[LAU] Bagpipe sound synthesis

[david]

Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Yvonnick Noel <yvonnick.noel at free.fr> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Would any of you know of a good way to synthesize a bagpipe sound? I suppose
>> there might be some bagpipe samples but would be interested in approaching
>> the sound synthetically.
>>
>> I once made an attempt on my Roland D50 (yes, years ago...) but found it
>> quite difficult to get but just a convincing result.
> 
> Well, here's an amazing amount of info on the sonic theory and tuning
> behind the Highland Pipes:
> 
> http://www.hotpipes.com/tuning.html
> 
> So maybe that's a start to thinking about the synthesis...
> 
> I prefer to use a controller (like ePipes or Akai wind controller)
> against samples otherwise it just doesn't sound realistic.

I was just reading a detailed history of the Highland pipes, complete 
with chapters on tuning and playing (did you know that the pipes can't 
play two notes of the same pitch one after the other? Players use the 
pipe's version of "grace" notes?).

-- 
David
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