[Linuxsampler-devel] Re: i'm interested

[Steve M. <sm...@so...>]

> The term often used is interpolation. There are different methods for
> this that trade off between quality and speed. Linear interpolation is
> probably the simplest (besides no interpolation :) There is cubic
> interpolation and other more complex ones as well, each increases the
> number of points used in approximating (interpolating) samples.

to throw something else out there into the possible-feature-pool (and
supporting the general opensource premise that "everything is better than
something"), i think i might be interesting/useful to have a conveniently
abstracted interface for converting "input wave + note data" into "output
wave"; that is, pitch scaling.

...and also be able to select which algorithm is used, as a parameter
intrinsic to each instrument.  that way, one might (eventually) implement
all of the above-mentioned algorithms, plus some others such as
formant-preserving pitch scaling, time-preserving pitch scaling, and
maybe, for retro effect, emulations of a few of those aggressively clunky
samplers from the 1980s.

steve