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Harpsichord sampling
Here's the pickle i am trying to figure out. I am working with
a tour that used a Roland C50 harpsichord. This was a 1989 vintage unit that was a complete system with keyboard. The tone module was disembowelled from it and used as a stand along module (midi controlled). This module has took a dump. It looks like it cannot be revived in time for the tour. Now, i have access to another unit (cannot take it on tour) that i could sample. I think this 1989 vintage module had no velocity, after touch and the other nicy nice things modern keyboards have now. So, what are the chances of sampling the module and having it sound dam close to the original? If this were possible, it would have to be a two rack space high sampler unit. Any thoughts on this? Bob NSE ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"BOB URZ" wrote in message ... Here's the pickle i am trying to figure out. I am working with a tour that used a Roland C50 harpsichord. This was a 1989 vintage unit that was a complete system with keyboard. The tone module was disembowelled from it and used as a stand along module (midi controlled). This module has took a dump. It looks like it cannot be revived in time for the tour. Now, i have access to another unit (cannot take it on tour) that i could sample. I think this 1989 vintage module had no velocity, after touch and the other nicy nice things modern keyboards have now. So, what are the chances of sampling the module and having it sound dam close to the original? If this were possible, it would have to be a two rack space high sampler unit. Any thoughts on this? Bob NSE can you just record the track needed on the working unit and put a CD player or something inside the broken one? |
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TimPerry wrote: "BOB URZ" wrote in message ... Here's the pickle i am trying to figure out. I am working with a tour that used a Roland C50 harpsichord. This was a 1989 vintage unit that was a complete system with keyboard. The tone module was disembowelled from it and used as a stand along module (midi controlled). This module has took a dump. It looks like it cannot be revived in time for the tour. Now, i have access to another unit (cannot take it on tour) that i could sample. I think this 1989 vintage module had no velocity, after touch and the other nicy nice things modern keyboards have now. So, what are the chances of sampling the module and having it sound dam close to the original? If this were possible, it would have to be a two rack space high sampler unit. Any thoughts on this? Bob NSE can you just record the track needed on the working unit and put a CD player or something inside the broken one? Well, the only way to do it right from what i can tell is to sample each midi note separately from a donor unit to a sampler. Roland still makes one rack mount sampler. So far, i don't have the OK to move forward. Have to see what happens. Talked to Roland and they seem to think it might be possible to fix it. I would not make book on it. The new sampler also has 5 harpsichord sounds in it. But no guarantees they are clones of the 1989 PRE pcm unit. Bob ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"TimPerry" wrote in message ... "BOB URZ" wrote in message ... Here's the pickle i am trying to figure out. I am working with a tour that used a Roland C50 harpsichord. --------------8---snippety snip -------------------------------- So, what are the chances of sampling the module and having it sound dam close to the original? If this were possible, it would have to be a two rack space high sampler unit. Any thoughts on this? Bob NSE The harpsichord isn't a particularly dynamic instrument (the real thing isn't velocity sensitive, having a jack and quill that picks the string with a fixed relationship between the quill and string, some having two separate manuals (keyboards) for piano and forte(ish)), so sampling a real instrument or the remains of the module wouldn't be too long a job? In the world of 2U samplers, the Yamaha A4000/A5000 is (in my humble but partisan opinion) a good choice, although the user interface is a touch hostile to those used to Akai etc and loading times from disc are terrible (until you switch off "load and play") - it has the great advantages of one of the best multi-effects units I've known built in, and truly wonderful routing abilities that make it more a full sample-and-synthesis unit than just a sample player. You should be able to pick one up for about $300 - $500, if possible go for one with an IDE hard drive built in and the full 128Meg of RAM. If you can bear to read Yamaha manuals, the user manuals are available online from Yamaha free and for nuffing to give you an idea what it's capable of... as is the software upgrade that sorts a few of the bugs from initial release! Once upgraded, it's damn reliable, mine hasn't let me down (touches wood), and very versatile. 32-voice multi-timbal on the A5000 (16 on the A4000) and 128-note poly (64) too... There are a couple of quite realistic harpsichords on the original CD set too, if you get it with the sampler, although you'll need a SCSI CD-ROM drive to use 'em. HTH, Dave H. (The engineer formerly known as Homeless) |
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