On 02/14/2011 02:40 PM, Q wrote: > Hello everyone > > It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of the Taijiguy > GigaTron, a Mellotron sample set in Giga format. > > The set is very kindly being hosted by the Linuxsampler team and can be > found here: > > http://www.linuxsampler.org/instruments.html > > The samples were made by Bernie Kornowicz (aka taijiguy on the KVR Audio > forums). The samples were recorded over a number of years and are freely > available from taijiguy's site[1]. > > Some of these samples were packaged in SFZ format with his permission a > couple of years ago[2]. Other KVR members have packaged the samples in > Kontakt and other formats[3]. > > With Bernie's kind permission, I packaged the samples into Giga format > using Linuxsampler's Gigedit. As the samples are his copyright and I > have merely packaged them, the Giga file cannot be released under any > sort of free licence, but is (and must remain) free of charge. > > Each note of each sound is individually sampled, with no looping, in > order to preserve the essence of the Tron. A low-pass filter is mapped > to the modwheel to emulate the Mellotron's tone control. The Giga file > is keyswitched to allow fast selection of the different sounds: > > "M400 Violins" -- EQ'd Mk II Violins > "M400 Violins Yes EQ" -- EQ'd Mk II Violins > "M400 Violins Smooth Ryder EQ" -- EQ'd Mk II Violins > Cello > String Section > Mk II Violins > M300A (violins) > M300B (solo violin) > Mk II Brass > GC3 Brass > Mk II Flute > Woodwind2 > Combined Choir > > My thanks go to taijiguy for his wonderful samples, for sharing them and > for his kind permission to package them; to the Linuxsampler team for > the wonderful software, for fixing a libgig bug that was hindering > me, not to mention also for generously hosting the Giga file; to Ryder > Duncan for his perseverance in trying to replicate the fantastic sound > of the M400 Three Violins[4]; to the developers and maintainers of a > number of Linux audio apps which I've made use of in the production of > this sample set. > > Finally, for assistance with road testing, thanks go to my tame keyboard > player: some say he gets violent when not surrounded on three sides by > synths and that he can transmit midi control changes using telepathy... > all I know is, he's called Julien ;-) A technical demo of the sounds is > on the LinuxSampler website, but a musical demo of many of the sounds > can be found here: > http://juliencoder.de/nama/dream_of_the_old_land.ogg > http://juliencoder.de/nama/dream_of_the_old_land.mp3 > > Enjoy. > > Q > > [1] www.leisureland.us/audio/MellotronSamples/MellotronSamples.htm > [2] http://realmusicmedia.net/Mellotron.html > [3] www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=304393 > [4] http://ryderduncan.com/themusicalbox/?p=33 > Thanks for this sample set Q! I already had some Mellotron soundfonts but these are way better. What's next, the Optigan? ;) Thanks again, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
