On Sunday 16 July 2006 13:51, Folderol wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to try to emulate a reed instrument rather like a clarinet > with a slightly damaged reed, so that the effect is that it > occasionally 'breaks' and gives a sort of squeak. Ideally this should > be more likely to happen at higher velocities. > I'm not a synth sound user except for soundfonts for my keyboard. So can't comment on how to program a squeak. I'll question and comment as a sax/flute player. What type player are you trying to emulate? When I "squeak" it's me, not the reed. And I think it is for most all players. I know players that can play horns that are total wrecks with reeds "fixed" with a cigarette lighter. If they squeak, they make it fit; maybe even use it again. A poor player will stop playing or totally miss the line for a few measures or longer. What players do you want to emulate? Or maybe the better question is, what comes after the squeak (and before it)? A good teacher once told me, "there's no such thing as a bad note; hit any note, any time; if it sound wrong, go to one that sound better". If the squeak sounds natural, it's some overtone. If not, then it's what's played next that counts. Feel free to send me test squeeak ogg's; I know how they sound for real. Done lot's of um. Marv
