[microsound] Re: tamboura patches/programs

[greg g <time4cookies@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey-- regressing back to the tamboura thread i started.  sorry, been pretty 
busy, didn't get around to writing a response.

thanks for the replies.  for the reply that discussed the raagini box, yeah, 
i agree, this box is really pretty much exactly what i'm talking 
about--except, since it's digital, i was just hoping to track down something 
of equivalent quality and specs, but run from the laptop (and, preferably, 
free, and also as a reaktor ensemble if possible).  synthesizing it would 
not be necessary, although it brings up a very interesting theoretical 
discussion about how one might go about synthesizing such a sound, because 
it's a very complex timbre.... but not really what i'm looking for for my 
purposes, since i don't have the time or skills to figure out how to 
synthesize a tamboura.  i do see these cyndustries modules, but that's 
another pointless area for me, but for the price, that's not a practical 
solution, since i'm just looking to save money instead of buying a raagini.  
control voltage isn't really exciting me for tamboura sounds, it wouldn't 
really serve my purpose to be able to modulate it or anything, and digital 
is fine (and $700 cheaper).

anyway, let me make another approach on the problem: can anyone recommend a 
reaktor ensemble with some useful pitch controls that will cleanly loop a 
tamboura sample well?  i have a pretty large library of downloaded 
ensembles, and i could probably find one to do the job with some effort, but 
time doesn't permit it as of yet.  if i do find a good ensemble for tamboura 
samples, i'll send it out.

but anyway, back to the timbre thing, with the raagini, you can't help but 
think the palette of sounds is sort of limited, with just the couple of 
knobs, and you'd wonder if it wouldn't get boring after a couple tracks, 
especially for the price, and what i'd be using it for, which isn't 
practicing my sitar or anything, just actual electronic experimental music 
that demands fresh and evolving banks of coming up with sounds rather than 
recycling samples.  with the raagini, the only reason i'm a big fan, is 
because a friend used it with a bunch of effects pedals after it in the 
signal chain, which really took it to another dimension.  without that, it's 
really not a very useful instrument on its own unless you're a sitar student 
or something, and even then, you would probably never make a serious 
recording with it.

anyway, thanks again for the replies.  cheers

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