21 Jun
2010
21 Jun
'10
11:12 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:05:25PM -0700, Niels Mayer wrote:
FYI, here's how this MIDI sounds, on the Yamaha
DB60XG (NEC XR-385)
whose analog output is recorded by the line-in/waveblaster input on
the Terratec DMX6Fire; versus an external sampler with a 2mb
"professional" stereo grand sample (E-MU Elements of Sound 2mb
collectiion) and external outboard "professional" room/ambience
applied, staying entirely in the digital domain from samples to
recording.
I'll let people decide which is which, and which sounds better or more
realistic and piano-like:
http://nielsmayer.com/npm/chpn_op53_gnulem.ogg
http://nielsmayer.com/npm/chpn_op53_coggie.ogg
The chpn_op53_gnulem.ogg file made me think of a harpsicord, at least
for the first 20 seconds and any other time that the playing is fast.
The file chpn_op53_coggie.ogg sounded much better but still I think the
beginning sounds terrible.
In both cases I think the scales sound very mechanical. I went and
listened to some performances on YouTube, and they sounded much better.
BTW, I rather liked this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGi49Bnghs
BTW, every one is entitled to like what they like, and want the tools
they want to use, but based on those two files (and I know only one was
done on the XG) I'm not clear on what the fascination with the
Yamaha DB60XG (NEC XR-385) is. Do you have other files that better
demostrate it? How hard is it to get the card to do the flamenco guitar
type stuff that the wikipedia page refers to?