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From: "tuskermusic" <tuskerfort@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: [AN1x] Sound design - bagpipes


> Well, here's a challenge.
>
> How do you make the sound of bagpipes on the AN1X?


Take a bag of cats....poke the bag with the AN1X...


There...that was simple !

Jim

>
> 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
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