Linda's suggestions are a great start. One other thing: The sound of bagpipes includes a lot of drone notes, courtesy of the three pipes on the top of the bag. I believe that the sound is either fourths or fifths, but it's definitely there anytime that the bagpipes make a noise. I would start with Linda's tonal suggestion (bassoon), and use Scene 1 to create a moderately detuned Mono Unison sound that sounds like the "lead" note.
Now comes the tricky part. I don't think that the AN1x allows the VCOs to be disconnected from the keyboard, but you need to make some notes that don't follow the keyboard. Copy Scene 1 to Scene 2. Go to Scene 2 and set the two VCOs a fifth apart, and lower the volume by 20-25%. Then go to the control matrix (Matrix 2 in AN1xEdit) and set the first two modulators like so:
Mod 1 -- Src -> Key Track, Param -> VCO1 Pitch, Amt -> -32
Mod 2 -- Src -> Key Track, Param -> VCO2 Pitch, Amt -> -32
This will cause the VCO pitch to both rise as you go up the keyboard, plus fall at the same time! Now, you'll have to play around with the pitch of VCO1 and VCO2, and the two modulators' value, until the pitch remains at a musical fifth, about one octave below the "solo" part, in the "correct" key, NO MATTER WHAT NOTE YOU HIT ON THE AN1x. In other words, the sound will just drone as a fifth whenever a key is hit; the actual key struck doesn't matter.
Now, set the mode to Dual, and adjust the balance between the solo tone and the drone. You may have to re-tune the pitch of the drone notes to match the final result; I have no idea what key a bagpipe drones in.
Regards,
-BW
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bruce@...At 04:48 P 3/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>First find a patch kind of "bassoony" (or any double-reed type instrument
>sound) on the AN1X, use it twice (layer the patch), detune + and - on the
>cents on each of the single patches until it sounds right. I hope I am using
>the proper terms here as I have number of synths and find it hard to keep
>all the terms straight for each one with its individual idiosyncrasies.
>
>If you can layer 3 patches of the same single patch, put one "in tune" and
>the other two detuned the same amount.....one on the + side, the other on
>the - side.
>
>That should get you close. I am not one to involve algebra in these kinds of
>things, just tweak, tweak, tweak till you get what you want...;-)
>
>(I did this on an Ensoniq TS-12 and the result was excellent. Order my cd if
>you want to hear it;-).....)
>
>Linda
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>
>tuskermusic wrote:
>
>> 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
>>