Subject: Re: String sounds From: Carlos Vaquero <vaquerocarlos@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:26:38 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--20cf30363f8d1b5acc04ce704b85 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Maybe you want to consider: http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html or : http://www.freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/ Best, Carlos On 13 November 2012 16:38, Dan Stowell <dan.stowell@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think RWC has the semitone coverage you're after: > <http://staff.aist.go.jp/m.**goto/RWC-MDB/rwc-mdb-i.html<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.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/people/dans.htm> > http://www.mcld.co.uk/ > --20cf30363f8d1b5acc04ce704b85 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maybe you want to consider:<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://theremin.m= usic.uiowa.edu/MIS.html">http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html</a></div>= <div><br></div><div>or=A0:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.f= reesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/">http://www.freesound.org/people/= Carlos_Vaquero/packs/</a></div> <div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Carlos</div><div><br></d= iv><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 13 November 2012 16:38, Dan S= towell <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dan.stowell@xxxxxxxx"= target=3D"_blank">dan.stowell@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think RWC has the semitone coverage you= 9;re after:<br> <<a href=3D"http://staff.aist.go.jp/m.goto/RWC-MDB/rwc-mdb-i.html" targe= t=3D"_blank">http://staff.aist.go.jp/m.<u></u>goto/RWC-MDB/rwc-mdb-i.html</= a>><br> <br> Dan<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> <br> On 12/11/12 20:02, Christian Kaernbach wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hello,<br> <br> For a consonance / dissonance study I plan to use string sounds from<br> which I could build up chords. I want to do the programming in Matlab. I<br= > want to use string sounds (instead of piano) because they allow for<br> longer durations, and because they feature a nice and undistorted<br> spectrum of overtones (piano overtones are rather distorted). I need to<br> find a free database of violin etc. sounds of several seconds for all<br> pitches (best would be: all semitones). I would do the interpolating in<br> order to get intermediate pitches in Matlab. If sounds are longer than<br> needed I would fade them out as I need it.<br> <br> Is there any freely available database of string sounds?<br> <br> Thanks for your help,<br> Chris<br> ----<br> Christian Kaernbach<br> Kiel University<br> </blockquote> <br></div></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> -- <br> Dan Stowell<br> Postdoctoral Research Assistant<br> Centre for Digital Music<br> Queen Mary, University of London<br> Mile End Road, London E1 4NS<br> <a href=3D"http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/people/dans.htm" target= =3D"_blank">http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/<u></u>digitalmusic/people/dans.htm<= /a><br> <a href=3D"http://www.mcld.co.uk/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.mcld.co.uk/= </a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --20cf30363f8d1b5acc04ce704b85--