<div dir="auto">Right, you can set velocity to track the filter and a VCA bleeding more of the input noise into the output sound, with careful tweaking that can sound like an overblown flute when velocity is high<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><tbody style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><td style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><td valign="top" width="100" style="padding:0px 8px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><br></td><td valign="top" style="font-size:1em;padding:0px 15px 0px 8px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.4;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:12.09px;color:rgb(0,0,1)"><tbody style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><tr style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><td style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><div style="font-size:1.2em;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"><img width="84" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xVx6vR6vJrLqfpuTxCCHUxecHlsHK5elIsZVZEOgb4MaqbhpskEl9DomrjQ2FIcoWLzQ86aRU13oSd" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></div><div style="font-size:1.2em;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">Quincas Moreira</div></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><td style="padding:4px 0px;font-family:Georgia,serif"><div style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Director | QMA</div></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><td style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(100,100,100)">mobile: </span> <span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><a href="tel:5534988825" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank">5534988825</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><td style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(100,100,100)">site: </span> <span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><a href="http://quincasmoreira.com/" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank">quincasmoreira.com</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><td style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(100,100,100)">email: </span> <span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:quincas@gmail.com" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank">quincas@gmail.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><tbody style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><td style="display:block;padding:15px 0px 0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif"></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;padding-top:5px;font-size:10px;font-family:Arial;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri 2 Jan 2026 at 1:59 p.m. brianw <<a href="mailto:brianw@audiobanshee.com">brianw@audiobanshee.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Karplus-Strong has very few elements: input burst, delay, filter. So, if you want a weak fundamental with stronger partials, then you might adjust the wideband noise burst at the input to have a weak fundamental. You could also tune the filter to favor specific upper partials. There really aren't many knobs to tweak in K-S because there are so few elements.<br>
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Brian<br>
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On Jan 2, 2026, at 9:35 AM, Florian Anwander via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> One of the presets in the Expressive E Osmose provides a flute with overblowing, and as far as I remember right the preset is based also on Karplus Strong synthesis.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Am 02.01.26 um 10:56 schrieb cheater cheater via Synth-diy:<br>
>> Does Karplus-Strong synthesis allow for overblowing? Are there any<br>
>> modifications to it that allow it?<br>
>> <br>
>> Overblowing is when you blow into a reed instrument too hard and<br>
>> essentially the fundamental becomes much weaker and the higher<br>
>> partials become much stronger, kind of "overdriven".<br>
>> <br>
>> Thanks<br>
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