Jonathan Howe
Member
Hey there!
I recently started my first little sampling project and to keep things simple I started with a glockenspiel that I had lying around here for a while now.
It consists of 1 and a half octave and I have sampled 7 velocity layers for each note. Naturally it can play in the keys of C, G and F but I have stretched some samples to make it a little more versatile. I colored these red on the keyboard so you know when you are using stretched samples and can avoid them if you don't want to. Additionally I added a few sounds of dropping the mallet one octave below the playing range, making it 101 individual samples!
It also has a simple reverb on/off switch, a knob for the size of the reverb, a function that randomly detunes the keys and a simple 3-Band EQ.
The hardest parts for me were the scripting, especially making the reverb work as intended, and finding the low C bar which took at least an hour.
Last but not least I've thrown in a little pad-like patch derived from the samples but covering a bigger range on the keyboard.
Here are some screenshots of the interface:
https://imgur.com/2cOiFZL&UOzGMDg#1
https://imgur.com/2cOiFZL&UOzGMDg#0
I've also done two quick demos! The second one is a german folk song.
[flash width=450 height=130 loop=false]https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F7171576&secret_url=false[/flash]
You can download the Instrument here:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/czjxo ... el_1.1.rar
I'm sure most of you already have a dozen glockenspiels, but I'm hoping someone might find this useful! If not then the process has been a bunch of fun at least!
I'm open for anything you might want to criticize so I can improve these flaws in future instruments!
Thanks for checking it out!
Jonathan
Thanks to Lukas K, who was kind enough to fix my rookie mistakes, there is already a small little update! You can download the new patch here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tu7375ddlqybp ... el_1.1.nki
but I'll also add it to the .rar file. Thanks, Lukas!
I recently started my first little sampling project and to keep things simple I started with a glockenspiel that I had lying around here for a while now.
It consists of 1 and a half octave and I have sampled 7 velocity layers for each note. Naturally it can play in the keys of C, G and F but I have stretched some samples to make it a little more versatile. I colored these red on the keyboard so you know when you are using stretched samples and can avoid them if you don't want to. Additionally I added a few sounds of dropping the mallet one octave below the playing range, making it 101 individual samples!
It also has a simple reverb on/off switch, a knob for the size of the reverb, a function that randomly detunes the keys and a simple 3-Band EQ.
The hardest parts for me were the scripting, especially making the reverb work as intended, and finding the low C bar which took at least an hour.
Last but not least I've thrown in a little pad-like patch derived from the samples but covering a bigger range on the keyboard.
Here are some screenshots of the interface:
https://imgur.com/2cOiFZL&UOzGMDg#1
https://imgur.com/2cOiFZL&UOzGMDg#0
I've also done two quick demos! The second one is a german folk song.
[flash width=450 height=130 loop=false]https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F7171576&secret_url=false[/flash]
You can download the Instrument here:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/czjxo ... el_1.1.rar
I'm sure most of you already have a dozen glockenspiels, but I'm hoping someone might find this useful! If not then the process has been a bunch of fun at least!
I'm open for anything you might want to criticize so I can improve these flaws in future instruments!
Thanks for checking it out!
Jonathan
Thanks to Lukas K, who was kind enough to fix my rookie mistakes, there is already a small little update! You can download the new patch here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tu7375ddlqybp ... el_1.1.nki
but I'll also add it to the .rar file. Thanks, Lukas!