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Well, here's a challenge.

How do you make the sound of bagpipes on the AN1X?

Why? Well I am doing this attempted irish jig/reel duet with a hammer
dulcimer player. (We are fans of the Chieftains.) Mostly I am
providing sounds like strings, some low percussion and the odd flute.
I am using a rompler for most of these sounds. Trouble is I want to
put bagpipes in the mix when the tune soars.

Think of Mull of Kintyre where the tune modulates up a fourth and the
sound of distant bagpipes comes in. I'd like to do something like
that (many bagpipes, in the distance).

Why not do it on the rompler? Well the bagpipe sample stinks and has
that reedy quality that is harsh without being evocative. I think
that if I did it on the AN1x, it would at least be sweet. I can keep
the volume relatively low and mixed in behind some strings.

I am thinking two scenes, four oscillators, fairly thin pulse waves,
lots of pulse width modulation, lfo pitch modulation and chorus. A
little pitch bend (up?) on attack, maybe a a tiny bit of osc sync
swept by the pitch bend envelope to give that reedy squeal on the
attack.

Does this sound right? How should I approach the patch?

Jerry