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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/09/17 12:19, Jonathan E. Brickman
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The Artiprog (I think we're talking about this: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://artiphon.com/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://artiphon.com/</a>) is one amazing
controller. Six stacked octaves [for a keyboardist] with velocity
and aftertouch for $400? Dear God, what hath thou wrought :-) I
do hope they do an eight-octave version, I would miss the extreme
octaves, but still, wow.<br>
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pitch bend is partially a function of the soundfont loaded
into fluid. There are several (lots?) that don't respond,
and many that do. <br>
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much doubt that Fluid responds to the pitch bend range RPN,
but hey, I've been wrong before.<br>
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It does appear that Fluidsynth knows about pitch bend:<br>
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href="https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/issues/154"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/issues/154</a><br>
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but given that you're not hearing it happen, there may indeed be
different question-beasts involved, both soundfonts' responses
and/or fluidsynth options. I have done a bit of editing and study
of some soundfonts ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://polyphone-soundfonts.com" moz-do-not-send="true">http://polyphone-soundfonts.com</a>
) and did not see pitch bend response in the GUIs, though I will
be unsurprised to be told better. <br>
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It appears that Yoshimi and ZynAddSubFX, live synthesizers, both
do pitch bend:<br>
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href="https://sourceforge.net/p/yoshimi/feature-requests/13/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://sourceforge.net/p/yoshimi/feature-requests/13/</a><br>
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and live synth should (theoretically) be more of a slam-dunk for
pitch bending, because pitch control is not an option for the live
synth, it's an absolute base-core item...whereas soundfonts
themselves contain discrete note-chunks that would have to be
morphed by the soundfont handler to make it happen well.<br
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Actually, Artiprog is the editor, the device is an
Artiphon:Instrument1. But that's just being picky.<br>
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I don't understand why pending samples should be a problem. I've had
a Korg X5DR for years, that is<br>
a sample-based synth module and it bends pitches just how I expect.
I'm not expecting it to produce<br>
a perfect rendering of the sounds, something that sounds like a
fretless bass is all I'm asking for.<br>
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I guess I'll have to hack around and see what alternatives I can
find.<br>
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Bill<br>
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