How to convert your Vsti to samples to use them in Aerodrums
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:29 pm
Just to say that about one week ago I didn’t know alot about sampling, but stumbling on a little, but promising tool last week I wanted to give it a try. After a lot of reading I’ve set up a working procedure and converted successfully two complete kits from Addictive Drums 1 to Aerodrums. It’s not a “one click and let it go” action, it takes a lot of time and handwork, but hearing the AD1-kits directly in Aerodrums is absolutely fantastic.
In short what I’ve done is this:
1 create midi-files for each instrument/zone with one sound at different volumes
2 record each midi-file in a vsthost and a chosen drum-kit to a wav-file
3 convert the wav-files to .dsnd-files
4 split the .dsnd-files to samples
5 import the samples in Aerodrums
For creating the midi-files, converting the recorded wave-file and splitting the dsnd-files to samples I’m using the DsoundTool, a program for producing and editing dsnd files. Dsnd files, the format of the 2BOX “Open Sound System”, are wave files that contain the sounds played by the Drumit Five drumming system. DSoundTool is shareware you can use free for 30 days, after you buy the right to use the license for a single user by donating an amount of your own choice to either:
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF"), e.g. http://www.msf.org.uk in the UK, http://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de in Germany, etc. WWF, http://www.panda.org/
http://www.shortestpath.se/dsoundtool/index.html
They have also examples for AcuDrums, BFD2 and Superior Drummer.
In the next days I will see with a friend (who owns Addictive 2) if my procedure is applicable with his version.
If someone wants my already created and apparently working midi-files with my modified Aerodrums midi-map for Addictive Drums 1, send me a message. I’m happy to share.
In short what I’ve done is this:
1 create midi-files for each instrument/zone with one sound at different volumes
2 record each midi-file in a vsthost and a chosen drum-kit to a wav-file
3 convert the wav-files to .dsnd-files
4 split the .dsnd-files to samples
5 import the samples in Aerodrums
For creating the midi-files, converting the recorded wave-file and splitting the dsnd-files to samples I’m using the DsoundTool, a program for producing and editing dsnd files. Dsnd files, the format of the 2BOX “Open Sound System”, are wave files that contain the sounds played by the Drumit Five drumming system. DSoundTool is shareware you can use free for 30 days, after you buy the right to use the license for a single user by donating an amount of your own choice to either:
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF"), e.g. http://www.msf.org.uk in the UK, http://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de in Germany, etc. WWF, http://www.panda.org/
http://www.shortestpath.se/dsoundtool/index.html
They have also examples for AcuDrums, BFD2 and Superior Drummer.
In the next days I will see with a friend (who owns Addictive 2) if my procedure is applicable with his version.
If someone wants my already created and apparently working midi-files with my modified Aerodrums midi-map for Addictive Drums 1, send me a message. I’m happy to share.