multisampled pianos are available without having to record it all yourself!
you'd still have to be loading a hell of a lot of wavs for it to sound half decent though, and probably code up something to handle the release of the keys properly... On 8 February 2011 16:27, Kerry Thompson <al...@cyberiantiger.biz> wrote: > Jason Merrill wrote: > > > > I was going to say something similar to what Kerry said - taking samples > from the real world as separate MP3 files. It would seem to be pretty easy > (albeit somewhat time consuming) to do that if you had a moderately OK mic > (even one from Best Buy) and access to a piano or even a synthesizer. Then > you'd have a library to work from. You could preload all possible notes - > being they would be quite small files individually, wouldn't be too bad. > Heck, you could sell the library online for some small bucks and make > money. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You could go further than recording all 88 notes. A soft note has a > different timbre, attack, and decay from a loud note. For such a > library to be really valuable, you would need to have different > attacks at different volume levels. > > At least you don't have to worry about legato, since a piano can't > play true legato like a violin or French Horn. A non-accented attack > would do well for legato. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
