[Freepats] Pipe organ synthesizer

[Mark Constable]

On Saturday 29 July 2006 02:24, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:
> http://users.skynet.be/solaris/linuxaudio/aeolus.html
> 
> Aeolus is a "synthesised pipe organ emulator". It is the most accurate
> emulator I've seen (heard) for this instrument. The sound is even
> better than most sound banks recorded from real pipe organs I've
> heard! I think it is because pipe organs are complex instruments to
> sample accurately. They are big, usually placed on difficult
> locations, optimal place for the mics is very difficult to archive,
> and the sound can be greatly modified by using different "stops".

Well done. Good find. 

> We could render some samples at any rate (192Khz). Of course, it is
> still much more convenient to use Aeolus directly in order to make
> better sounds and to be able to change stops, but recording some
> samples with fixed stops can be useful for the new high quality GM
> collection we are trying to get.

The absolute ideal would be 24bit / 192khtz multiple samples per
instrument of at least 6 seconds duration as the master samples.

> What do you think?

Well this could take care of 5 voices and maybe even the other 3
below, perhaps. It could be the start of the high quality master
sample set and generating more rendered synth samples could be
a good path to follow for maybe 25% of the complete GM/GS set.

17.     Drawbar Organ
18.     Percussive Organ
19.     Rock Organ
20.     Church Organ
21.     Reed Organ

22.     Accordion
23.     Harmonica
24.     Tango Accordion

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FWIW there might be some guidelines for providng a lower-fi
GM soundfont here...

 http://www.midi.org/about-midi/xmf/

My RAZR phone supports MIDI and XMF, apparently, so MIDI +
embedded samples is not totally obscure... ie; some PDA/phone
manufacturers could be interested in a lo-fi GM soundfont (but
rendered from top quality master samples). Perhaps one way to
get some assistance with the overall freepats project goal.

--markc