K N E C T
KRONOS / OASYS Programs
(free for use)
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MOD-7 Programs 1. Yamaha DX Patch Systems Exclusive Archive (11MB = ~ 200,000
Programs), loadable by MOD-7: All files were acquired from collections freely available on
the Web, and probably constitute all DX/FM sounds ever programmed for the
Yamaha 6-Operator DX/FM synthesizers. 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 KRONOS/OASYS MOD-7. Whoever created it originally
organized the sounds into named banks of individual instruments such as clavs, harps, guitars....This folder contains perhaps
more than 60,000 programs The other folder contains a myriad of programs, including the
factory defaults for most YAMAHA FM synthesizers, but a vast number of others
too - perhaps
over 140,000 programs in total. Despite there being 200,000 programs in this
archive, there are likely no more than 71,000 distinct sounds – many are repeated
across sound banks. Note that a minority of the included files do not load into
MOD-7 as they are not full banks (KRONOS/OASYS requires a full DX bank of 32
programs). Finally, while many patches sound a little bare and basic by
today’s standards (and having lost some of the performance parameters of the
DX7 when converted), they act as excellent starting points to developing
other patches (where the KRONOS/OASYS control surface allows for rapid and
effective edits and control, for example). I highly recommend you go though the MOD-7 Tutorial in the
KRONOS/OASYS Parameter Guide. It was written personally by Dan Phillips and
provides an exquisite grounding on how to use MOD-7. Armed with that
knowledge, you will quickly and easily convert any basic DX FM program into a
full and modern MOD-7 Program. 2. 20 Original MOD-7
Programs (inspired by the Yamaha SY77 & SY99): AL-1 Programs 1. 107 AL-1 Programs: A bank of 107 Programs for the KRONOS / OASYS AL-1 Virtual Analogue
Synthesizer. There are probably about 30 distinct sounds in this set – each
with several variations. These programs are mostly inspired by the classic polysynths of the 70’s and 80’s - mostly old-school
thick, luscious polysynth sounds. Many of them have
ample reverb but it’s easy to switch that off to hear the sound without
reverb. Also – many of these sounds use Polyphonic Unison mode, sometimes up
to 8 or in a few cases even16 note unison – so they can use up significant KRONOS
/ OASYS resources. All of the programs with ‘Vintage’ in their name were inspired
by the microKorg which has a similar function – to allow
for LFO variation of the phase of two waves in a double wave. This gives a
rich sound but in a very vintage way. Check out the oscillator page of those
sounds to see what’s going on. As you switch through these Vintage programs
they become thicker and more luscious; but with far fewer unison voices than
required in the unisoned polysynth
and pad sounds. For example, the rich programs
titled ‘Tomita’ and ‘Mask’ sound equally rich if not richer to other heavily unisoned polysynth sound
provided in this set. Thanks to Daz for offering synth programming advice in devising the
Vintage, Mask and Tomita sounds. Certainly this ‘Vintage’ style of sound
reveals the true capabilities and character of AL-1. The programs install by default into User Bank G. Nothing else
is stored in the PCG file but be sure to back up
your OASYS before loading this bank. 2. 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: 4. 10 CP80 Programs (based on OASYS internal CP80 multisample) 6. 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 |