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David.B
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Quote: Originally posted by Benjamin  | Thanks Greg. Indeed it's better to play along with a real human, but I don't know any percussionist. I'll try to find some of theses cd's, but if
somebody has some loops rythms audio files, I would be happy!
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Hello Benjamin,
I don't know if you still need these cd's...
http://br.taringa.net/posts/musica/5137/Megapost-de-musica-%C3%A1ra...
You can find many rhythms there 
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Adbulo, most of the software VST plug ins by Native Instruments allow you to create your own tunings. These are professional software-only
synthesizers and samplers you can play with your MIDI keyboard. If you can find Kontakt, or Absynth, these will do it. Kontakt uses a script that you
load, Absynth has the feature built-in. You can assign any note to any key. So, let's say you may want to offset the Eb to make it E1/2b, and in
cases where you need both, you can use a note that is not used, say C# to be E1/2b and leave Eb alone. You get the idea. It's not as specialized as
Mazzika, but you can use more sophisticated sounds. The point is that you are actually retuning the instrument, not bending notes, which has its own
problems. I use this 'trick" on my (physical) harpsichord too, just "steal" seldom-used notes to get the 1/4 tones I need, there aren't THAT many of
them.
As to a program that can host Darbuka and other VST plug-ins, there's Reaper that can be downloaded and tried out for free, and is a very complete
recording studio much like pro-tools.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Benjamin | As nobody answered my question, I simply repost it:
Does somebody simply has rythms he/she could post here to download as I didn't manage to use all of the free programs mentionned here
Thanks, Benjamin |
Benjamin, I posted a link in a previous thread that had a lot of Greek rhythms to play along with, but 'm sure there will be useful rhythms for most
of you:
http://www.playbouzouki.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=v...
I think the Karsilamas, Syrto (Kasap, Malfuf/Saudi), Tsifteteli (çifteteli, balady), Hasapiko (longa?) and Zembekiko (Zeybek) are pretty universal...
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Thank you guys I went to the sites and there was some good stuff
Benjamin
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| Quote: Originally posted by fernandraynaud |
As to a program that can host Darbuka and other VST plug-ins, there's Reaper that can be downloaded and tried out for free, and is a very complete
recording studio much like pro-tools. |
I'm currently trying out the newest version of Reaper on an old notebook only with onboard soundcard and I'm able to create my own rhythm CDs in HiFi quality even with free virtual instruments
(VSTi).
Currentyl I'm experimenting with virtual tablas which you can download for free HERE besides several other high quality VSTi's.
Reaper is absolutely great for that low price ... nearly as powerful as Cubase from Steinberg.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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fernandraynaud
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Very important is to get the ASIO4ALL driver (free) that shortens delay on MIDI-Sound, EVEN on the cheapest built-in sound. So for instance you can
play with drum pads or a keyboard. Without such a driver the delay is too long to be able to play in time, say 200 mS. There are wonderful cheap
desktop MIDI pads these days.
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Aymara
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This driver doesn't work with all soundcards, as in my case, though it was originally written for my soundchip (Realtek AC97).
But I got used to the latency ... it's only a problem when recording MIDI or playing many critical VSTIs ... some require a lot of ressources
(processor and/or RAM).
But hey ... a good USB soundcard that has it's own ASIO drivers isn't that expensive nowadays.
And we should mention, that they have a great forum, where all this is discussed too.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Aymara
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Good Morning!
What? This is the cheapest DAW you can get! You must have missed the private license.
Reaper is shareware without any restrictions (full functionality) and if you are a honest user you will pay 60$ for private use after 30 days of
testing. Only the license for commercial use will cost you 225$.
C.O.C.K.O.S seem to play a similar game as Microsoft, because they caunt in piracy to make the software more popular, because Reaper won't loose any
functionality after the testing period.
So this software is perfect for starters, even students with a very small budget. Remember what you pay for a computer game and pay the small fee of
60$, when you're happy with this software.
You have nothing to loose, just download less then 5 MB ... yes MB, not GB ... and search for free virtual instruments and you have a virtual studio
(including EQ, reverb, gate, etc.) at home for professional recording, if you have a good microphone, including a virtual band. You can even master
your own CD. Only a CD burning software is missing.
And the best is ... it even runs smoothly under Linux in Wine  ... if you don't
like Windows or just prefer a powerful free OS like Ubuntu.
PS: Welcome to the forum!
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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There are lots of ways to approach this but at the core you are playing the soundcard with MIDI notes, that have no provision for 1/4 tones, just
standard ET. You can use a custom program, or one of two tricks. Trick one is bend the notes partway. The other is reprogram the sound generator to
produce different notes than ET.
Trick 1 has a problem: you bend everything on that MIDI channel, if you are playing C and Eb and want to bend only Eb to E 1/2 b , you can only do it
if they are being controlled on different channels.
Trick 2 requires a customized sound generator.
If you are using VST plugins as sound sources in Reaper, with a low delay driver like ASIO4ALL, you just need a VST that can respond on multiple MIDI
channels at the same time, and then you can bend the desired note on a given channel with a pitch bend message, and leave the other channels
untouched.
Or you can use a VST like Absynth or FM8 or Kontakt that have provisions for retuning individual notes (trick #2), and when you play an Eb it will
sound an Eb sharped 50 cents.
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