The EX5 VL synth engine sounds very good and it can be very expressive. Unfortunately there are only very few preset voices that use VL. By 'voices' I mean patches, not VL elements (*)
What is missing is the data needed to set up convincing Voices instruments using a VL element as an oscillator, i.e. the values for the Freq, Reso and Gain for the 5 bands of the parametric EQ that makes the filter of a VL type Voice. E.g. there are preset patches for a soprano sax, an alto sax and a tenor (labelled 'tennor') sax, but none for a baritone sax: there exists an appropriate VL element (#216), but what are the right values for the EQ filter at Voice level to obtain a realistic bari from that element? Same problem with other reed, brass or string instruments...
>>> Could someone please help with providing the values for the Freq, Reso and Gain for the 5 bands of the parametric EQ by picking those values from a VL-1 for the acoustic instruments not covered by EX5 preset Voices (cf. list and pics below)?
Thanks.
--reed
Soprano Sax (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Alto Sax (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Tenor Sax (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Bari Sax
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
--double reed
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
--flute
Flute (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Piccolo
Recorder
Pan Pipes
Ocarina
--brass
Trumpet (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Muted Trumpet (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Flugelhorn
French Horn
Trombone (EX5 preset Voice exists)
Tuba
--strings
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
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On the EX5:
On the VL-1 :
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(*) btw the 16 custom VL slots of my EX5R contain the VL Custom Elements by Phil Clendeninn 😉
Hello,
(Sorry for my english, I'm french Belgian!). I've bought an EX5 this week and I don't have any disks with it. I have the same frustration: how to make these VL sounds! Some parameters like mouthpiece, bow/breath,etc... seems to be fixed with the patches elements but I cannot have realistic sounds by myself, so I've found an editor for 2016 computers that seems to work with EX5! It's called "VL Wizard" and for sale and you have a free demo software available. As I saw there, it's sold with a lot of programmed sound and you could also change or save your custom VL slots. I immediately remember your post to inform you about that. This is the website: http://www.vl70m-editor.com/site/
Good to see some guys maintaining these machines alive...
There's also EX5TECH.COM It's an old forum and I can't sign in but maybe a problem from my computer?
Good luck and have fun, this EX5 is a powerful beast!
Fred