[LAU] [ANN] Taijiguy GigaTron

[Jeremy Jongepier]

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