C O M M E R C I A L S O U N D B A N K S
ROM/RAM cartridges & floppy disks - Classified by producers/distributers (alphabetical order):
| Cesium Sound™ | Ensoniq | Greytsounds | Maartist | MetraSound | Rotation Records | Sound Source Unlimited |
| Syntaur | Valhala | Voice Crystal |
Downloadable
soundbanks are available in standard Sysex (*.syx), SMF
(*.mid) and Midi Quest© (*.pgb) file formats
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR VFX/VFX-SD INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your VFX/VFX-SD
MISSING
Following Ensoniq VFX soundbanks are still missing to my collection. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR VFX/VFX-SD INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your VFX/VFX-SD
MISSING
Following Ensoniq VFX soundbanks are still missing to my collection. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
| Sound Source Unlimited Volume 2 V102R "Super Stage & Studio" soundbanks (A/B) |
| KidNepro Volume 1 soundbank |
| Valhala Studio Series soundbanks (it seems that they edited at least two volumes) |
.... and, of course, any other commercial material that I ignore the
existence!! If you own any requested informations, please e-mail
me!!
MP3 Demos: if
you're interested in having access on this page to MP3 demos gathering
sounds extracted from one or several soundbanks listed here, please
e-mail me and I'll do it (do not forget to mention which soundbanks you're interested in!)
ENSONIQEnsoniq produced and distributed two different series for its own synth and sold now by Syntaur:
a) a lot of six original cartridges/floppy disks distributed as the VPC-Series
b) a lot of four original cartridges/floppy disks distributed as the IPC-Series
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
This famous american society developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models (their products are distributed now by Greytsounds™). There were a total of 2 double ROM cartridges (banks A/B) for the VFX, probably programmed by Manny Fernandez. I only succeeded in collecting volume 1 and I'm still searching for the volume 2 ("Super Stage & Studio") . Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
SYNTAUR
Syntaur is an american company which is still distributing the following Ensoniq VFX products:
a) Ensoniq VPC and IPC soundbanks
b) Syntaur original set (2 soundbanks)
c) Syntaur VSD Series disks (essentially dedicated to the VFX-SD and SD-1 models)
METRASOUND
This german company produced two VFX ROM cards: "Traditional" (programmed by Peter Gorges) and "Modern Times" (programmed by Chiccio Malacrida).
Their products are now delivered by SoundArt (Germany).
CESIUM SOUND ™
Cesium Sound™ is a californian company which produced an original seven VFX soundbanks set. All have been carefully programmed by Nick Longo.
They are now distributing their soundbanks via the Web as sysex files.
VALHALA
The well known american sounds producer company which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They edited two different Ensoniq VFX cards Series: "Studio Series" and "International Gold Series".
I own the International Gold "VX-101" cartridge, but I'm still searching for "Studio Series" soundbanks (it seems that they edited at least two different volumes).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
VOICE CRYSTAL™
Voice Crystal™ is an american company which is selling all Eye&I Productions products. They are proposing three Ensoniq VFX ROM cards.
Rotation Records is an australian company which produced a VFX soundbank rather oriented analog or vintage synths emulations and named "Retro VFX".
MAARTIST
Maartist is an american society which distributed at least 1 soundbank as the Music Pack MR-1 Series.
Many thanks to the internaute who kindly sent to me the patchlist and the photo!
a) a lot of six original cartridges/floppy disks distributed as the VPC-Series
b) a lot of four original cartridges/floppy disks distributed as the IPC-Series
| Internal ROM soundbank | Patchlist | Download | ||
| VPC-100 (internal RAM factory preload) | Patchlist | Image | Download | |
| VPC-101 | Patchlist | Image | Order it | MP3 |
| VPC-102 | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| VPC-103 | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| VPC-104 | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| VPC-105 | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| IPC-1 "German Collection" (programmed by Arnd Kaiser) | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| IPC-2 "Japanese Collection" (programmed by Noritaka Ubukata & Yasuhiko Fukuda) | Patchlist | Image | Order it | |
| IPC-3 "Australian Collection" (programmed by Rodger Mason) | Patchlist | Order it | ||
| IPC-4 "British Collection" (programmed by Adrian Thomas) | Patchlist | Order it |
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
This famous american society developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models (their products are distributed now by Greytsounds™). There were a total of 2 double ROM cartridges (banks A/B) for the VFX, probably programmed by Manny Fernandez. I only succeeded in collecting volume 1 and I'm still searching for the volume 2 ("Super Stage & Studio") . Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| V101R: "Samplers & Synthesizers" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SYNTAUR
Syntaur is an american company which is still distributing the following Ensoniq VFX products:
a) Ensoniq VPC and IPC soundbanks
b) Syntaur original set (2 soundbanks)
c) Syntaur VSD Series disks (essentially dedicated to the VFX-SD and SD-1 models)
| Syntaur Set 1 | Patchlist | |
| Syntaur Set 2 | Patchlist |
METRASOUND
This german company produced two VFX ROM cards: "Traditional" (programmed by Peter Gorges) and "Modern Times" (programmed by Chiccio Malacrida).
Their products are now delivered by SoundArt (Germany).
| ROMCard I "Traditional" (programmed by Peter Gorges) | Patchlist | Image | |
| ROMCard II "Modern Times" (programmed by Chiccio Malacrida) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
CESIUM SOUND ™
Cesium Sound™ is a californian company which produced an original seven VFX soundbanks set. All have been carefully programmed by Nick Longo.
They are now distributing their soundbanks via the Web as sysex files.
| Vol.1 "Acoustic and Electric Pianos, B3 Organs, Accordians, Basses" | Patchlist | Order it | |
| Vol.2 "Electric Guitars, Lead and Analog Synths" | Patchlist | Order it | |
| Vol.3 "Drums, Hits, Tuned and Exotic Percussions" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Vol.4 "Pads, Sweeps, Layers and Unique Timbres" | Patchlist | Order it | |
| Vol.5 "Ethereal, Atmospheric, Spectral, New Age" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Vol.6 "Ac. Guitars, Harps, Bells, Chimes, Plucks" | Patchlist | Order it | |
| Vol.7 "Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Choirs" | Patchlist | Order it |
VALHALA
The well known american sounds producer company which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They edited two different Ensoniq VFX cards Series: "Studio Series" and "International Gold Series".
I own the International Gold "VX-101" cartridge, but I'm still searching for "Studio Series" soundbanks (it seems that they edited at least two different volumes).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| International Gold "VX-101" | Patchlist | Image |
VOICE CRYSTAL™
Voice Crystal™ is an american company which is selling all Eye&I Productions products. They are proposing three Ensoniq VFX ROM cards.
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 3" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
ROTATION RECORDS
Rotation Records is an australian company which produced a VFX soundbank rather oriented analog or vintage synths emulations and named "Retro VFX".
| "Retro VFX" | Patchlist |
MAARTIST
Maartist is an american society which distributed at least 1 soundbank as the Music Pack MR-1 Series.
Many thanks to the internaute who kindly sent to me the patchlist and the photo!
| MR-1 Music Pack | Patchlist | Image |
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