[sdiy] String Filter - Adjusted to real instruments - mp3 demos

[Kenneth Elhardt]

Sorry, but I'm still weeks behind and still haven't had time to catch up on
posts.  Hope to do so by/over the weekend.  Problem is I need this internet
computer downstairs, so I'm disconnected weeks at a time.  Didn't want
mailbox to overflow so downloading mail now and figured I'd throw up some
recent string filter mods I'm working on.  These obsolete the last ones I
did and these soon too will be obsolete too.  The first demos used a generic
filter for all string sounds and there was no distinction between
instruments such as violin and cello.  These ones I did a first pass on and
moved bands around trying to create peaks and dips where they would be on
the real instruments.  Next pass I'll get compare to specific samples that
have certain characteristics I want and try to modify the string filters
even closer to the real thing.  Following are some short demos ranging from
about 6 to 38 seconds.  Should be listened to through good headphones (I
have not heard them through anything else).

This is a real viola sliding up in pitch on a string followed by the Nord
Modular doing the same thing.  Even at this level, they are very close.

Filesize: 95 KB

http://home.att.net/~elhardt4/Viola_Slide_Real_vs_Nord.mp3


String filter adjusted to violin.

Filesize: 568 KB

http://home.att.net/~elhardt4/Nord_Violin_Maneuvers.mp3


I'm playing the Nord violin with my right hand over a sampled string orch
preset from a Roland synth in the background.  In the low range the nord
actually sounds better than just about all the violin samples I own,
noticable in particular near the end of the piece.

Filesize: 515 KB

http://home.att.net/~elhardt4/Nord_Violin_Romantic.mp3


Irish reel with nord violin doubled with jig flute sample just for the hell
of it.

Filesize: 140 KB

http://home.att.net/~elhardt4/Nord_Violin_Celtic.mp3


Best part about this piece are the cello parts which also end in a plucked
chord at the end (yes, they can do pizzicato too).  Orginally the piece
wasn't too bright so I ran it through custom sharpening code I wrote to
brighten it up, but that really brought out the noise too.

Filesize: 573 KB

http://home.att.net/~elhardt4/Nord_Strings_Beatles.mp3


-Elhardt