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Stylophone effects. Childish, I know :P

  • 02-09-2008 5:48pm
    #1
    TPD
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    Bit of an unusual request, but does anyone know of any computer programs which would take the beeps from a stylophone and turn them into a similar-pitched piano or guitar sound?

    I'm not worried about recording the noise or anything, but I just thought it would be good craic and not impossible to do.


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  • #2
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    I guess you could probably modify one to make it work with Midi but that would be a pain in the arse.


  • #3
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    TPD wrote: »
    Bit of an unusual request, but does anyone know of any computer programs which would take the beeps from a stylophone and turn them into a similar-pitched piano or guitar sound?

    There's software that can recognise pitch and generate MIDI from it, which you could then use to control a piano or guitar sample set. A stylophone produces pretty simple waveforms so I imagine it would be quite effective, though I don't know the whole thing could be done in realtime. And I can't remember the names of any of the software, so you'll have to go googling. :pac:


  • #4
    Quattroste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Check out MetaSynth 4. You can get a demo version for Mac but not sure if there is a PC version. I'd be surprised if there wasn't. You can make your own sounds with it and as Eoin has said the stylophone had a very simple sound which I am sure you could generate by just messing about.


  • #5
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    Think the OP is basically trying to use a stylophone as a MIDI controller. :)


  • #6
    Quattroste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Ah yes, re read and understood now. Seems rather strange but there ya go!


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  • #7
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    Eoin Madsen wrote: »
    Think the OP is basically trying to use a stylophone as a MIDI controller. :)

    I think so too :P

    The main thing would be that it would work in realtime, but would that depend on the speed of my computer?

    I'll go a-googling for it anyway.

    Edit: Found one that can change a recorded file, but thats not much use.


  • #8
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    This device does what you want for a guitar: http://www.thomann.de/ie/terratec_axon_ax_50_usb.htm
    I'd start my search there and see if you can find one that will work for a pad instrument like the stylophone.

    I would not be terribly optimistic about getting a computer to do it reliably in realtime. Even if you can get the MIDI generation to a few milliseconds, a sample set will just add more time to it.


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