On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 07:58 -0300, robert lazarski wrote: > 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
