Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!unc!gibson From: gibson@unc.UUCP (Bill Gibson) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: midi setup (orchestral) Message-ID: <493@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 12:05:54 EST Article-I.D.: unc.493 Posted: Sat Nov 2 12:05:54 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:39:31 EST References: <1145@decwrl.UUCP> <440@unc.unc.UUCP> <967@gitpyr.UUCP> Reply-To: gibson@unc.UUCP (Bill Gibson) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 23 Summary: In article <967@gitpyr.UUCP> tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) writes: >> But Real >>Orchestra Music is very complex (in terms of slightly shifting frequencies, >>harmonic content, and tempo variation) and "good" simulations probably would >>require hours on large mainframes. I think this is done at the research center >>in Paris. > >Take a listen to Walter (sorry Wendy) Carlos's Digital Moonscapes. It's >recorded entirely on the DK SYNERGY and GDS synthesizers. It's about as >orchestra like as I've heard and the SYNERGY is basically just a Z80 + a >custom 16bit waveform processor. Also, the price falls far short of what >I'd call 'mainframe' prices: ~$5-6000. I haven't heard Digital Moonscapes yet, but I have read reviews which say it sounds very orchestral. Agreed, the IC hardware cost may fall short of mainframe prices; however, from the (June?) interview with Wendy Carlos in Keyboard magazine, it sounds as if *lots* of human-brain processing time was spent getting those sounds. Perhaps the work done on the album will generate hardware or software for the rest of us to use in getting "natural"- type sounds. Bill Gibson gibson@unc ...[akgua,decvax,philabs]!mcnc!unc!gibson