On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:22:07 +0200 Benno Senoner <sbenno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So the advice to Atti and others is: Hmmm, that should have been Atte, but ok :-) > One of you should use a Windows app which allows you to create .GIG > files (with GigaStudio being the natural choice), download the MIS > samples, tune volume, velocity-splits, trim samples (some samples have > a bit of silence at the beginning etc) and make a .GIG file out of it. I do not have access to a windows partition, so... I would rather give it the best shot at creating a (few) sf3(s) of the samples. This could also prove useful to some people (for instance me, that always run everything from csound anyways)... > After the piano sounds good in GigaStudio you should post it online. > That way as soon as LinuxSampler is ready (the piano sample does not > require filters, envelopes etc) we can release a truly free > Grandpiano in software (samples + player). I didn't know that the project was that mature, looking forward to checking it out. > To compare how well the MIS piano .GIG you will create ,sounds I > suggest you to use this page: > > http://www.af.lu.se/~fogwall/piano.html > > On that page you find a classical music midi file > Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin) > > and the corresponding audio clips rendered with various > digital pianos, hardware expanders and software samples > (including VST The Grand, various multi-Gigabyte piano samples for > Gigasampler etc). Great idea. I'll give that a go with my sf2-version. > Not sure about the quality we can achieve, for example the MIS piano > does not include pedal down samples. > IANAPP (I am not a piano player) so I do not know if this is a big > disadvantage that makes it sound unprofessional. I personally don't think it's *that* important. Let's see... -- peace, love & harmony Atte
