28 Jul
2005
28 Jul
'05
7:09 p.m.
Greg Wilder wrote:
>I'm quite sure that something like what
you're
describing already
exists.....
Might that be the FreeSound Project -
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
Apparently, the samples are to be released under 'the
Creative Commons Sampling Plus License'! (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/ )
Greg Wilder wrote:
>But what I'm talking about is a bit different.
I'm
talking about a
community built and supported library of acoustic
multi-sampled
instruments. Various dynamics, articulations, mutes,
etc. I can contribute the
sound of a large concert grand piano - maybe someone
has an interesting
or rare guitar, bass, flute, or whatever. The high
resolution factor
might be optional, but it would certianly fill a major
gap and give the
commercial folks a run for their money.
>Not to go crazy here, but imagine a wiki-like
interface that allows
users to add their own instruments - there might
eventually be dozens of
different pianos, voices, harps, etc. If we created a
set of agreed
upon naming conventions (ie. .as2. for A sharp 2, .st.
for staccato etc.)
then we could also use simple scripts to do searches
like: all muted
strings sounding A4...
>Thoughts?
Alternatively - rather than specifying the
characteristics in the name of the file itself - you
could use a database to keep record of it's
characteristics. Specifying duration, dynamic,
articulation, pitch and perhaps other things (e.g.
sample rate, and mono/stereo) all in the name of the
file might become somewhat unwieldy? Instead, you
could use the same parameters as fields in a database,
and be under less constraints with the naming
convention. On the downside, this would only be of use
to people who actually _had_ access to the database.
Just thinking out loud! Your idea's really good
though.
In the meantime, there is a list of 'Sounds for Free'
on Han's Frugal's mirror of the 'Sound and MIDI
software for Linux' page -
http://hans.fugal.net:2500/linuxaudio/show/HomePage
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