Re: [microsound] tamboura patches/programs

[ニコラス・ケント <ndkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I know you mentioned reaktor (which I know nothing about) but this  
> seems
> like something someone in pd land would have taken on-
>
> if you do have to buy a shruti box, I have the raagini pro and it  
> puts out
> probably the best sound for those that I found. I have used the  
> samples
> from mine in some granular patches I made in pd  and really liked the
> results
>
> this is a newer version than mine
> http://www.mastermusiconline.com/raagini-digital/electronic- 
> tanpura.html
>
> if you find a program or patch that generates the sound please let me
> know- I would be interested to know how it works

I've been interested in the topic too. I've yet to find someone  
actually *synthesizing* the sound. Everything I've seen is sample  
based - you know, either changing the sample rate of a real recording  
to get pitches or better using multiple recordings.

Along those lines this is somewhat interesting if you work with  
voltage control rather than digital control (and have money) - scroll  
down past the tabla

http://cyndustries.com/modules_tabla.cfm

What seems to be going on here is something like a shruti box being  
modified so it's playback engine is voltage controlled- now what it  
looks like is what at least this original hardware unit is doing is  
playing back several samples as layers (note the Sa, Ni, Pa, etc.) to  
produce a composite sound.  I've yet to hear of anyone actually  
owning one of these modified units. Though, based on the controls, it  
does seem to say that at least some of the stand alone digital boxes  
made in India seem to break up the sound into parts probably for  
control of the tempo and tone adjustment.

Here goes a commercial sample based vsti plugin (with a demo version)
http://www.swarsystems.com/SwarPlug/

I guess it really depends on what kind of control you want over the  
sound. Certainly it's easy enough to just play back a sample in  
reaktor. PD, what have you. Though it goes without saying there are  
ethical issues of where you get your sample(s) from. If you have the  
ability to pitch shift fairly well you can adjust the tempo and pitch  
separately from sample playback rate, something that would be an  
issue with just a generic sampler where the tempo would change with  
the pitch if it changes.

 Obviously a modeled rather than sampled instrument would be far  
more interesting but then again takes significantly more research and  
programming ability than say typical user made programs that  
(typically) do things like chop up and reassemble sounds or try to  
make half convincing analog synthesizer tones.

nicholas kent






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