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#41
Discussion (en français de préférence) / Re: 1ère rangée de boutons ina...
Last post by inbetweendays00 - September 10, 2026, 11:06:10 AMBonjour Laurent,
Merci pour tes mercis, c'était assez satisfaisant de résoudre le truc seul.
J'en profite pour te livrer un des plus grands mystères du River : en mode contrôleur MIDI vers un Roland D50 le son du D50 est 10 fois meilleur, plus précis, avec plus de basses, que quand on joue directement dessus.
Etrange !
François
Merci pour tes mercis, c'était assez satisfaisant de résoudre le truc seul.
J'en profite pour te livrer un des plus grands mystères du River : en mode contrôleur MIDI vers un Roland D50 le son du D50 est 10 fois meilleur, plus précis, avec plus de basses, que quand on joue directement dessus.
Etrange !
François
#42
Discussions / Re: is the Pool forum dead?
Last post by Baloran - September 01, 2026, 06:27:50 PMActually, that's true—I did mention that project.
Today, Baloran is still going strong, but if I want to stick around for a few more years, I have to make some choices and set priorities. The River 2 is my top priority. If I can find the time needed to bring my original idea for The Pool regarding this topic to life, I'll do it, but I can't give a specific date.
Today, Baloran is still going strong, but if I want to stick around for a few more years, I have to make some choices and set priorities. The River 2 is my top priority. If I can find the time needed to bring my original idea for The Pool regarding this topic to life, I'll do it, but I can't give a specific date.
#43
Discussions / Re: is the Pool forum dead?
Last post by chrisp - August 31, 2026, 07:24:34 PMThank you Laurent for your message.
With all due respect,
I just want to remind you that the conversion software from wav to the Pool proprietary format is
not just my request but what you promised ''coming later on'' numerous times when Pool was still young.
When you have sample playback capabilities, it is pretty essential to be able to load your own samples,
especially when it was on the original spec.
cheers
chris
With all due respect,
I just want to remind you that the conversion software from wav to the Pool proprietary format is
not just my request but what you promised ''coming later on'' numerous times when Pool was still young.
When you have sample playback capabilities, it is pretty essential to be able to load your own samples,
especially when it was on the original spec.
cheers
chris
#44
Discussion (en français de préférence) / Re: 1ère rangée de boutons ina...
Last post by Baloran - August 30, 2026, 12:47:02 PMJe viens juste de rentrer de vacances, heureux de voir que tu as su gérer. Bizarre que tu sois ibligé de repasser par une update. Je pense qu'un redémarrage en gardant le shift "molettes" appuyé devrait suffire. Concernant les pédales, c'est une fonction que j'ai ajoutée pour des utilisateurs non voyants. C'est aussi surprenant qu'elle surgisse comme cela.
Bravo
Bravo
#45
Discussions / Re: is the Pool forum dead?
Last post by Baloran - August 30, 2026, 12:02:53 PMHi Chris,
Sorry for the late reply—I spent a few days in Italy, a beautiful country with wonderful people, and it was truly a much-needed break
The forum isn't dead, but the idea was that I wouldn't be the one creating all the content here myself.
As for the conversion tool, it's not that simple. It takes a significant amount of time and effort. The format I use is .sf2 "soundfont." There's a large online community dedicated to this format. But I have to adapt existing soundfonts, which involves steps that aren't always straightforward. I fully understand your frustration, but you also have to understand that I can't devote x days of development time to every request. Right now, Baloran needs to focus on projects that are more "anticipated" than the last two (The 3B and The 3FX), which are having a bit more trouble than expected finding their audience Whereas The River 2 is highly anticipated.
Otherwise, I disagree on one point: the evolution and addition of features to software—aside from necessary, non-evolutionary updates—is not critical to a product's lifecycle. The "big" manufacturers quickly take care of this after a product has been on the market for two or three years; for small players like me, it's not any easier
Thanks again, Chris
Sorry for the late reply—I spent a few days in Italy, a beautiful country with wonderful people, and it was truly a much-needed break
The forum isn't dead, but the idea was that I wouldn't be the one creating all the content here myself.
As for the conversion tool, it's not that simple. It takes a significant amount of time and effort. The format I use is .sf2 "soundfont." There's a large online community dedicated to this format. But I have to adapt existing soundfonts, which involves steps that aren't always straightforward. I fully understand your frustration, but you also have to understand that I can't devote x days of development time to every request. Right now, Baloran needs to focus on projects that are more "anticipated" than the last two (The 3B and The 3FX), which are having a bit more trouble than expected finding their audience
Whereas The River 2 is highly anticipated. Otherwise, I disagree on one point: the evolution and addition of features to software—aside from necessary, non-evolutionary updates—is not critical to a product's lifecycle. The "big" manufacturers quickly take care of this after a product has been on the market for two or three years; for small players like me, it's not any easier
Thanks again, Chris
#46
Discussion (en français de préférence) / Re: 1ère rangée de boutons ina...
Last post by inbetweendays00 - August 27, 2026, 10:15:33 AMBonjour à tous,
Problème finalement résolu (v19 et son de retour).
Pour information, si ce problème survient il faut, en plus du truc de la Pédale 2, recharger le TheRiverUpdater.
j'avais bien la dernière version mais le reload à partir du zip file de Laurent de 2020 a permis de le faire fonctionner correctement.
François
Problème finalement résolu (v19 et son de retour).
Pour information, si ce problème survient il faut, en plus du truc de la Pédale 2, recharger le TheRiverUpdater.
j'avais bien la dernière version mais le reload à partir du zip file de Laurent de 2020 a permis de le faire fonctionner correctement.
François
#47
Discussion (en français de préférence) / Re: 1ère rangée de boutons ina...
