[LAU] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Update of zita-at1

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 22:07 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 07:06:18PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 
> > For AT1 and Rev1 I'm missing a config file,
> 
> A preset system for zita-*** is in the works

That's good news :).

> It is good because it doesn't try to force the algorithm used
> into something it can't do well.

Ok, it's better to have one character that is good, than to have several
characters that sound disgusting.

On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 22:12 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
I don't think you will get very far with trying to use at1 to 
> create 'speaking drums'. It is *not* a vocoder (some autotuners
> are). You could use it retune some percussive sounds that have
> a definite pitch, but that's not the same thing.

I only tried to imitate the instrument "talking drum",
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_drum in a way, when it's played by
just changing the pitch a little bit, when the tension of the drumhead
is only changed minimally. Using a conga sample and a pitch bender wheel
doesn't sound good. AT1 can't do it either, but it sounds better than
using the pitch bender wheel. I didn't use MIDI to control the AT1, just
audio with a conga and bongo rhythm and let AT1 auto correct the tuning,
so sometimes it was audible when the pitch was corrected.