SynthMakerHarish ·
Is there any special algorithm to make Indian Classical Instruments?
Indian Sounds...
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malc ·
Hi Harish,
Welcome to the forum!
Good question. The karplus strong algorithm might be useful for stringed instruments. Sambean has a good example here: http://freespace.virgin.net/cc.lai/Frac_Delay_karplus6.osm
angstrom ·
"indian classical instruments" is a wide description, covering anything from percusion to flute.
anything in particular?
skOre ·
Some may argue that the karplus algorythm is indeed capable of producing sounds in this range 😉
Tom7777 ·
The karplus algorythm simulates vibrating instruments so basically most string instruments can be made by modifying the algorythm correctly, if you want drum type sounds then setting the ADSR up correctly usually produces good results and with a decent short reverb then hand played drums can sound quite realistic with the correct settings. Flutes are harder to do realistically though i think but a lot of FM synths can create similar sounds quite well and its mainly a case of finding a patch of one and then emulating the settings.
angstrom ·
I did post another thread about the idea behind jawari on sitar bridges, essentially on each vibration cycle the string is lengthened and shortened. The sitar bridge is a kind of exponential curve shaped for each string tuning - not a hard edge like is found on a guitar or piano. The idea of jawari is to sabotage the sustain and uses the curvature to produce 'waveshaping' !
as it moves away from the bridge its anchor shifts back along the curve so that half of the wavecycle is actually at a lower pitch than the other half of the cycle.
the resonant strings also have jawari.
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