Using a sample for every key

AngularMomentum · 14 Sept 2007

Check this thread:

wave sample every 4th step

exonerate · 19 Sept 2007

you'll find some examples about the forum and wiki for multi samplers,

theres a basic one in the instruments section of the wiki for example.

regarding having 2 samples per note, you could do this by having two wave arrays one for your clean samples and another for your fuzz ones. (make sure the clean and fuzz samples are at the same index's in there arrays)

you could then use my example in the thread AM posted to select which array to play from, but modify it so it works with the velocity or what ever it is your using to select the fuzz version.

So for example if velocity is between 0 -60, play clean array,

if the velocity is between 60 -127, play fuzz array.

You should be able to modify my min max pitch module to work like this just remove the 'pitch to freq' primitives, ands enter the velocity or whatever into the float components.

cheers 😉

Exo

apollo · 10 Oct 2007

Hi i have a question, which is best , ive been making modules that are split by note and velocity at the midi stage for multi sample synths using a midi to poly in each segment , but in an OSM i found on the forum/wiki its split at the poly stage is there any advantage or disadvantage of either ?

exonerate · 10 Oct 2007

apollo wrote: Hi i have a question, which is best , ive been making modules that are split by note and velocity at the midi stage for multi sample synths using a midi to poly in each segment , but in an OSM i found on the forum/wiki its split at the poly stage is there any advantage or disadvantage of either ?

It really depends on the result your after, when splitting at the Midi stage as you know you then need a 'midi to poly' for each section, now each section would have it's own voice handling, basically making it 'multi timbral' (i think that's the correct description). But with this method you have to keep each poly section completely separate from each other, (as though they are separate synths) you can only mix the sections in the mono stream.

The advantage of splitting in the poly stream is that you can connect each section up how you like and don't have to keep them separate and all the sections have the same voice handling. The disadvantage would probally just be no 'multi timbrality' (is that even a word?)

So in brief if you split at the midi stage and have separate 'midi to polys' then each section will be like it's own synth and you can't mix the poly streams.

If that isn't what you want then you should just split in the poly stream.

cheers 😉

Exo

apollo · 15 Oct 2007

Many thnx , Ive had the lurgy bug for a few days , so my heads not with it a the moment , but i made a sampled piano using 19 samples , and like you say each sample is a synth on its own mixed together at the end with poly/mono. i am trying to work out how to do this a different way ,as im sure its not the only way , any ideas pls , with being a service engineer in the music field for over 10 years i still tend to think in an electronic hands on way and somthings trigger when there dosnt seem to be any connection to them Mmmm ouch my head hurts ...Oh and i also with the sampled piano tried having on each segment mono in and out basicly daisychaining them so there was only two blue mono signals at the end to see if there was any less cpu usage , but it didn seem much compared to having 19 stereo pairs of mono outputs joined together at the output..( done this as mono run permenantly and poly dont thats right isnt it... Ooooops i do go on ,

gilwe · 11 Jan 2008

So which method did you end up implementing the 19 samples piano ? Does anyone have any other ideas or OSM examples for a sampled VST which uses a different sample for each key ? How are they on the CPU ?