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--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth Elhardt" <elhardt@...> wrote:
>> 
> Actually below is a demo I did where you can hear the difference 
between
> different generic string filter imitations (similar to the Moog) done 
by
> placing bandpass filters in various spacings and patterns followed by 
a
> couple of demos where I started to modifiy one of them to match a real
> violin.  I'm still not finished with the violin ones, but the 
confined boxy
> sound is gone when you start to randomonize the freqs and amplitudes 
of the
> bands to more closely match a real instrument.
> 

Fantastic!  This demo illustrates wonderfully the usefulness of the 
sort of filtering I had suggested.  The first sound is immediately 
identifiable as an analog synth-type sound.  The others sound great.  I 
think they sound a lot like real strings, but they could just as easily 
have sounded like something else, I imagine.  I'd think that a tool 
that makes this easier would be useful.

The functionality that Ken mentioned re: analysis of 
incoming "benchmark" signal and automatic EQ generation would be 
wonderful - and similar to a few plug-ins available such as Steinberg's 
old FreeFilter, etc.

In the interest of providing another example, I've uploaded a tiny demo 
of the "brass" sound I had put together (Imitative Horn Demo in the 
Files section of the Group).  The demo is set up as follows:

Hi Analog Imitative Brass notes
Hi Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes

Midrange Analog Imitative Brass notes
Midrange Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes

Lo Analog Imitative Brass notes
Lo Actual Kontakt Sampled Brass notes

Obviously, you can tell the difference between the imitation and the 
real sound, but of course that's not the point.  The point is that a 
carefully filtered can sound good in and of itself (to some people) and 
is less recognizable as just another analog synth sound.