As requested here is a simple outline of how SD 2.0 can be used to generate DSND files for the 2box, for folks
like myself who are not familiar with this kind of gear. I barely know what I'm talking about
so please feel
free to correct me, make suggestions etc etc. It's just really to give people a feel for how easy it is to do,
and maybe to get you started.
YOU WILL NEED:
SD 2.0 installed on your computer along with Solo and EZplayerPro, the last two come free with SD.
The DSoundTool which Louis built, available from shortestpath.de.
And that's it, nothing else.
First of all use the DSoundTool to export a midi file, any note, any channel, doesn't matter.
Then:
1) Open Solo and choose SD.
2) In main window ("Construction") right click an instrument, eg snare, to select it --blue highlight
indicates selection.
3) Bottom right, make sure you have the correct "articulation" (ie the one you want) selected, eg Centre Hit
maybe for a snare, or eg Closed Tip for a hat.
4) To left of that, in Voice & Layer, may as well choose "Unlimited"
Tune up the instrument to sound how you want it, for instance -
5) Play around with "Envelope" (on right side of the Construction window)
6) Use EZ mixer or go to Mixer page, tune in ambient levels, overheads, etc
7) So drum is set up (roughly). Open EZplayer [Solo menu bar, Play style button, click].
8. In top half of EZp window, browse to locate the midi file. Don't fret about
which note/instrument/channel it is, see below.
9) Make sure you can play it, and get some sounds coming out. Stop it. By default the
SD randomizing function(s) are on - the number of samples, the dynamic range, the amount
of variation at a given level, these are all things we're all going to want to decide for ourselves
further on.
10) Construction window, bottom right, activate "Learn" - and now the next midi note
it receives will be assigned to the currently selected instrument (sweet!).
So click "Learn" then shift to EZP and play the midi file. Now in the Instrument section bottom
right you should see that the KEY for the chosen sound is now whatever note the midi was playing.
At the moment I just stick with the one midi file from DSTool and vary it like this.
11) Stop playing. Press Bounce/Record. Start playing - it will loop if you leave it.
Stop both. Check you have recorded a number of samples (in window next to R button).
12) Select "bounce thru mixer" - this gives you 2 channel file, easy for now.
13) Click bounce, choose path.
14) When that's done locate the WAV and use DSoundTool to create a file. End
((I havn't checked it all out yet, but Louis's set up seems to give a midi file with hits
in groups of 3 at same velocity - so thirty sample file will be 10 different velocities,
with three 'variation' hits per velocity level. Max output seems to be 99, still to check
is if 2box will play a file of more than 99 hits)).
Now you're in business.
