On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Yvonnick Noel
<yvonnick.noel(a)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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