On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:05:25PM -0700, Niels Mayer wrote: > FYI, here's how this MIDI sounds, on the Yamaha DB60XG (NEC XR-385) > whose analog output is recorded by the line-in/waveblaster input on > the Terratec DMX6Fire; versus an external sampler with a 2mb > "professional" stereo grand sample (E-MU Elements of Sound 2mb > collectiion) and external outboard "professional" room/ambience > applied, staying entirely in the digital domain from samples to > recording. > > I'll let people decide which is which, and which sounds better or more > realistic and piano-like: > http://nielsmayer.com/npm/chpn_op53_gnulem.ogg > http://nielsmayer.com/npm/chpn_op53_coggie.ogg The chpn_op53_gnulem.ogg file made me think of a harpsicord, at least for the first 20 seconds and any other time that the playing is fast. The file chpn_op53_coggie.ogg sounded much better but still I think the beginning sounds terrible. In both cases I think the scales sound very mechanical. I went and listened to some performances on YouTube, and they sounded much better. BTW, I rather liked this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGi49Bnghs BTW, every one is entitled to like what they like, and want the tools they want to use, but based on those two files (and I know only one was done on the XG) I'm not clear on what the fascination with the Yamaha DB60XG (NEC XR-385) is. Do you have other files that better demostrate it? How hard is it to get the card to do the flamenco guitar type stuff that the wikipedia page refers to? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
