Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] [PATCH] fine tuning of the velocity curves

[Mark K. <mar...@gm...>]

Andreas,
   Welcome! Great work!


On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:57:57 +0100, Andreas Persson
<and...@lk...> wrote:
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> 
> Yes, I did a lot of measurements of GS 2.5. Input was a minimal gig with
> a sawtooth sample and a MIDI sequence of the same note repeated with all
> 127 different velocities. Output was a wav, which I run through a small
> program to get data for a velocity x volume graph. I did this for all 15
> curves with scaling set to 20, and for some curves I also varied the
> scaling parameter.

Good stuff.
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> 
> Uh-oh, It seems as somebody else than me has spent a lot of time and
> effort on this, I didn't mean to step on any toes... 

No! No! No! Not stepping on my toes at all! I got involved early on
and did what I could to help out. I'm not a programmer, just a
composer/recordist that uses GSt 2.5 and would like to help with LS.
That said, we all add value, both you and I. I think you've gone
further than I did which is great, but even if what your work did was
duplicate and verify what I did earlier, that is helpful in making
sure we really understand how GSt works.

I truly welcome your contribution.

> 
> > Has somebody already tested Andreas' patch? Do the new curves feel more
> > accurate? Mark perhaps?

I have not used LS in quite awhile now. I moved in May and for months
much of the studio was in boxes. It's now getting set up again so
maybe I can find some time. I am retiring my GSt box in favor of
combining GSt onto a much more powerful machine that runs most all of
my Windows-based synths - Acid Pro, Battery, Reaktor Session, and
today (hopefully) GSt. If I have no major issues with GSt loading up
and working along side these other tools then I'll take the Gig
library disk out of the old GSt machine and install it in the new one.
At that point I'll likely be in a better position to do some
comparisons.

With the holiday this week I'll be traveling and won't work on this
until the 1st of December. On the other hand I has (happily and
blessedly) laid off last week and am now jobless. I've decided to not
look for wok until next year so hopefully December can be productive
both the writing music and, if there is some new life here, in the
development and testing of LS.

It's a bit weird to be out of work after 25 years in Silicon Valley. I
have a smile on my face. We'll have to see how long that lasts... ;-)

> 
> Well, I have :). Apart from some artificial tests, the piano feels
> better with the patch. Other than that I have not tested the feel that much.
> 

I'm probably not musical enough to test too much for feel, but I can
do a lot of MIDI based work recording audio from both into Ardour and
seeing what I uncover.

I have recently been considering the purchase of the GS3 upgrade. Has
anyone had a chance to really play with it? I'm really only interested
in the unlimited voice count version.

Cheers,
Mark