[sdiy] questions on string synthesizers

[Ingo Debus]

> Am 20.02.2017 um 08:32 schrieb Elain Klopke <functionofform at gmail.com>:
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> >I think they are essentially the same as old organs - the basic approach is to generate a square wave for each note, then optionally use a fixed filter (often just a resistor and a capacitor/inductor) to produce various different tones, then optionally combine those tones for each key to produce different timbres.  
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> Is there anywhere that shows what filter frequencies to use for what instrument? 

Convolution is another option. You can get stunning results when convoluting a sawtooth with the impulse response of a string instrument’s body (violin, guitar, double bass…).

Now, if there was a way to find out how to build an analog filter that sounds similar to a FIR filter with a given impulse response…

Ingo