Well, about the sounds I must some to explain..
How I told a lot of time before, we use 2 DSP chip of DREAM, the SAM9708, 128 Voice( 256 Voice hardware, plus more 2 internal wavetable, total 512 Voice by hardware)
Dream, like Roland, Yamaha, Korg.....have a propietary soundfont and the Instrument editor is working ONLY if will see the 9708 evaluation board.
Second BAD step, is that the editor ( and driver) work with Windows 98 or Millennium.
Dream, dont have a sound editor, but ONLY a Instrument editor and Bank editor.
For editing the wav/snd, the best way is use the SoundForge 6. Dream editor is developed to work with this SoundForge editor.
After edited the wav, SoundForge ADD the key range split and then, when you run the Dream Instrument editor, it will AUTOMATICALLY post all the wav in the right split zone.
After this point, we have the possibility to add all the more envelope, filter, volumi....Save as:xxxx.98i and then the instrument is ready to loading in the sound bank.
Well, after say that, I dont want to say that all the guys there must buy a dream eva board ( cost about $1000, + MDA + License...) for develope new sounds for X-76.
My idea is:
everyone may develope new HQ sound with the standard SoundForge 6, zipping all the wav in a folder and send us the demo.
At this point, me or enrico or Ron....we chose the best sound made from you, we insert it in the Dream instrument editor and then in the Sound Bank.
The work is done!
After that, we may add one page in our webpage and tell all the guys that have developed a GREAT sounds for X-76.
Then finally...IF some guys here say again for example: this sax is shitt...the flute is better from XXX.....then all the fault ( and shitt words) get the guy that have developed this sound and NOT the Lionstracs.
So...again, I will made a GOOD hardware and all this people the sounds. At this point, all the best sound available for the X-76, are made from the best musician of the world! How you like and HOW much sounds you like.
I think really that is the beast idea from a professional keyboard.
So, if you are interesting in this project ( you dont need to be a engineer) let know us what can you do.
Go in our webpage forum and post this proposal, sure you get a reply from our sound engineers and soon your sound may be inserted in the X-76.
waiting all yours reply...
Cheers
Domenik