by John Bowen » Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:11 pm
My apologies for any confusion regarding the change in how the samples are handled. This was actually changed in the 1.4.3 OS, which is described here:
viewtopic.php?t=16758).
A preset can now load a sample pool when the preset is called up. This is determined by the setting of the LoadSamp parameter on page 1 of the new System page. If this is ON, then any preset that has a Sample Pool stored with it will first load the samples before it can play the preset. At first I didn’t want to do this, as a large SamplePool could take a long time to load, however, I did decide to finally change that. (By making a SAVE of the System data, you can keep this parameter ON.)
To select a SamplePool for loading, you now must go to the Home page 3. If no pool has been programmed, the parameter SmpPool will show ‘None’. Turning the lower middle encoder will select from the available pools on the CF card, and the Enter button will start blinking. Pressing Enter will then load the pool. (Selecting any other page or screen will turn Enter off.) Saving the Preset (using the Store button) will also save the selected Sample Pool with the preset.
As for stereo samples - currently the Solaris WAV oscillator can only play a single sample across the entire key range. Also, as you state, the Sample Pool is ‘global’, in the sense that all 4 oscillators must choose from that pool (and all Parts must select from the one Sample Pool). To do the “stereo playback”, you just need all left and right samples in the same Sample Pool, and then select the appropriate samples for each part or section as needed. Note that there is no assurance that you will have perfect phase coherence, as the oscillators are still going to be triggered independently, but it’s often good enough in my experience for the stereo image to sound good.
With Translator, you can have it take all of the samples in a folder, and it will produce a SamplePool for those samples. What you want to do, then, is save each side of your stereo samples separately, and put them all into one folder.
Typically I just have the sample name followed by a -L or -R. So, for example, you'd have something called ‘THING A -L’ (which is in the Factory CF card Sample Folder for v2.x OS users). Then the right side would be 'THING A -R’ (which I didn’t put in the CF card folder, just so you know). The numbering of the samples is determined by the SamplePool text file (which you can easily edit, by the way). So let’s say Thing A -L is sample #1, and the Thing A -R is #2. To pan them left and right, you have to use 2 of the VCA sections, which means using 2 mixers, and 2 filters for the signal paths. Set Osc1 WAV to play Wave 1, and Osc 2 to play Wave 2. Route Osc1 through Mixer1, Filter1, and VCA1, and hard pan it to one side. Similar thing for Osc2. That will allow you to play both sides of a stereo sample.
I hope this helps clarify. Let me know if you have more questions.
John B.
My apologies for any confusion regarding the change in how the samples are handled. This was actually changed in the 1.4.3 OS, which is described here: https://forums.johnbowen.com/viewtopic.php?t=16758).
A preset can now load a sample pool when the preset is called up. This is determined by the setting of the LoadSamp parameter on page 1 of the new System page. If this is ON, then any preset that has a Sample Pool stored with it will first load the samples before it can play the preset. At first I didn’t want to do this, as a large SamplePool could take a long time to load, however, I did decide to finally change that. (By making a SAVE of the System data, you can keep this parameter ON.)
To select a SamplePool for loading, you now must go to the Home page 3. If no pool has been programmed, the parameter SmpPool will show ‘None’. Turning the lower middle encoder will select from the available pools on the CF card, and the Enter button will start blinking. Pressing Enter will then load the pool. (Selecting any other page or screen will turn Enter off.) Saving the Preset (using the Store button) will also save the selected Sample Pool with the preset.
As for stereo samples - currently the Solaris WAV oscillator can only play a single sample across the entire key range. Also, as you state, the Sample Pool is ‘global’, in the sense that all 4 oscillators must choose from that pool (and all Parts must select from the one Sample Pool). To do the “stereo playback”, you just need all left and right samples in the same Sample Pool, and then select the appropriate samples for each part or section as needed. Note that there is no assurance that you will have perfect phase coherence, as the oscillators are still going to be triggered independently, but it’s often good enough in my experience for the stereo image to sound good.
With Translator, you can have it take all of the samples in a folder, and it will produce a SamplePool for those samples. What you want to do, then, is save each side of your stereo samples separately, and put them all into one folder.
Typically I just have the sample name followed by a -L or -R. So, for example, you'd have something called ‘THING A -L’ (which is in the Factory CF card Sample Folder for v2.x OS users). Then the right side would be 'THING A -R’ (which I didn’t put in the CF card folder, just so you know). The numbering of the samples is determined by the SamplePool text file (which you can easily edit, by the way). So let’s say Thing A -L is sample #1, and the Thing A -R is #2. To pan them left and right, you have to use 2 of the VCA sections, which means using 2 mixers, and 2 filters for the signal paths. Set Osc1 WAV to play Wave 1, and Osc 2 to play Wave 2. Route Osc1 through Mixer1, Filter1, and VCA1, and hard pan it to one side. Similar thing for Osc2. That will allow you to play both sides of a stereo sample.
I hope this helps clarify. Let me know if you have more questions.
John B.