[sdiy] stringfilter

[Tim Ressel]

Dino,

I've been thinking along the same line. For parametric
eq, check out:

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/EQs/paramet.htm

Also I was wondering if one could take a 31-band
graphic EQ and turn up all the bands to get a similar
effect. You would have to deal with the 12dB gain you
get. 

--Tim Ressel

--- Dino Leone <dino.leone at stanford.edu> wrote:

> I've been looking again at JH's stringfilter webpage
> as I do once 
> every other week... ever since I became obsessed
> with that idea of 
> adding some "organic" quality to the sounds (as he
> puts it):
>
http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/jh_string_filter.html
> 
> Now I finally had this idea (not a very clever idea
> in fact...) to 
> run my MOTM through the parametric equalizers that
> are built into 
> Logic since these are the only such EQs available to
> me.
> After setting peaks to emulate the main wood and air
> resonances of 
> violins or violas I was rather disappointed in the
> results; although 
> the addition of these formants does add some vague
> hints of "stringy" 
> character to the sounds, it's miles and miles from
> what JH's demos 
> sound like.
> 
> So, I wanted to ask you guys about any tricks and
> equipment that 
> would make such an endeavor more successful?
> 
> Are there any schematics out there that would allow
> building of 
> parametric EQs to add to a MOTM system?
> 
> At first I was thinking a fixed filter bank would
> help, but then I 
> realized this would only help if the fixed bands
> were exactly at the 
> right frequencies for the desired resonances (which
> they're usually 
> not... sigh)
> 
> Any comments would be very much appreciated!
> 
> With Best Wishes
> 
> Dino
> 
> 
> 
> 


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