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(05-04-2018, 11:45 AM)bigcat1969 Wrote: Since there hasn't been much feedback yet, thought I would pass on a word of praise for the Harpsichord from the blog.
"The English Harpsichord is perfect. Love it!"

Haven't gotten it out yet, but mapped one of the Kiowa Pianos for Maize. Forgot how much fun mapping pianos was!

Mentioned this place on KVR to Royosho. He was inspired by you guys sfz work and wants to pick up sfz coding again and start working on some advanced type strings. So grats on inspiring people with your crazy scripting skills. Hopefully he says hey here at some point.

Thanks for sharing the comment, BC!

Paul has been doing a lot of heavy renaming of sounds, so keep an eye out if you re-download or re-sync, it may break any currently mapped stuff you have if you try to replace the files. He did fix a few things that didn't have pitches labeled on them or had wrong pitches, and I have a few fixes I'll be pushing myself too. The next version I send out should be pretty well on the way to consistency, although one of the timpani I think still has no pitch names/tuning, leaving it up to the user to figure them out. That will probably need to be sent off to be tuned and labeled properly by people with more experience and batch processing know-how than yours truly.

I have some stuff I am almost ready to add too- maybe this week if I have time. I hope to get in some sessions recording more basic instruments (guitars, saxes, etc.) later this month, again, time (and finances) permitting.


PS-
Just got my "vintage" melodica in... that classic "analog warmth", hehehe. Should be on the docket for sampling as soon as the natural combinations of low noise, proper time to not disturb neighbors, and general willpower align.

Could use some thoughts on the harmonicas. I did a few different types of vibrato (cheesy and probably horribly wrong 'breath' vibrato vs. cheesy and probably horribly wrong 'hand' vibrato) and also some different stuff about dynamics/attacks. Not sure what is worth doing and what isn't. Tried some of them myself and I really liked the hard attacks. Staccato didn't seem to work well to me, but maybe I just did it too short. Also considering using a different mic (I have a vintage Shure mic that is closer to what is popularly used on the instrument, which has less bass and less highs).

Any other general thoughts or suggestions (by anyone) on the overall direction, scope, and consistency (or lack thereof) of the set is most welcome. I'm taking a moment to reflect on how the project is proceeding and your input is always helpful here.