Last post by inbetweendays00 - August 26, 2026, 07:56:08 AMBonjour,
Problème partiellement résolu (mais toujours pas de v19 ni de son).
On peut sortir de ce mode "frozen" par la prise "Pedal 2" (voir extrait de gearspace ci-dessous).
J'ai mis Ped 1 et Ped 2 en OFF sur le Global setup et pour la Pedal 2 elle est en -/-.
J'ai aussi audébut mis un jack dans la Pedal 2 et ai engagé la pédale, ce qui a débloqué le truc.
Même sans pédale dans le jack ça semble marcher.
François
"Ped.2 (Jack Pedal 2 )
Select Ped.2 to _/ _ for an open contact pedal at rest.
Select Ped.2 to ___ for a pedal with the contact closed at rest. In this case make sure that the pedal is plugged in because otherwise The River will consider the pedal to be always on.
Pedal 2 fnt
Allows to define the role of pedal 2
Shift Pedal 2 acts is S KEY
Start Pedal 2 acts as S KEY C3, meaning a start stop of the sequencers/arpeggios.
Extend Pedal 2 acts like the S KEY, but only for changing patches."
If Pedal 2 is set to Shift or Extend, could it be stuck in "pedal on", creating a perpetual S Key press? If you haven't already, try plugging a pedal into the "Pedal 2' jack. If that works, then reverse the Ped.2 setting.
Problème partiellement résolu (mais toujours pas de v19 ni de son).
On peut sortir de ce mode "frozen" par la prise "Pedal 2" (voir extrait de gearspace ci-dessous).
J'ai mis Ped 1 et Ped 2 en OFF sur le Global setup et pour la Pedal 2 elle est en -/-.
J'ai aussi audébut mis un jack dans la Pedal 2 et ai engagé la pédale, ce qui a débloqué le truc.
Même sans pédale dans le jack ça semble marcher.
François
"Ped.2 (Jack Pedal 2 )
Select Ped.2 to _/ _ for an open contact pedal at rest.
Select Ped.2 to ___ for a pedal with the contact closed at rest. In this case make sure that the pedal is plugged in because otherwise The River will consider the pedal to be always on.
Pedal 2 fnt
Allows to define the role of pedal 2
Shift Pedal 2 acts is S KEY
Start Pedal 2 acts as S KEY C3, meaning a start stop of the sequencers/arpeggios.
Extend Pedal 2 acts like the S KEY, but only for changing patches."
If Pedal 2 is set to Shift or Extend, could it be stuck in "pedal on", creating a perpetual S Key press? If you haven't already, try plugging a pedal into the "Pedal 2' jack. If that works, then reverse the Ped.2 setting.
#48
Discussion (en français de préférence) / 1ère rangée de boutons inactiv...
Last post by inbetweendays00 - August 25, 2026, 08:10:23 AMBonjour Laurent,
Après une interuption estivale d'un mois, je ralllume The River pour constater que :
- la première rangée de commandes (de Load single à Trans) est inactive (les boutons ne s'allument plus, en direct ou après la commande classique S + load multi etc...).
- ces boutons quand on les presse font changer les singles sur l'écran, comme une commande de presets.
- après avoir chargé la v19 ce matin, elle n'apparait pas dans Global set up (suis toujours sur v15b).
- il n'y a plus de son, Local off se remettant toujours sur YES (j'y accède par S + G5 car la touche système est inactive) (il y avait cependant du son hier avant le chargement de la v19).
Avant de me jeter d'un pont de la Garonne, j'espère que tu me redonneras la fleur aux dents !
Merci pour ton aide et sorry pour tous ces problèmes !
Amicalement,
de Bruxelles, François (River n°31)
Après une interuption estivale d'un mois, je ralllume The River pour constater que :
- la première rangée de commandes (de Load single à Trans) est inactive (les boutons ne s'allument plus, en direct ou après la commande classique S + load multi etc...).
- ces boutons quand on les presse font changer les singles sur l'écran, comme une commande de presets.
- après avoir chargé la v19 ce matin, elle n'apparait pas dans Global set up (suis toujours sur v15b).
- il n'y a plus de son, Local off se remettant toujours sur YES (j'y accède par S + G5 car la touche système est inactive) (il y avait cependant du son hier avant le chargement de la v19).
Avant de me jeter d'un pont de la Garonne, j'espère que tu me redonneras la fleur aux dents !
Merci pour ton aide et sorry pour tous ces problèmes !
Amicalement,
de Bruxelles, François (River n°31)
#49
Discussions / is the Pool forum dead?
Last post by chrisp - August 24, 2026, 08:18:52 PMHello,
I ve asked many times for a conversion tool from the Pool proprietary audio format to WAV and back.
At the moment I don't get any answer and it seems that software development for the Pool has stopped.
Is that the case? Could we get some info regarding if and when we will get those extras that we have
talked about? The forum seems awfully quiet.
It's great that a River ii desktop is coming but without dedicated yearly software development and
innovation , i am afraid it is risky or not very useful at least for me.
Software development is expensive and it is the part that most electronic instruments fall short.
cheers
chris
I ve asked many times for a conversion tool from the Pool proprietary audio format to WAV and back.
At the moment I don't get any answer and it seems that software development for the Pool has stopped.
Is that the case? Could we get some info regarding if and when we will get those extras that we have
talked about? The forum seems awfully quiet.
It's great that a River ii desktop is coming but without dedicated yearly software development and
innovation , i am afraid it is risky or not very useful at least for me.
Software development is expensive and it is the part that most electronic instruments fall short.
cheers
chris
#50
Discussions / Re: format conversion +
Last post by chrisp - August 16, 2026, 03:07:18 PM Is the conversion of WAVs to the Pool format near?