Replacement for STS formant abilities?

[asktoby]

After holding off for around six or seven years I'm thinking it's time to go 64bit.
Which means goodbye STS.
I've grown really attached to the STS formant abilites - mapping formant and pitch to the modwheel is super-expressive.

Stream my tracks Kandinsky or Cola from here to hear what I mean:
https://bleep.com/release/12983-oddskoo ... -to-listen

Is there a sampler out there that has a similar ability, and would allow me to get such expression from simple vocal samples?

[asktoby]

OK I'm confused: I thought that STS samplers didn't work in 64 bit.
I moved to Scope 5.1 64bit yesterday and my STS is still working absolutely fine!
I must have got the wrong end of the stick somewhere.
Anyway, colour me happy.

[garyb]

have you tried to load a sample?

[asktoby]

Ah, seems I was a bit premature.
I ran it as a normal user and got the "Can't find DSP file MVC STS 5000 VxD - Please check installation." error.
I ran it as administrator and was able to load STS 5000 x64.
I was able to load the default patch "BEATS120.STS" that comes wtih Scope.
Everything seemed to be working fine.
Audio worked, pitch shifting worked, lovely.

When I tried to load my own WAV I got the BSOD.
What's odd is I'm now no longer able to get BEATS120.STS to work either!

[garyb]

that's the problem. it's because the sampler module can't manage 64bit memory or that much memory. neither were even a thought when the STS were designed.


by the way-always use Scope in administrator mode.

[tlaskows]

Yes, administrator mode is the key. I just right click on the app icon and check the run as administrator. Oh, and windows security all the way off, so it doesn't ask me every time I want to run a file. Probably not a good idea. But even with the windows security on, viruses still installed themselves.

-Tom