On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:06:10 -0400 M P Smoak <smoak@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Sorry it's taken a long time to get back on this. I've been busy doing other things - non music things :( > 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? That is actually a very hard question to answer. I would say it was an experienced player who actually knows the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument and is probably using then deliberately. > 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". The squeak comes at the start of the note, or not at all. It seems to be very pitch dependent, and will occur on just one note in a short run. > 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 Unfortunately I can't send and example. I am working from memory hearing a folksy sort of piece a long time ago - on the radio I think. -- Will J G
