On 01/02/2018 01:22 PM, Tom M. wrote:
Concerning the balance control, I'm wondering whether to implement it as a new
non-standard generator or rather as a stand-alone control. Any preferences?
I think the cleanest and least hacky implementation would be to use the modulator
functionality by introducing some non-standard "GEN_CUSTOM_BALANCE" generator.
Do we need a default CC8 to GEN_CUSTOM_BALANCE modulator with an optional setting to
switch this custom def. mod. off? Or should we solely rely on
fluid_synth_add_default_mod()?
Tom
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Tom:
Using the Modulation control with the FluidR3_GM soundfont, causes a
distorted sound for melodic instruments with vibrato. The creator of the
FluidR3_GM soundfont, went with the idea that a sampled vibrato is
better than what you get using the modulation control, so if you use
modulation with it, you get a distorted sound.
I originally tried using the modulation wheel to control the relative
loudness of the foreground and background voices, as some other VST
instruments do, but it also distorted the sound (because of the above),
so I used the Balance control, which had no discernible side-effects.
Regardless, you can do whatever makes sense to you. I am just
indicating there are users taking advantage of the way things currently
work, and changes may 'break' things that are working now.
Keep in mind, that you can do a lot with a MIDI router (such as
qmidiroute), as I have already done. Maybe some of these things are
best done with a MIDI router, rather than in the synthesizer.
If you would like to look at my article explaining how to implement
layered (composite) voices, using Qsynth, qmidiroute, and the
KeyMusician Keyboard, you can read it at:
https://member.keymusician.com/Newsletter/CV-Balance/index.html
- Aere
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Aere
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