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AudioLayer Instrument Sharing Depository

JumpercollinsJumpercollins
edited August 2018 in General App Discussion

Ok hope this works start off with something simple a M1 piano, with a slight Reverb echo.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvw2y4xxyy9l4j0/M1 Piano.audiolayer.zip?dl=0

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  • SamuSamu

    Here's another one with with my SY85 as the source :)
    (It's the 1st preset I made when AudioLayer was initially launched).
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/awe5meeypkfsig5/1st.audiolayer.zip?dl=0

  • RockySmallsRockySmalls
    edited August 2018

    imports and plays fine and dandy here..
    muchos gracias.

    p.s. it’s Depository.. yrs truly.. ‘the spelling pedant’ ;-)

  • JumpercollinsJumpercollins

    @RockySmalls said:
    imports and plays fine and dandy here..
    muchos gracias.

    p.s. it’s Depository.. yrs truly.. ‘the spelling pedant’ ;-)

    Opps ! Finger problem

  • JumpercollinsJumpercollins

    @Samu said:
    Here's another one with with my SY85 as the source :)
    (It's the 1st preset I made when AudioLayer was initially launched).
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/awe5meeypkfsig5/1st.audiolayer.zip?dl=0

    Cheers @Samu sounds good, their sharing system works thanks to Dropbox.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    I'll start with a small instrument with few samples. I'm also curious to understand if I'm sharing the whole folder where all my exports could be housed:

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0icsg7vdj9qnt86/AACl4MvgB0a2VLKBSLej3J0Da?dl=0

    This instrument is an "English Horn" which is the longer version of the double reeded Oboe and not what you might think of as a Horn. It's also called a "Cor Anglais" and it can convey ”feelings of absence, abandonment, painful isolation”. Be forewarned.

    What I like about this one is the use of the Mod settings to make the player more human with slight variations in the tone and not so synthy.

    Please let me know if it imports easily and I'll drop another instrument in the same DropBox folder as a test to see how many links I need to share. How much does the 1TB DropBox cost?

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    $10/month for 1TB for DropBox Premium.

  • ColoobarColoobar

    Is it possible to import into AudioLayer from SFZ or SF2 files?

  • JumpercollinsJumpercollins

    @McDtracy said:
    I'll start with a small instrument with few samples. I'm also curious to understand if I'm sharing the whole folder where all my exports could be housed:

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0icsg7vdj9qnt86/AACl4MvgB0a2VLKBSLej3J0Da?dl=0

    This instrument is an "English Horn" which is the longer version of the double reeded Oboe and not what you might think of as a Horn. It's also called a "Cor Anglais" and it can convey ”feelings of absence, abandonment, painful isolation”. Be forewarned.

    What I like about this one is the use of the Mod settings to make the player more human with slight variations in the tone and not so synthy.

    Please let me know if it imports easily and I'll drop another instrument in the same DropBox folder as a test to see how many links I need to share. How much does the 1TB DropBox cost?

    @McDtracy Imports over fine thankyou.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    @Samu said:
    Here's another one with with my SY85 as the source :)
    (It's the 1st preset I made when AudioLayer was initially launched).
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/awe5meeypkfsig5/1st.audiolayer.zip?dl=0

    Nice SY85 Pad with a perfectly clean loop... which I would expect given the OCD and looping expertise.

    I have put all 3 Instruments donated thus far into my dropbox and I'll move some more there:

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0icsg7vdj9qnt86/AACl4MvgB0a2VLKBSLej3J0Da?dl=0

  • tjatja

    @McDtracy said:
    $10/month for 1TB for DropBox Premium.

