nor high speed. It uses the FAT file format, which is how most CF cards are formatted. The maximum sample pool size is 32MB, but you can have as many different pools on the CF card as can fit. The user then selects which pool to load from the Global Sample Load page.
Here's the format:
Samplepool for Solaris
The samples are stored as mono 16bit signed headerless ('raw') audio files on the compact flash card. The current OS version looks for a folder named 'Samples' to find the samples. The definition of a Samplepool is done with a simple text file in the same folder (using a naming like 'SamplePool-001.txt', 'SamplePool-002.txt', etc.).
Example:
[Pool]
name = Flutes
[Sample]
sampleindex = 1
filename = FluteC3.raw
samplerate = 44100
samplelength = 77562
loopstart = 16553
loopend = 77562
rootkey = 60
finetune = 0
lowkey = 0
highkey = 127
[Sample]
sampleindex = 2
filename = FluteC5.raw
samplerate = 44100
samplelength = 17756
loopstart = 4165
loopend = 17756
rootkey = 72
finetune = 0
lowkey = 0
highkey = 127
So a Samplepool consists of the audio sample files and a text file with the necessary data defining how to load and how to play them.
''Translator' from Rubber Chicken Software has been updated to allow for batch processing and conversion of sample files to fit this Sample Pool description.
-john b.