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

[Matt Simpson]

These are absolutely incredible.

Bravo!

Matt

On Apr 6, 2005 5:12 PM, Kenneth Elhardt <elhardt at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 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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