Re: [Taalpulse-user] Expanding the options

[Tony C. <ant...@wa...>]

I see.  I'll have a look.  The soundfont as it stands for the five 
instruments is about 7.5 Mb.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guillaume Pothier" <gpo...@gm...>
To: <taa...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Taalpulse-user] Expanding the options


>> Yup, Guillaume, I was going to ask if you wanted aiff format for the 
>> final
>> versions - I'm pretty sure there's something on this machine that will do
>> that.  As for looping, I haven't added any. Most of the samples are over 
>> 2
>> seconds long, and that should be enough for most things.  I'll have a go
>> (except with the sitar, for obvious reasons) if you like.
>
> The reason I prefer looped samples is that they can use much less
> space (for instance the melodica samples I have occupy 320kb in total
> for the 4 of them). And the reason I prefer to use less space is that
> I use to run TaalPulse on a PDA... but I guess it would be possible to
> make two versions, one with the longer samples and one with smaller
> ones. Anyway, I think long samples should also be looped.
> Do you think you can do those two versions?
>
>>
>> I'll keep working on the sarangi - I think I basically need a good open C 
>> on
>> the main playing string, but it is a horribly temperamental thing.  The
>> quality of the G string is so different that if the lehra goes below open 
>> C,
>> the result is disturbing rather than helpful, and I'd prefer not to talk
>> about the noise the bottom C string normally makes.  I'll also try it 
>> over a
>> drone.  I'm not sure I'll be setting up the recording kit again before 
>> the
>> end of next week, though.
>
> Ok cool!
>
>>
>> I noticed that you've got a full arpeggio CEGC for your samples - is this
>> necessary, or will your programme adapt to fewer (or different) notes? 
>> For
>> example the flutes are DF#AD, and the sheng AEC#A, and as I've said, 
>> getting
>> four good samples out of the sarangi in one sitting is not proving easy!
>
> No problem, the program accommodates whatever notes are available! (as
> long as they are properly tuned).
>
> Cheers,
> g
>
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Tony
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Guillaume Pothier" <gpo...@gm...>
>> To: <taa...@li...>
>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Taalpulse-user] Expanding the options
>>
>>
>> > Hey Tony that's really cool!
>> > I particularly the Tung Xiao ones.
>> > Regarding the sarangi, some of the notes sound good (the sharp ones it
>> > seems) and other not so good, do you think it is possible to improve?
>> > When you make the final samples, can you create them in aiff format
>> > with the sustain looping information? I could do that myself if you
>> > can but my loops do not usually sound really good...
>> > Regards,
>> > g
>> >
>> > On Jan 30, 2008 7:44 AM, Tony Chalkley <ant...@wa...>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I've just uploaded a test recording using the Madhuvanti lehra so you 
>> >> can
>> >> give me comments and suggestions before I send the straight samples.
>> >>
>> >> The order is
>> >>
>> >> 1) Chinese Tung Xiao (Shakuhachi-style) cardioid ORTF (forgot to press
>> >> record for the omni ;-(  )
>> >> 2) Sitar omni
>> >> 3) Chinese Tung Xiao (plain style) omni
>> >> 4) Sarangi cardioid ORTF (omni was horrible and I didn't have time to
>> >> improve)
>> >> 5) Chinese Sheng omni
>> >>
>> >> I can hear a bit of traffic on the sitar, and the sarangi is "best so
>> >> far" -
>> >> it's a bit squeaky, but then they are, aren't they.  No added reverb 
>> >> has
>> >> been applied.  The samples were stereo, but when I turned them into
>> >> soundfonts, they looked mono.  The output from Timidity is stereo, but 
>> >> it
>> >> looks as if there is simply a bit of L/R delay.
>> >>
>> >> Don't bother trying to recreate samples, as once things are neater 
>> >> I'll
>> >> upload them anyway.  If I have time, I'll try and produce something 
>> >> with
>> >> pitchbends/meends in the next few days.
>> >>
>> >> Single zipped file available on
>> >>
>> >> http://pagesperso-orange.fr/tony.c/madhuvantifive.zip
>> >>
>> >> Tony
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Guillaume Pothier" <gpo...@gm...>
>> >> To: <taa...@li...>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:53 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Taalpulse-user] Expanding the options
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >> one movie clip on my site. I have a sample of Ustand Sultan khan
>> >> >> playing a drut tintal lehara , which I looped for my demo movie, 
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> I am not sure that this would be approved by the record company...!
>> >> >> Thanks for your good work thus far,
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Well, beyond the problem of copyright, what I actually need is clean
>> >> > single-note samples...
>> >> > I've started to include the harmonium samples, I might release a new
>> >> > version in the next few days.
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > g
>> >> >
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