On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 18:14 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 3/2/06, Loki Davison <loki.davison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am searching for ideas for what to add next to smack ( > > smack.berlios.de ). Any ideas? I.e what drum sounds do you want > > synthed that smack doesn't do. Has anyone got ideas for other drum > > algos or patches etc? I've got to add something cool to the next > > release apart from just neatening it up... ;-) > > > > Loki > > > > Hi, > I've never used smack so take this with a grain of salt, but give > it info about time signature and then add some features to allow smack > to jam a bit. Let it add a few beats here and there, semi randomly, > but sensibly like a drummer would do. Let it add ghost notes like the > stick hitting a second time softly behind the first beat. It adds a > lot of realism. There was a program along time ago called (IIRC) > Jazz++ that had some sort of drum programming language that could do > this sort of stuff. While it sounds crazy I use Groove Agent which > does an excellent job of htis sort of thing. > > Just some thoughts. Can't Hydrogen do that (with samples rather than synthesis)? Lee
