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  • Studiowaves
    Studiowaves Member Posts: 735 Pro
    edited March 18

    Ah,finally get a decent sympathetic resonance patch. It's called Default Res under the sympathetic res category. I followed it with a room resonator but it's not too bad by itself. I use an 88 key Fatar weighted action keyboard myself. This patch is pretty close to a real piano but you need to blend it your sampled piano just enough to fill in the tones after pressing the sustain pedal. A demo and the ensemble. The resonance is a bit too loud here for demo reasons. Note that version 3-17-2025 isn't completed yet but works on this patch.

    Sampled piano + FM12.zip
    FM12 Rev 3-17-2025.ens
  • Studiowaves
    Studiowaves Member Posts: 735 Pro
    edited April 7

    The new filters are here. The number .23 is the amount of shelving for each of the filters. The number 2 is selecting which filter to use. The number 24 is saying the cutoff frequency if 24 semitones or 2 octaves above fundamental. The fundamental is actually the frequency of the X or second harmonic of the operator. If .23 is set to 0 then no high frequency tones above the filter cutoff are present. If set to 1 the highs are almost all of the way up. If the number 2 is set to 0 then no filter exists. At 1 is a 1st order lpf. at 2 is a 2nd order or 2pole filter and at 3 its a 4th order filter. Note that many patches were not saved with the new filters yet. So most wont sound right unless you set the number 2 to number 0. Note that the bottom set of number are master settings and will adjust all operator filters at one time. This is a convenience and works pretty good for setting the overall brightness of the instrument. I added these filters because FM has no filters and sometimes the low end can seem fine but it's too bright in the high end. So these filters can get you there with your patch. Definitely a must IMO.

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  • Studiowaves
    Studiowaves Member Posts: 735 Pro

    Had some fun using the mod wheel to control the shelving filter and the FM strength. Everything gets brighter. I chose the 4th order filter and set the cutoff at 12. Pretty much sounds like simple subtractive syntheses. Got some decent horns going.

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