Subject: Re: String sounds From: Dan Stowell <dan.stowell@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:38:16 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>I think RWC has the semitone coverage you're after: <http://staff.aist.go.jp/m.goto/RWC-MDB/rwc-mdb-i.html> Dan On 12/11/12 20:02, Christian Kaernbach wrote: > Hello, > > For a consonance / dissonance study I plan to use string sounds from > which I could build up chords. I want to do the programming in Matlab. I > want to use string sounds (instead of piano) because they allow for > longer durations, and because they feature a nice and undistorted > spectrum of overtones (piano overtones are rather distorted). I need to > find a free database of violin etc. sounds of several seconds for all > pitches (best would be: all semitones). I would do the interpolating in > order to get intermediate pitches in Matlab. If sounds are longer than > needed I would fade them out as I need it. > > Is there any freely available database of string sounds? > > Thanks for your help, > Chris > ---- > Christian Kaernbach > Kiel University -- Dan Stowell Postdoctoral Research Assistant Centre for Digital Music Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/people/dans.htm http://www.mcld.co.uk/