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Re: OT: MIDI guitar (a looping source!)
I'm in the camp that most synthesis should sound synthetic. I've toyed
with a few patches that mimic real instruments, and I always feel
disappointed. When I hear other people doing it, I'm similarly
disappointed, even when they're John McLaughlin.
I remember a quote from Rick Walker where he says, "I love drum machines, I
just want them to sound like appliances." I know what he means.
On the other hand, you can make some pretty weird sounds by doing a lot of
bending with a piano patch. Imagine a piano with a whammy bar. Now that
would take some muscle to operate.
Mark Sottilaro.
ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote:
> at best they can sound *like* other instruments tonal
> textures (in a pinch) but seem to inhibit the ability to play those
> instruments with the same *feel* as the originals for the most
> part.