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From: Danny Wilson
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 10:25:15 -0700
Subject: Midi Harp

>From: Michael Will
>Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 18:19:58 -0700
>Subject: Re: Antw: RE: MIDI Harmonica



>>dijk~orldaccess.nl wrote:

>> The MIDI harmonica I have in mind, does not make any sound at all.
>>
>> It will be a great tool to learn more about tuning systems.
>>
>> I hope this dream is realisable.

>But will it sound like a harmonica? I have doubts. I suppose one could
>sample lots of harmonica sounds at many different volumes and customize
>an algorithm to simulate it. A great deal of work has been done to
>synthesize piano sound, with remarkably good results I'd say, but the
>initial research and development effort had to have been very
>substantial.

>Synthesized harmonica sounds that I have heard I have not considered to
>be acceptable. Yet. I hope this will change soon.

>Mic'l

Mic'l -

If I understand Wim's letter correctly, he is not interested in sampling
or synthesizing the harmonica sound - I don't believe that will ever be
possible to any great success, due to the personal nature of the
instrument. But rather he is interested in a midi instrument to use as a
tool for exploration of various tuning possibilities, and what better
tool than an actual harmonica midi? I applaud his thinking and efforts in
this direction. Neither the Millioniser 2000 nor the ECH make any claims
to having accurate synthesized harmonica, but rather are typical midi
systems that just happen to be designed to be used and played as you
would a harmonica, rather than keyboard or guitar, for instance. Both
are velocity, or breath sensitive, and have extremely wide range of sound
capability.
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