    8,25 Euro per month for 5 TB, OneDrive 365 Home
    That’s 1,65 Euro per month for 1 TB

  • RockySmallsRockySmalls

    here is a Korg minipops drum machine..
    it’s one of the many free exs24 instruments on logic-cafe.com .. see the original Audiolayer thread for the shenanigans involved in importing exs24 instruments if you (frugally) use local storage rather than icloud drive.. the only workaround is temporarily use icloud drive to import the instrument then re-export the exs as audiolayer preset, switch back to local storage and reimport from dropbox or docs or wherever..
    ...so it’s not quite there yet imvho @Virsyn :)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/1dndha1qrlg6q0p/Korg Minipops EXS.audiolayer.zip

    also no one had put up a multi sampled instrument yet so i just wanted to test if people could get this one and it functioned ok..

  • RockySmallsRockySmalls
    edited August 2018

    a roland cr-78 , just as a by-product of trying to fathom exs24 import , again from the logic-cafe.com site..
    because? well... who doesn’t love a CR-78? and it might save one or none of you some messing with the exs import thing? see main AL thread to discover its all quite simple..... once you know how!!? :)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc4o5zjz45bkiq3/Roland CR-78.audiolayer.zip

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    I loaded the SoundFonts4U Yamaha C5 into an AudioLayer Instrument. It's available at:

    https://dropbox.com/sh/0icsg7vdj9qnt86/AACl4MvgB0a2VLKBSLej3J0Da?dl=0

    It's about 1/2 GB in size and may not load on an IOS Platform with less than the 2GB of RAM I have on my 2018 9.7" iPad.

    On my iPad it sounds like this:

    https://soundcloud.com/user-403688328/audiolayer-grieg-concerto-on

    Let me know if it loads for you or not. There are a ton of samples that could be removed for smaller devices. It just takes a lot of time to throw them out and re-adjust the layers/zones of the remaining samples for complete coverage of the keyboard and all velocities.

  • ageezzageezz
    OK here is my first offering. Taken from one of my own presets in Waldorf Nave. There are three velocity levels to play with - you might want to roll off some of the top end if it’s too much for your taste.

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yapqwhm2ylgwod4/AAA9OMWDcGfGfkgL2cFnxqWba?dl=0

    Ill put some more in later.

    let me know if I have got the sharing right and you can grab the file.

    Cheers
  • JumpercollinsJumpercollins

    @ageezz Thanks works great.

  • MrBlaschkeMrBlaschke

    @McDtracy said:
    I loaded the SoundFonts4U Yamaha C5 into an AudioLayer Instrument. It's available at:

    Many thanks for this. Works a charm!

  • NoonienSNoonienS

    @McDtracy said:
    I loaded the SoundFonts4U Yamaha C5 into an AudioLayer Instrument. It's available at:

    https://dropbox.com/sh/0icsg7vdj9qnt86/AACl4MvgB0a2VLKBSLej3J0Da?dl=0

    It's about 1/2 GB in size and may not load on an IOS Platform with less than the 2GB of RAM I have on my 2018 9.7" iPad.

    On my iPad it sounds like this:

    https://soundcloud.com/user-403688328/audiolayer-grieg-concerto-on

    Let me know if it loads for you or not. There are a ton of samples that could be removed for smaller devices. It just takes a lot of time to throw them out and re-adjust the layers/zones of the remaining samples for complete coverage of the keyboard and all velocities.

    Tried to load this instrument ( on Air 2). Audiolayer complaints that it is ”wrong format” though. Anybody else succesfully loaded it up in AL?

  • NoonienSNoonienS
    edited August 2018

    Discovered that the problem above (wrong format) suddenly happened with every import I tried. Reinstalled AL and it worked... @VirSyn , any idea what happened ?

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    @NoonienS said:
    Discovered that the problem above (wrong format) suddenly happened with every import I tried. Reinstalled AL and it worked... @VirSyn , any idea what happened ?

    Maybe you didn't have the updated version and the reinstall gave you the freshest code? Just a guess.

    I suspect the @Virsyn folks are locked up writing the manual and are not allowed to read the Forum. A user can hope.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    Does anyone know how to effectively use the Mod Wheel option on a layer? I was hoping it would morph between 2 samples but it appears to only apply Envelope changes... Any clues appreciated while we wait for the user manual. I suspect the VirSyn folks are heads down writing on a deadline.

