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Cheats I use for Tuning the CS80 on Songs

Cheats I use for Tuning the CS80 on Songs

2009-01-06 by galaxiesmerge

Hi,

On my webpage at htpp://www.myspace.com/galaxiesmerge I have a tune
called "Begin the Journey". The low drone and the high strings are CS80.

Here's what I did:

1) I recorded the CS80 drone separately into audio tracks in Ableton
Live 7.0
2) I recorded the CS80 strings separately into audio tracks.

Background:
3) I recorded the (Arp 2600 from Way Out Ware) VST for the background
ambiance (sample-and-hold on the filter).
4) I used a Tassman Ultra-Analog for the arpeggio part.

Pitch Correction:

This was done using the Ableton for pitch shifting. A good explanation
video is on their site:

http://www.ableton.com/live-for-sound-designers

In the future, I plan to find a way to have automated real-time
pitch-correct because I think the timbre and overall playability of
the instrument is great. Not an easy problem to solve, but, solvable
with modern technology.

I hope you will find this useful.

Cheers!

Re: [yamahacs80] Cheats I use for Tuning the CS80 on Songs

2009-01-06 by David

Shock horror soft-synths !!!
Tip sample them into an Emax 2 and you will get character and a much
better sound
David


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On 7/01/2009, at 8:19 AM, galaxiesmerge wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On my webpage at htpp://www.myspace.com/galaxiesmerge I have a tune
> called "Begin the Journey". The low drone and the high strings are
> CS80.
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> 1) I recorded the CS80 drone separately into audio tracks in Ableton
> Live 7.0
> 2) I recorded the CS80 strings separately into audio tracks.
>
> Background:
> 3) I recorded the (Arp 2600 from Way Out Ware) VST for the background
> ambiance (sample-and-hold on the filter).
> 4) I used a Tassman Ultra-Analog for the arpeggio part.
>
> Pitch Correction:
>
> This was done using the Ableton for pitch shifting. A good explanation
> video is on their site:
>
> http://www.ableton.com/live-for-sound-designers
>
> In the future, I plan to find a way to have automated real-time
> pitch-correct because I think the timbre and overall playability of
> the instrument is great. Not an easy problem to solve, but, solvable
> with modern technology.
>
> I hope you will find this useful.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>



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Re: Cheats I use for Tuning the CS80 on Songs / Further Note

2009-01-06 by galaxiesmerge

It really is cheating terribly to "tune" the CS80 in the way I did it
and it can take a while to pitch correct individual notes --- lots of
reverb helps carry it through. Of course, if you're *really* badly
out of tune, then, it will be rather impossible to make it sound
passable. If anyone knows of a good DSP box to do realtime (I have not
checked out Celemony's software yeat), please do let me know. Thanks!

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "galaxiesmerge" <galaxiesmerge@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On my webpage at htpp://www.myspace.com/galaxiesmerge I have a tune
> called "Begin the Journey". The low drone and the high strings are
CS80.
Show quoted textHide quoted text
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> 1) I recorded the CS80 drone separately into audio tracks in Ableton
> Live 7.0
> 2) I recorded the CS80 strings separately into audio tracks.
>
> Background:
> 3) I recorded the (Arp 2600 from Way Out Ware) VST for the background
> ambiance (sample-and-hold on the filter).
> 4) I used a Tassman Ultra-Analog for the arpeggio part.
>
> Pitch Correction:
>
> This was done using the Ableton for pitch shifting. A good explanation
> video is on their site:
>
> http://www.ableton.com/live-for-sound-designers
>
> In the future, I plan to find a way to have automated real-time
> pitch-correct because I think the timbre and overall playability of
> the instrument is great. Not an easy problem to solve, but, solvable
> with modern technology.
>
> I hope you will find this useful.
>
> Cheers!
>

Re: Cheats I use for Tuning the CS80 on Songs

2009-01-06 by galaxiesmerge

Hi,

Yes, I have done that, but, I loose *playability* and performance.
The problem with the sampler is I cannot do the inspired ring-mods on
the fly in the tune so I loose the feel. Of course, I could have
sampled the drone and I'll do that next time (would've saved on pitch
correcting it all the way).

Thanks!
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--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David <d2ba@...> wrote:
>
> Shock horror soft-synths !!!
> Tip sample them into an Emax 2 and you will get character and a much
> better sound
> David
>
>
> On 7/01/2009, at 8:19 AM, galaxiesmerge wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On my webpage at htpp://www.myspace.com/galaxiesmerge I have a tune
> > called "Begin the Journey". The low drone and the high strings are
> > CS80.
> >
> > Here's what I did:
> >
> > 1) I recorded the CS80 drone separately into audio tracks in Ableton
> > Live 7.0
> > 2) I recorded the CS80 strings separately into audio tracks.
> >
> > Background:
> > 3) I recorded the (Arp 2600 from Way Out Ware) VST for the background
> > ambiance (sample-and-hold on the filter).
> > 4) I used a Tassman Ultra-Analog for the arpeggio part.
> >
> > Pitch Correction:
> >
> > This was done using the Ableton for pitch shifting. A good explanation
> > video is on their site:
> >
> > http://www.ableton.com/live-for-sound-designers
> >
> > In the future, I plan to find a way to have automated real-time
> > pitch-correct because I think the timbre and overall playability of
> > the instrument is great. Not an easy problem to solve, but, solvable
> > with modern technology.
> >
> > I hope you will find this useful.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>