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wow. I'd love to hear a lot more samples. These could make for some
really good sampled soundsets to make some scarey stuff.<br>
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Mark<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rkmoore@memphis.edu">rkmoore@memphis.edu</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi everyone,
I've made a preliminary version of what might be considered a piano
reverb. I pulled the action out of an old upright and have mounted
some beefy homemade electromagnets perpendicular to the strings. Since
the strings are steel, they resonate nicely when a strong magnetic
field is applied at a resonant frequency of the string. I made sure
the load of the magnets would be comparable to a speaker load and I
drive them with an audio power amp. The signal source I've been using
so far is a CZ-101 (the piano is at school and I have to carry a synth
with me). If anyone is interested in the sound, some samples can be
found here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://umdrive.memphis.edu/rkmoore/public/Piano_Noise/">https://umdrive.memphis.edu/rkmoore/public/Piano_Noise/</a>
These samples were done is a hurry with a cheap mic and the amp still
clips pretty badly. The signal source used for these samples is a CZ-
101 with some patches I wrote. The piano adds a bit of a reverb
effect, but it also adds some very interesting comb filter effects that
become apparent when the fundamental of the signal is bent by less than
a half step.
Richard Moore
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From: jhno <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ear@heldscala.com"><ear@heldscala.com></a>
Date: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:43 pm
Subject: [sdiy] piano reverb
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<pre wrap="">On a sort-of similar theme, I've removed the harp from a piano
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<pre wrap="">standing in a stairwell outside the main studio door. Now all I
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<pre wrap="">need (five
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<pre wrap="">years later) is to find the best way of using it as a (very coloured)
reverb. Does anyone have experience of this, and any advice to give?
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<pre wrap="">i have done this with a harp from a yamaha cp-70. this series from
yamahacan often be found dirt cheap because they are heavy and big
and despite
the fact that they used to be the cadillac of electric pianos, when
digitals came along they were quickly swept aside and now their
sound is
not really considered hip at all. there is only some nostalgia for
petergabriel and howard jones - the former in particular who used
it to great
effect.
so the thing about these harps is that they have an
electromagnetic pickup
on _every string_. this means you can blast sounds into them and
get only
the strings at the outputs. you can do as you like with the
dampers, its
all a real piano action and real piano harp and you can tune it
with a
regular piano hammer.
so much for my secret weapon... :)
have fun,
jhno
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