Yet another way in which you must deprive me of my moolah!
Ondes Martenot???
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- angelboy
- 4586 posts since 21 Aug, 2001 from Larnaca, Cyprus
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- KVRian
- 1001 posts since 6 Sep, 2005 from london
yes -it should be ready fairly soon. we've been waiting for Kontakt 4.2 to be released, as Ondes relies on some new functionality in there.
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- KVRian
- 1001 posts since 6 Sep, 2005 from london
We've come up with various real-time control options that can be setup according to taste, playing ability and available equipment.
But, yes - of course we have to assume that most users only have a keyboard available. Any sampled recreation of an Ondes Martenot will be a compromise, even if you do happen to have a ring controller or even a doepfer ribbon controller ( which we have).
We have tested it using an inexpensive Korg Nanopad which has an X-Y control pad on it - this gives good results. We'd recommend any kind of MIDI ribbon or pad controller for adding expression, but it's certainly not essential.
In fact, we were surprised to see Thomas Bloch playing a lot of passages on the Ondes Martenot without using the Ring control at all, just using the keyboard in a conventional way. I think many people don't realise that the ring control is just one part of what is an incredibly versatile instrument ( I certainly didn't). Another important part is the way vibrato is controlled from the keyboard - the entire keyboard is mounted on rails in such a way that you can 'wobble' it left and right to create vibrato with your finger as you play.
Another big part of the authentic O.M. sound comes from the 3 speaker units that come with the instrument. We have extensively sampled Impulse responses from these, so that the user can use one or all of the speakers separately or at once, from different mic distances etc. Personally i love this function, it makes it possible to add so much character just by mixing the outputs of different speakers.
Because of the character of the speakers and of the individual oscillators, we decided to take the kontakt instrument further, and we have built a separate, complimentary instrument called the 'Poly-Ondes'. This is great for pad sounds, blending the 7 different osc sounds through the 3 speakers sounds really unique.
James
But, yes - of course we have to assume that most users only have a keyboard available. Any sampled recreation of an Ondes Martenot will be a compromise, even if you do happen to have a ring controller or even a doepfer ribbon controller ( which we have).
We have tested it using an inexpensive Korg Nanopad which has an X-Y control pad on it - this gives good results. We'd recommend any kind of MIDI ribbon or pad controller for adding expression, but it's certainly not essential.
In fact, we were surprised to see Thomas Bloch playing a lot of passages on the Ondes Martenot without using the Ring control at all, just using the keyboard in a conventional way. I think many people don't realise that the ring control is just one part of what is an incredibly versatile instrument ( I certainly didn't). Another important part is the way vibrato is controlled from the keyboard - the entire keyboard is mounted on rails in such a way that you can 'wobble' it left and right to create vibrato with your finger as you play.
Another big part of the authentic O.M. sound comes from the 3 speaker units that come with the instrument. We have extensively sampled Impulse responses from these, so that the user can use one or all of the speakers separately or at once, from different mic distances etc. Personally i love this function, it makes it possible to add so much character just by mixing the outputs of different speakers.
Because of the character of the speakers and of the individual oscillators, we decided to take the kontakt instrument further, and we have built a separate, complimentary instrument called the 'Poly-Ondes'. This is great for pad sounds, blending the 7 different osc sounds through the 3 speakers sounds really unique.
James
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- KVRian
- 1001 posts since 6 Sep, 2005 from london
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- KVRist
- 216 posts since 18 Feb, 2011 from Hawaii
It's available and it sounds great!
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- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Amazing sounding library, guys! Congratulations!
I'm gonna have to save up for that Super Ribbon Controller for my Kurzweil PC3K8 now!
I'm gonna have to save up for that Super Ribbon Controller for my Kurzweil PC3K8 now!
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- KVRian
- 1001 posts since 6 Sep, 2005 from london
we recommend the Korg Nanopad for those on a budget.. works well, and is only 50 dollars or so.
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- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Well, I'm using my PC3K8 for live performance as well, ribbon can be useful there too, and I wanted to get it anyways. I just need to wait for it to become available again. 
But yeah I can see how Nanopad can work great for those on a budget, too.
But yeah I can see how Nanopad can work great for those on a budget, too.
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- KVRist
- 376 posts since 17 Oct, 2006 from Franche-Comté
Kontakt script more and more worked, driven !
Imac M1 24" under Monterey 12.7., D.P. 11.3 & Kontakt 7.9 _ Gibson ES 295 & Explorer _ FilterBank2 Sherman & PolyEvolver Keyboard _ Altiverb 8_ Explorer Loïc Le Pape
https://loiclepapesteelguitars.com/
https://loiclepapesteelguitars.com/
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- angelboy
- 4586 posts since 21 Aug, 2001 from Larnaca, Cyprus
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- KVRer
- 10 posts since 8 Oct, 2005
You'e really done it this time. You guys have excelled yourselves. I am just listening to the example files - this is extraordinarily good - really sounds the part, especially the pitch ribbon thing - amazing job and an absolute no brainer to buy! 
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- KVRAF
- 35295 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
How do you get the smoothness of the continuous pitch changes using samples?
Surely something like an Ondes Martinot is best done using modelling synthesis?
Surely something like an Ondes Martinot is best done using modelling synthesis?
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- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Well, scripted portamento goes a long way 
