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Last week, working on a short film project, I played around with Falcon. I should say, I really love how Falcon lets you shape sound with samples. This is going to be my workhorse for anything with samples. Here is a simple patch custom made for the film. I used Pianoteq to create the sample.

Edit: Removing the patch since it is risky to use a Pianoteq sample..
 

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R. Naroth said:
Last week, working on a short film project, I played around with Falcon. I should say, I really love how Falcon lets you shape sound with samples. This is going to be my workhorse for anything with samples. Here is a simple patch custom made for the film. I used Pianoteq to create the sample.
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That's fantastic! I'm so glad you are getting such great results.

Do check the Eula for Pianoteq, though. Some specialist physical modeling synths are limited the way samples are. So, you may not be able to share a sample of even a patch you designed. (This is true of Swam and Expressive E's strings, though neither has the creative powers of Pianoteq.)
 
Bee_Abney said:
That's fantastic! I'm so glad you are getting such great results.

Do check the Eula for Pianoteq, though. Some specialist physical modeling synths are limited the way samples are. So, you may not be able to share a sample of even a patch you designed. (This is true of Swam and Expressive E's strings, though neither has the creative powers of Pianoteq.)
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Thanks @Bee_Abney. From a quick search on KVR, looks like it is a risk. I have removed the patch. :-(
 
Since this seems to have become Falcon February, here's a little multi using CC0 samples. The choir has keyswitching for different vowels. The synth samples play at higher velocities.

 

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These patchs and multi use the Public Domain Cello section samples that Versillian Studios links to at Github. The Multi has key switching between the two patches - sustain C-2 and Tremolo C#-2. You could move those of course.

I have a vintage amp and two styles of delay (chorus and more obvious stereo delay) and an Expression (gain) knob - all of these can be turned on or off, and the return of the delays can be adjusted (louder or quieter relative to the main sound). For me that last was mapped to the Mod Wheel. That may not come through at your end.

For some reason I had trouble (as I have before) keeping the image in the Info window. But I've included the sample I used (from Pixabay, CC0).

As ever, with samples I can't just attach them here, so I have used Google Drive. You do not have to have a Google account to download from this link.



This is an indication of what it sounds like.
 

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Note, you do not need a Google account to download from the link to my Google Drive. As far as I can tell, my computer and the files are all free of viruses or any corruption; but you download and use these at your own risk.

Here are five multis for Falcon 2.8. Together they comprise a sampling of a Wurlitzer 216 Theater Organ. The samples are available for free use without named restrictions, and so I have treated them as public domain. Full details are included in the download; at any rate, if you go to the link provided in the download, you could download them yourself, make your own instruments, and use them howsoever you wish. So, if you have Falcon, you might as well use my multis as a starting point.

Basically, select Programs in the Multis as if you were selecting those instrument groups using the organ switches. Use the modwheel for tremolo (that functionality doesn't always come through, so you may need to set that up yourself).

I might consider making a Kontakt version if there is demand; but Falcon multis work better for how I wanted to set this up myself. Particularly as I could convert the sound font bank into multiple SFZ instruments which I could then load as Programs into Falcon.
 
This is just a quick experiment. I thought I'd share it here as it includes samples; I created them and they are now public domain, CC0. Two samples of the same sound and pitch, one longer one shorter. It's C2 32 bit floating point 98kHz prior to importing into Falcon. The sample folder includes unprocessed and processed versions - the processed ones are used in the Falcon patch.

Use them if and as you will! Likewise the Falcon patch; though that probably doesn't have a lot of applications unaltered!

The demo varies a bit in volume as I adjusted the mix of distortion with the modwheel. It's probably best not to do that mid playing! Warning: it's come out quite loud.


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Bee_Abney said:
This is just a quick experiment. I thought I'd share it here as it includes samples; I created them and they are now public domain, CC0. Two samples of the same sound and pitch, one longer one shorter. It's C2 32 bit floating point 98kHz prior to importing into Falcon. The sample folder includes unprocessed and processed versions - the processed ones are used in the Falcon patch.

Use them if and as you will! Likewise the Falcon patch; though that probably doesn't have a lot of applications unaltered!

The demo varies a bit in volume as I adjusted the mix of distortion with the modwheel. It's probably best not to do that mid playing! Warning: it's come out quite loud.


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Looking forward to reading your self-destructing auto biography.
 
View attachment Patch Demo Big Bass and Taiga Sweep.mp3

Here are a couple of very basic patches which I'm sharing to give you the samples - which are henceforth CC0.

Big Bass has just one sample and seems to work well that way. The sample was made with Analogue Solutions Treadstone combined with Pittsburgh Modular Taiga, plus a tube preamp (actually just a guitar pedal with a tube).

Taiga Sweep has four samples - C2, C3, C4 and C5. All samples from Taiga plus the tube preamp.

I have not used time stretching. To my ears, using regular slowing down for long notes works pretty well for a lot of synth sounds.

You can get absolute monster sounds with the Big Bass sample; I've made one in TAL Sampler, but this Falcon one is a little tamer if still a little lively at some times.

The philosophy here is to make simple patches that don't smooth off all of the edges of the original samples, so that you still get some analogue roughness. You, of course, can do what you like with the samples.



(Re-uploaded to fix a tuning error on Taiga Sweep.)
 
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