Dorsetmike
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Picked up some "sound bytes" of a few instruments, so far have produced sets for Cornett (AKA Zink) and Shawm. They should play on GO, (I hope - I'll try that tomorrow)
I managed to extract usable notes from each and pitch shifted them to get a bit over the original range; as many of the instruments of that time came in various sizes I figured I could then cope with work written for say Soprano, Alto or Tenor instruments. I'm not too happy with the upper half octave or so of the Cornett, have I possibly overdone the pitch shifting? Both sets I started with a D Midi note 62, so the top end of the cornett set is shifted nearly 2 octaves!
I did it all the long winded way - with Audacity followed by Sample Looper, which I notice is no longer available for download. I would be glad of any comments on ways to improve. I use Audacity mainly because it's sort of "Point and Shoot" and hardly has a learning curve, more of a slight bend?
I've concentrated on wind instruments so far. Initially I will try out solo instruments with harpsichord on GO, then move on, adding more instruments.
Cornett, not to be confused with the modern cornet, and Shawm. Renaissance wind ensemble here we come.
I managed to extract usable notes from each and pitch shifted them to get a bit over the original range; as many of the instruments of that time came in various sizes I figured I could then cope with work written for say Soprano, Alto or Tenor instruments. I'm not too happy with the upper half octave or so of the Cornett, have I possibly overdone the pitch shifting? Both sets I started with a D Midi note 62, so the top end of the cornett set is shifted nearly 2 octaves!
I did it all the long winded way - with Audacity followed by Sample Looper, which I notice is no longer available for download. I would be glad of any comments on ways to improve. I use Audacity mainly because it's sort of "Point and Shoot" and hardly has a learning curve, more of a slight bend?
I've concentrated on wind instruments so far. Initially I will try out solo instruments with harpsichord on GO, then move on, adding more instruments.
Cornett, not to be confused with the modern cornet, and Shawm. Renaissance wind ensemble here we come.