On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 17:30 +0800, Ray Rashif wrote: >> 2009/12/1 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> So my basic question is, how would you produce as realistic a >> guitar >> strum as possible using an electronic keyboard with the >> requisite sound >> banks? Or should I give it up and just record my guitar >> directly (neck >> needs straightening...)? >> >> >> Here we have that problem again. I mean, how much are we trying to >> emulate things these days and getting away with it? I can tell a >> sampled guitar from expensive records pretty quickly, and it annoys me >> as fast. I _have_ heard _some_ with excellent results though - I >> wouldn't be able to tell if I weren't informed. Those are fine, but >> the majority aren't. >> >> >> A keyboard cannot duplicate the feel and awesomeness of a guitarist, >> his guitar, and a Neumann off-axis, period ;) >> > No arguments here on the last sentence. I'd still like to know how > feasible it is though, and if anyone has any pointers. Basically, to put > it very bluntly, I'm a much better keyboardist than guitarist =p. > Here's some quick stuff I found via google: http://www.karma-lab.com/karma/What_Is_KARMA.html "The technology has been designed to generate unique musical effects in real-time, allowing effortless creation of spectacular cascades of complex interweaving notes, techno arpeggios and effects, dense rhythmic and melodic textures, natural sounding glissandos for acoustic instrument programs, guitar strumming and finger-picking simulations, random effects, auto-accompaniment effects, gliding and swooping portamento and pitch bend effects, and new sound design possibilities. It has been designed to be not only a valuable tool for proficient musicians, but a means of interactively controlling music generation for people of any level of musical skill, including no musical knowledge whatsoever." See also the Oasys STR-1: http://www.korg.co.uk/products/workstations/oasys/ws_oasys6.asp "The STR-1 Plucked String is a physical model which allows you to pluck, strike, scrape, or otherwise "excite" the string with 16 different "pluck" types, noise, or any of the onboard or RAM-based PCM waveforms." Here's an Oasys demo - I'm not a guitar player so while it sounds like decent strumming to me - ymmv : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyyQgao-UzM Here's an M3 strumming demo, a cheaper korg model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqTDAdQjwb8 Here's the GenoQs Octopus doing strumming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jLyZ8e3tM The latter is "also called "the Chris Franke" effect" , not sure why but I'm a huge tangerine dream fan. - R _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