    @VirSyn: Thank you for this powerful and useful update to the App. EXS24 is a great decision. SF2's tend to be collections of 12-128 instruments intended for "General Midi/GS/XG" use cases and ESX24 pulls out an instrument which is a good match.

    Now I need to learn how to automate the creation of EXS24's from my Apps. I think that's doable using a Mac Desktop and IDAM to connect my iPad as a sound module. But (as always) any clues appreciated.

  • VirSynVirSyn

    Just make two layers, one with "mod wheel up" and one with "mod wheel down", then you can blend/morph between the samples in both layers.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    @VirSyn said:
    Just make two layers, one with "mod wheel up" and one with "mod wheel down", then you can blend/morph between the samples in both layers.

    Thanks!

    I was hoping it worked that way. I tried it but didn't get that behavior. I'll try again and see where I missed something to make it work as a blend/morph control.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    @VirSyn said:
    Just make two layers, one with "mod wheel up" and one with "mod wheel down", then you can blend/morph between the samples in both layers.

    My controller wasn't sending the CC messages out to the iPad.
    I mapped a knob to the CC for Modulation and I can hear the morphing between a trombone and a piano as I turn the knob.

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    FYI: There's a new thread with a video showing how to import the EXS24 files into AudioLayer. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

  • MulticellularMulticellular
    edited September 2018

    I sampled a vintage Jaymar toy piano. This is probably most useful for horror music. The timbre is bad enough but it couldn't really be tuned perfectly. Some of the bars were so rusty that it would change pitch after the initial transient.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fznsdt6c4cae6cp/Jaymar.audiolayer.zip?dl=0

  • McDtracyMcDtracy

    Does anyone have legal guidance about re-using Samples in these handcrafted AudioLayer instruments?

    It's easy to find sound but not find the "rights" associated with it. If the only legal restriction is "credit" how should that be addressed?

    With a readme.txt file added in the Zip file?

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    Stupid question: how do you get a zipped exs from AudioShare to AudioLayer?

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @espiegel123 said:
    Stupid question: how do you get a zipped exs from AudioShare to AudioLayer?

    Should mention that I have tried the share options from AudioShare and AudioLayer displays a message that it was not able to open the file/zip due to a format error.

  • HmtxHmtx
    edited March 2019

    @espiegel123 said:
    Stupid question: how do you get a zipped exs from AudioShare to AudioLayer?

    Mr. AudioDabbler has posted a thread about this with a youtube video. I didn't watch the vid yet, but I think this will get you there:

    https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/28157/audiolayer-exs-import-attached-poll

    Also, if the EXS is .zip you might need another file management app that can unzip folders. I use "FileBrowser"

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @Hmtx said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Stupid question: how do you get a zipped exs from AudioShare to AudioLayer?

    Mr. AudioDabbler has posted a thread about this with a youtube video. I didn't watch the vid yet, but I think this will get you there:

    https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/28157/audiolayer-exs-import-attached-poll

    Also, if the EXS is .zip you might need another file management app that can unzip folders. I use "FileBrowser"

    Thanks for pointing me to that thread. For those running into problems importing when not using the Cloud storage option:

    • Put the EXS file and its samples in a folder at the root level of the AudioLayer folder that appears On My iPad in Files BUT see the next item
    • The AudioLayer folder might not be exposed if you haven't already moved something into it with iTunes File Sharing. There is a workaround: 1) enable cloud sharing, 2) in Files visit the AudioLayer folder on the iCloud Drive, 3) copy a folder (it can be empty) that is in the the AudioLayer cloud drive folder, 4) navigate to On My Ipad where you should now see and AudioLayer folder, 5) paste the folder you copied

    You can now turn off the cloud storage preference in AudioLayer and the AudioLayer folder will show up in Files. Just move folders with your EXS file and its samples into that folder. Then, in files, tap on an EXS file that you moved and tap Share in the options popup. Then select Open in AudioLayer. AudioLayer will then import the instrument.

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