[linux-audio-user] Which is the best way to simulate a real piano under gnu/Linux? Here's my proposal.

Chris Reisor creisor at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 11:26:19 EST 2005


On 12/13/05, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:
> So far I have a nice (but not impressive) soundfont downloaded here:
>
> http://www.hum.aau.dk/~bovbjerg/piano4.html
>
> I'm on a 64k isdn connection so I can't download and try every free
> sample on the net.
> While experimenting to achieve a more natural sound I tried
> dssi_convolve with some IRs downloaded from noisevault.com and got a
> nicer result.
>
> Now, I've just been inspired by the Florian Shmidth dssi_convolve entry
> on his blog and I decided to create an om patch with everything I need
> to have a realistic piano, with:
>
> - the samples already loaded when I open the patch (I think I can use
> fluidsynth-dssi, with a good soundfont);
> - the patch will send the notes to two different responses according to
> the state of the damper pedal (I'm not sure this could be done with om);
> - it would be great to simulate also the resonance of other notes when
> the damper pedal is pressed or other keys are already pressed;
> - it would be great also to simulate a true hammer action;
>
> I think it would be good for the community to have something similar or
> better than the Steinberg The Grand VSTi. What's your opinion? Can you
> help me?
>
> Or I am doing something that's already been done? In this case, where
> can I find it?
>
> Regards,
> c.
> -
> www.cesaremarilungo.com
>

I have found great piano soundfonts here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/thammer/HammerSound/

There's a really good Steinway.  Load that into qsynth, and you're off.

--chris reisor




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