Re: Are there any good, free, Aeolus-style violin - Linux-audio-user

30 Mar 2024

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 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:11:13 -1000
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 On 3/29/24 00:10, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
  On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 03:07:15PM -1000, david
wrote:

  My understanding was that Aeolus uses physical
modelling?  No, it uses additive synthesis. Of course the way this works
 is based on the physics, but it doesn't emulate the physics,
 just the result of it.  Ah, thanks for the explanation!
   Sounds
like it would really need a MIDI violin and a skilled
 violinist just to get the inputs.  It takes a beginning violin player quite some
time to develop
 the muscle control and memory required to produce a sound you
 wouldn't want to run away from...  I remember my sister taking up violin in
high school! She hasn't played 
 any musical instrument since then.

 Depending on what you'd want to play, some of the inputs could
 probably be programmed rather than provided by the player. For
 example delayed ADSR controlled vibrato could in many cases
 remove the need for finger position and pressure.

 Ciao,
   The thought that occurred to me would be to use aftertouch for vibrato. 
 Your example about using ADSR vibrato would be more consistent.

Physical Modeling with Faust, can be tested in the Web here:
https://faustdoc.grame.fr/examples/physicalModeling/#violinmidi

Done with the Faust musical libraries physmodels.lib:
https://faustlibraries.grame.fr/libs/physmodels/, written by Romain Michon.

I guess the result is still far from convincing, but it could be starting point.

Stéphane 

BTW: gift, especially for Fons ((-; : zitaRev ported in Faust by Julius Smith, also
runnable in the Web: https://faustdoc.grame.fr/examples/reverb/#zitarev