a 100 year old upright piano (wavs and EX2 bank)
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 Oct, 2004 from Durham, NC USA
Great, DSP!! See a thread I just posted requesting one. Also, this would be a big help for me on a project I've been wanting to do, but I'm having trouble getting started with the GUI end. It would automate this whole process, and avoid needing velocity layers at all. Well, automate everything but playing the notes and recording them ...
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- KVRAF
- 8389 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
I would write it in Delphi, rather than C++, which would mean you would have trouble with the source, which you appear to want.. not a prob, I can provide it, but it would be in object pascal 
I'll make a bit of a start.. even if you use something else, I might have a but of fun
DSP
I'll make a bit of a start.. even if you use something else, I might have a but of fun
DSP
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 Oct, 2004 from Durham, NC USA
Ah, yes ... well, even a relatively simple example would be a big help! There is a plugin that I think would do, free from sonalksis.
Thanks,
Jeff
Thanks,
Jeff
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3163 posts since 22 Dec, 2004
Glad this topic has caused some interest in velocity related tool creation.
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 Oct, 2004 from Durham, NC USA
Duncan, would a Delphi example use a widget set that I could use from C++?
Or heck, maybe I should just get the free Delphi distribution and go with it. Heard many good things about it, and what's one more language? Just another tool in the box.
Genetic_junk -- I'm convinced that it's possible to do a much better job at automatic sample assembly than any tools I'm aware of. (However, I haven't tried the latest crop from Chicken Systems & Extreme Translator -- maybe they read my idea threads and implemented it, which would be great.)
BTW, I forgot to mention a hardware item that could be very handy, called the "Pianobar". It's a bar that sits over the keys and transmits MIDI as you play the piano. Using a device like that would allow associating samples with actual MIDI velocities rather than trying to infer that from peak or RMS levels.
Or heck, maybe I should just get the free Delphi distribution and go with it. Heard many good things about it, and what's one more language? Just another tool in the box.
Genetic_junk -- I'm convinced that it's possible to do a much better job at automatic sample assembly than any tools I'm aware of. (However, I haven't tried the latest crop from Chicken Systems & Extreme Translator -- maybe they read my idea threads and implemented it, which would be great.)
BTW, I forgot to mention a hardware item that could be very handy, called the "Pianobar". It's a bar that sits over the keys and transmits MIDI as you play the piano. Using a device like that would allow associating samples with actual MIDI velocities rather than trying to infer that from peak or RMS levels.
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- KVRian
- 859 posts since 14 Sep, 2004
For low velocities, couldn't you just try small weights like those used to counterbalance old fashioned scales? (They are tube shaped.) Won't a given weight deliver the same velocity down on each key, so long as the distance the key and hammer travel are the same for each note? (And so long as the weight is placed on, not dropped on, each key...)
On the other hand, this gets you into the problem of whether or not you want the real velocity layers for the upper register, where the same pressure that you apply to the lower register will often give you softer sounds.
On the other hand, this gets you into the problem of whether or not you want the real velocity layers for the upper register, where the same pressure that you apply to the lower register will often give you softer sounds.