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motm@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth Elhardt" <elhardt@...> wrote:
>>
> Actually below is a demo I did where you can hear the difference
between
> different generic string filter imitations (similar to the Moog) done
by
> placing bandpass filters in various spacings and patterns followed by
a
> couple of demos where I started to modifiy one of them to match a real
> violin. I'm still not finished with the violin ones, but the
confined boxy
> sound is gone when you start to randomonize the freqs and amplitudes
of the
> bands to more closely match a real instrument.
>
Fantastic! This demo illustrates wonderfully the usefulness of the
sort of filtering I had suggested. The first sound is immediately
identifiable as an analog synth-type sound. The others sound great. I
think they sound a lot like real strings, but they could just as easily
have sounded like something else, I imagine. I'd think that a tool
that makes this easier would be useful.
The functionality that Ken mentioned re: analysis of
incoming "benchmark" signal and automatic EQ generation would be
wonderful - and similar to a few plug-ins available such as Steinberg's
old FreeFilter, etc.
In the interest of providing another example, I've uploaded a tiny demo
of the "brass" sound I had put together (Imitative Horn Demo in the
Files section of the Group). The demo is set up as follows:
Hi Analog Imitative Brass notes
Hi Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes
Midrange Analog Imitative Brass notes
Midrange Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes
Lo Analog Imitative Brass notes
Lo Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes
Obviously, you can tell the difference between the imitation and the
real sound, but of course that's not the point. The point is that a
carefully filtered can sound good in and of itself (to some people) and
is less recognizable as just another analog synth sound.