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Subject: RE: [motm] any MOTM trumpet players out there?
From: "Metzger, Michael A" <MAMETZGER@...>
Date: 2004-12-23
Mike
Heh.. I played trumpet back in the 70s. Was in a drum & bugle corps and
also in the Golden Eagle Marching Band, a well respected high school field
show band. ("yeah right" you're thinking :) hey, we did win a few
national competitions!) It's a fair bet I've lost my chops, but I still
have my Olds! Never thought to try and integrate it with my
modular...hmm.. A pitch-to-voltage converter would be interesting.
As for using breath controllers with modulars.. Elhardt should probably
have something to say about this. He pretty much has it nailed down.
He's even shared a patch with us. I remember it having quite a few
connections!
As for module selections.. depends on if you intend to generate the sounds
from scratch or just modify a miked horn. You'll probably need a trigger
delay to get the right sound (the initial "blatt" effect). There's no
official MOTM module for that. But there are some on the list that have
built their own. Check the archives. You also will need a generous
helping of MOTM-800 ADSRs for controlling amp, filter and vco bend
separately. Maybe a MOTM-440 for the filter (or two).
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg James" <gjames@...>
To: "Aaron Day" <aaron@...>; "MOTM List"
<motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: RE: [motm] any MOTM trumpet players out there?
>
> Aaron and list,
>
> I'm a trumpet player too. But alas I'm just starting on my MOTM. I
> would be very interested in staying in touch on this. I just bought
> a Morrison Digital Trumpet (MDT). Right now I'm using the Yamaha
> VL70m as a sound source. It's not great IMO. Anyone with pointers
> as to how to get started designing sounds for breath controllers
> would be greatly appreciated by me, too. Specifically, any
> recommendations as to which modules I should include in my MOTM
> rig?
>
> -Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Day [mailto:aaron@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:09 PM
> To: MOTM List
> Subject: [motm] any MOTM trumpet players out there?
>
>
>
> Hi all-
>
> I just dusted off my trumpet and have begun some experimenting w/ using
> my Oakley envelope follower + MOTM filters and EGs to shape the tone.
> Bleh. OK but not really innovative. Haven't built my
> hylander+davidson+stooge miniwave yet which might be giving me more
> interesting results.
>
> Anyway, short of plugging in an Orville (don't have) or building an MSP
> patch (next on the list) have any list members experimented w/ trumpet
> (or any other non-reed based wind instrument--trombone et al) and
> modular ? Trumpet doesn't anywhere near the overtone series that a reed
> instrument has BUT it does have really quick control of the volume and,
> as far as monophonic instruments go, a tendency to build wonderful
> melodic elements w/o even trying.
>
> Yes, I was a marching band geek. Sulphur Louisiana. Standing at
> attention while the fire ants screamed "attack!".
>
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