Chris Reisor wrote: >On 12/13/05, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>So far I have a nice (but not impressive) soundfont downloaded here: >> >>http://www.hum.aau.dk/~bovbjerg/piano4.html >> >>I'm on a 64k isdn connection so I can't download and try every free >>sample on the net. >>While experimenting to achieve a more natural sound I tried >>dssi_convolve with some IRs downloaded from noisevault.com and got a >>nicer result. >> >>Now, I've just been inspired by the Florian Shmidth dssi_convolve entry >>on his blog and I decided to create an om patch with everything I need >>to have a realistic piano, with: >> >>- the samples already loaded when I open the patch (I think I can use >>fluidsynth-dssi, with a good soundfont); >>- the patch will send the notes to two different responses according to >>the state of the damper pedal (I'm not sure this could be done with om); >>- it would be great to simulate also the resonance of other notes when >>the damper pedal is pressed or other keys are already pressed; >>- it would be great also to simulate a true hammer action; >> >>I think it would be good for the community to have something similar or >>better than the Steinberg The Grand VSTi. What's your opinion? Can you >>help me? >> >>Or I am doing something that's already been done? In this case, where >>can I find it? >> >>Regards, >>c. >>- >>www.cesaremarilungo.com >> >> >> > >I have found great piano soundfonts here: >http://www.ibiblio.org/thammer/HammerSound/ > >There's a really good Steinway. Load that into qsynth, and you're off. > >--chris reisor > > > > > As I said, I'm on a 64k connection (DSL is not available where I live). I've already downloaded a sf file from there (Steinway_Model_C_sf2.zip, 30Mb) but, at least with qsynth, I get a very poor sounds and some adjacent notes seem to come from different directions, or from different distances. Maybe it's a software problem, but the soundfont from the link in my original message doesn't have this problem. Could you please point me at a direct url for the file? c.
