Creative SB0060 User Guide - Page 49

Vienna SoundFont Studio Wave Studio For those of you new to desktop music, Vienna SoundFont Studio is just what you need to produce your first masterpiece. This is a professional sampler that allows you to create any sounds you want (saved as SoundFont banks), and edit them in any way you wish! For those musicians who are already familiar with the Vienna SoundFont Studio, you have even more reason now to stay put in your studios. This latest version of Vienna SoundFont Studio (Version 2.3) makes creating SoundFonts easier than ever. With this new version, you can: u Double-click a sample and the assigned Wave editor will automatically be started to edit the sample. u Assign up to 4 MIDI controller bars to send real time controller messages to your MIDI synth. For beginners, a good place to start would be to take a microphone, plug it in to your Sound Blaster Live! card, and sample your voice. Even if you just say 'hello'. Using Vienna SoundFont Studio, you can create an instrument and place the sample to allow you to pitch-shift your voice up and down the keyboard. The next thing to do would be to try to apply articulation like Filter, or any type of effects to actually change your voice. Once you discover the power of SoundFont technology, you will be amazed at the sound design possibilities available. WaveStudio is a Windows-based application that allows you to perform the following sound editing functions easily: u Play, edit, and record 8-bit (tape quality) and 16-bit (CD quality) Wave data. Enhance your Wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects and editing operations such as rap, reverse, echo, mute, pan, cut, copy, and paste. u Open and edit several Wave files at the same time. u Import and export raw (.RAW) data files. See the online help file for details. Using Sound Blaster Live! 4-15