[linux-audio-user] [ANN] ALSA MIDI Humanizer v0.0.1

[Cesare Marilungo]

Cesare Marilungo wrote:

> Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>> Stephen Cameron hat gesagt: // Stephen Cameron wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Interesting idea, though I'm not sure adding random delays
>>> really "humanizes" things.    
>>
>>
>> Humans, even bad musicians, don't play randomly "wrong", so it is
>> indeed not exactly humanizing to just add some random deviations. How
>> to really humanize is an ongoing debate. One interesting concept in
>> this regard is described in the work of Jeff Blimes and in his concept
>> of the "Tatum". A short introduction is this paper:
>> http://ssli.ee.washington.edu/people/bilmes/mypapers/icmc93_paper.pdf
>>
>> Blimes also did listening tests with various approaches on humanizing
>> including random, Gaussian variations. These were rejected by most
>> listeners as "sloppy" and "random" and this approach according to his
>> paper is the worst one to "humanize".
>>
>> Ciao
>>  
>>
> Well, I called it 'humanizer' just because it is how this kind of 
> functionality in sequencers and drum machines has always been called, 
> AFAIK. It doesn't pretend to make a track programmed in a sequencer 
> more human.
>
> However I really find it useful when used with small range settings, 
> even applied to the kind of tracks that in some music styles (like 
> electronic music) could also have been left as they were programmed.
>
> As Stephen said, if you just randomize the timing and the velocity of 
> a sequenced drum track it doesn't sound as a real drummer at all. But 
> you can program the more audible variations by hand, add a very subtle 
> randomization to the whole track and use a slightly wider range for 
> the cymbals.
>
> Anyway, as I said, I've always used this functionality in various 
> situations (but I can't speak for my own results). It is builtin in 
> cubase, digital performer and any other commercial software sequencer 
> I've tried in my life.
>
> Don't think of it as a pretentious attempt to revolutionize computer 
> music. It's just a little utility app that somebody might find useful 
> in some situations.
>
> Even more, I believe that an application that sounds just like a real 
> drummer for instance, is possible, but I'm not really interested in 
> such thing artistically speaking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> c.
>
I've just found this:

http://www.midi-plugins.de/mplug/mplug-hum.html

This is more or less what I plan to do with this project. Are you 
interested?

c.

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