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Kalimba/Thumb Piano ROMpler

Archive · 2007 2 old posts

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EVP ·

Hi,

I've set myself a little project. I'm going to try and make a sampled Kalimba/Thumb Piano Vst, as I plan on doing some mobile studio work and would like to take some of my home studio instruments with me when I travel. In a virtual form. Will Synth Maker allow me to create a 'skinable' ROMpler like this. Ideally I would like a VSTi with a picture of the Kalimba as the background with parameter switches/knobs etc around it. I realise I could probably make a playable instrument using a sampler like Kontakt, but this wouldn't allow for the visual aspect.

Also if I make a sample based instrument in Synth Maker, are the samples embeded in the instrument, or would I have to load them in each time?

Sorry for all these questions, but I really want to invest in the best software for the job. My other alternative I guess would be Reaktor, but Synth Maker seems a bit more versatile from what I've seen.

Thanks for any help,

James

MichaelBenjamin ·

afaik you can load the samples both externally or save them internally with the dll. depends on how the wave module is constructed.

for preset handling i found it easier to save the files within the dll. because if you save them externally you have to do some editing to wave array path so they get remembered when doing the presets - which i am too dumb for at the moment, but maybe you can do it. a good start would be to check out the different wave player modules.

look for: Multi sampler.osm (wiki) looper1.44.osm (forum) AndromedaStrain.osm (forum? dont remember)

they each have wave modules with a different aprroach. maybe you can make your own module out of these examples.

greetings michael

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