[sdiy] String Filter - Adjusted to real instruments - mp3 dem os

[Tim Parkhurst]

Ken,

Absolutely FANTASTIC! I'm thinking that the realism of your work is due not
only to the string filter, but also to your playing technique. Do you have
more info or hints on technique and any special approaches you use? Of
course, I'd like to see more info on the filter and the hardware you use
also.


Tim (I am curious fellow) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Elhardt [mailto:elhardt at worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:13 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] String Filter - Adjusted to real instruments - mp3 demos
> 
> 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
> 
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