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1. OASYS PROGRAM SET 128 new programs provided here free and for general use. This
set features sounds for AL-1, STR-1 and LAC-1 synthesis engines. Download: or: 2.Yamaha DX Patch Systems Exclusive Archive (11MB = ~ 200,000
Programs), loadable by OASYS 1.3 and MOD-7: All the files were acquired from other collectors, freely
available on the Web. They are all system exclusive (.SYX) files. One of the
folders is named DX1, but all files archived within are readable by the DX7
and OASYS. Whoever created it originally organized the sounds into named
banks of individual instruments such as clavs,
harps, guitars... 3. 10 CP80 Programs (based on OASYS internal CP80 multisample) 4. 20 Original MOD-7
Programs (inspired by the Yamaha SY77 & SY99) 5. Roland VP330 Male Choral Sound (including multisamples) Six programs based on a set of samples from the classic Roland
VP330 Vocoder Plus choral sounds. A set of samples
from the VP330 are provided online by here. I
downloaded only the dry male and female choral sounds. On the VP330, the two
male 8’ sounds are allocated to the lower and upper half of the keyboard respectively.
What I’ve done is to combine them within one stereo multisample,
spanning the entire OASYS keyboard. Hence the six programs provided here are of
the VP330 Male Choral 8’ sound. Note that the original WAV file contains recordings(samples) of about every half octave so the
entire VP330 49-note range is quite well represented; though if you play the
first (fairly raw) program you’ll notice the sample points. But for the
remainder of the programs using some chorus, ensemble, reverb and velocity
sensing on the filter they sample points are far less obvious and work quite
well. I used Adobe Audition to cut and loop the original samples. No
audio processing was done on them to alter their tone, though I used
Audition’s extremely capable restoration processing functions to remove noise
from the original samples – easily achievable because the original WAV files
provided ample noise-only sections for Audition to characterise the noise
extremely well. The entire sample set is only 3Mb in size – so precise are
the waveforms that I spent a lot of time cutting them down to the smallest
possible size for looping – so this wonderful sound takes up almost no space
at all. Subsequent to finding this sample set on the web I have
purchased several VP330’s of my own, so I eventually hope to sample each of
the 49 notes for the male, female and string sound, and package them with an
OASYS emulation of the VP330 vocoder – in essence
creating a virtual VP330 within the OASYS- but that’ll be for the future. In
the mean time enjoy this wonderful sound. Examples
of use of VP330 Choral sound This sound was used extensively by Vangelis and by
Tomita. Examples include: Vangelis: -
Bladerunner
scene (when Deckard meets Rachel for the first time) -
Choral sound on Chariots of Fire -
Choral sound on end (very quiet) section
of “Suffocation” on album “See You Later” -
Opening to “Polonaise” on album “Private
Collection” -
Note also – VP330 String Sound used in
opening of Bladerunner, with the VP330 Vocoder used on the track “See You Later” on the album
“See You Later” Tomita: -
Daphnis et Chloe Program
descriptions: Realtime Tone Control for all Sounds: Adjust Filter Cutoff on Konb 1, Filter Resonance on Knob 2 Filter Cutoff is velocity sensitive
(Programs 3,4&5 only) Adjust Filter ADSR on Faders 1-4 Adjust Amplifier ADSR on Faders 5-3 Vibrato key aftertouch on all programs 000 – VP330 Male 8’; no effects 001 – VP330 Male 8’;
O-verb reverb master effect, Stereo Harmonic Chorus & Ensemble
Inserts 002 – VP330 Male 8’;
O-verb reverb master effect, Stereo Harmonic Chorus & Ensemble
Inserts 003 – VP330 Male 8’;
O-verb reverb master effect, Stereo Harmonic Chorus & Ensemble
Inserts 004 – VP330 Male 8’;
O-verb reverb master effect, Stereo Harmonic Chorus & Ensemble
Inserts - levels adjusted by Knob8 005 – VP330 Male 8’; no
reverb, Stereo Harmonic Chorus & Ensemble Inserts – levels adjusted by
Knob8 Adjusting chorus, reverb, filter and resonance settings give a
wide range of variations on this sound, and along with velocity sensitivity
of filter cutoff and aftertouch vibrato, arguably
extends the usefulness of this sound beyond the original VP330 (accepted you
can never replace the original!) Installation
instructions: 1.
Download KN_VP330.zip 2.
Unzip KN_VP330.zip 3.
Find enclosed a folder called KN_VP330 4.
Enter the folder and find KN_VP330.PCG;
KN_VP330.KSC and its associated samples folder KN_VP330 5.
Load the PCG file KN_VP330.PCG (loads by
default into User-A, but you can change that of course) 6.
Click to load the associated multisample file KN_VP330.KSC 7.
Find the six VP_330 programs in Bank U-A,
Programs 000 - 005 |