On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 00:33 +0200, Nils wrote: > Hi people, > > I am a member and composer of a band who plays with Bagpipes > (http://www.wargsang.de) > Since we do not find enough time anymore I want to do more work with > my computer instead of real instruments. But there is no plugin > avaible, especially not free software. So I want to do my own. > Bagpipes are tricky instruments so instead of recording samples and > make a .gig for linuxsampler I think a real plugin or jack standalone > software is better. It kind of depends on the sound you're after. I've got a reasonable simulation of uillean pipes by synthesizing the drones and then miking up a practice chanter. If you're after a decent pìob mhòr sound then you're basically going to need to record bagpipes ;-) As with so many "real" instruments, it's less down to the actual sound and more down to the technique - even a really cheesy synthesized or sampled guitar can sound quite realistic if you play it properly. Now, implementing a bagpipe *controller* would be something I would be interested in - detecting fingers over holes and detecting airflow is easy enough, but maybe detecting fingers half over the hole to slide a note would be tricky. Hmm, USB bagpipe controller, then hack on Frets on Fire for a bit - could Bagpipe Hero be the next Big Thing? Gordon MMOYEQ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
