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RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Mattias Westlund - 10-25-2017
(10-25-2017, 11:46 AM)jmcmillan Wrote: Are there any legal issues sampling a commercial synth that you own and making a sample instrument?
I'm using a subtractive synthesizer (Dune CM to be specific) and I've made the patches myself so in this case I don't think there's anyhting to worry about. Sample-based virtual instruments are a completely different story though.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Otto Halmén - 10-25-2017
If it's a sample-based synthesizer, you might run into legal issues, since sound samples are copyrighted works and the license may not allow redistribution as a virtual instrument. If it's a subtractive, FM, or other synth that synthesizes from scratch, most likely not.
I'm fine with CC-BY-SA for distributing the virtual instrument itself, and free use for creating musical works, of course.
EDIT: Beaten.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Michael Willis - 10-26-2017
Well Sam, you got me so excited about this that today I sampled my pipe chimes and wrote a little fledgling SFZ. For being nothing more than a sampling newb with a cheap mic, I'm pleasantly surprised at how quickly it came together and how much I like the sound of it so far. Of course I still want to play around with it a bit, maybe learn a few more SFZ features like round robin and such.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Samulis - 10-26-2017
(10-26-2017, 02:53 AM)Michael Willis Wrote: Well Sam, you got me so excited about this that today I sampled my pipe chimes and wrote a little fledgling SFZ. For being nothing more than a sampling newb with a cheap mic, I'm pleasantly surprised at how quickly it came together and how much I like the sound of it so far. Of course I still want to play around with it a bit, maybe learn a few more SFZ features like round robin and such.
Demo! Demo! Demo!
Congrats, Michael! I'll be recording the video walkthrough in a few days regarding how to do RR and other features.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Michael Willis - 10-26-2017
(10-26-2017, 03:07 AM)Samulis Wrote: Demo! Demo! Demo!
Well, if you insist!
https://instaud.io/1nxh
It's just a quick one, but you get the idea.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Samulis - 10-26-2017
(10-26-2017, 03:32 AM)Michael Willis Wrote:(10-26-2017, 03:07 AM)Samulis Wrote: Demo! Demo! Demo!
Well, if you insist!
https://instaud.io/1nxh
It's just a quick one, but you get the idea.
Very cool, great work! D:
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Otto Halmén - 10-26-2017
They're nice! They sound like a cross between a glockenspiel and a set of crotales. What's the official name of the instrument (for Googling purposes)?
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Michael Willis - 10-26-2017
(10-26-2017, 12:27 PM)Otto Halmén Wrote: What's the official name of the instrument (for Googling purposes)?
The best I can come up with is "pipe chimes". They were made by cutting a galvanized steel pipe from the hardware store into specific lengths, each with a string attached. They're played by holding it up by the string and striking the pipe with a large steel nail. I think my parents (or maybe aunt and uncle?) made this set decades ago as a novelty for church youth to play Christmas music.
I found a blog about how to make them: http://scribbit.blogspot.com/2008/08/making-music-with-homemade-chime.html (sorry about "inches", yes I'm from the 'States but I really wish we would join the rest of the world on the metric bandwagon)
If anybody else knows a more official name, I'm happy to start using it. I guess the construction is kind of like tiny tubular bells.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Otto Halmén - 10-26-2017
I just remembered that my dad, a music teacher, did the exact same thing for a Christmas-related school performance!
I searched for a while, but couldn't find much besides a bunch of tutorials similar to the above one. It's probably just a popular DIY instrument that never fully caught on with serious composers for some reason.
They sound like they could blend well with the handflute library I'm planning.
RE: The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Michael Willis - 10-26-2017
Sam, are there any preferences in terms of file naming convention or folder layout for instrument submissions? Right now I just have everything in one folder, with files named things like `pipe-chimes-C5.wav` and `pipe-chimes.sfz`