In addition to ongoing work on my many sample sets, I am currently putting together a guide as titled above.
Covering both wet and dry samples and their advantages and disadvantages, the guide seeks to point out some of the difficulties and techniques used. It does not attempt to delve into microphone techniques or the creation of HW CODM or ODF files as such since these are more than adequately covered elsewhere on the net or in the HW guides. Likewise it does not give instructions as to how to use any particular editing software as such but it does point out some overall guidelines which can achieve better results.
What it does provide is useful advice on how to avoid or get over some of the most frustrating problems that occur when trying to sample and prepare pipe organ samples for Hauptwerk etc.
Based on nearly 25 years experience of getting it wrong (or nearly right) then having to go back and do it all over again before I found the right answer or modus operandi, it could save many a considerable amount of wasted time, money and effort and might encourage more to get involved in this side of things.
Often as not, a good sample "grab" ends up being a waste of time and money because of either a lack of experience or knowledge. Sometimes there are no easy answers but often there are "work around's" to a many particular problems.
It won't be free (I have to pay my bills as well), but it won't be expensive.
Please show any interest either by email to me or as a reply here.
Perhaps someone who is a whizz at photography, graphics and so on might consider doing something similar for that field.
Covering both wet and dry samples and their advantages and disadvantages, the guide seeks to point out some of the difficulties and techniques used. It does not attempt to delve into microphone techniques or the creation of HW CODM or ODF files as such since these are more than adequately covered elsewhere on the net or in the HW guides. Likewise it does not give instructions as to how to use any particular editing software as such but it does point out some overall guidelines which can achieve better results.
What it does provide is useful advice on how to avoid or get over some of the most frustrating problems that occur when trying to sample and prepare pipe organ samples for Hauptwerk etc.
Based on nearly 25 years experience of getting it wrong (or nearly right) then having to go back and do it all over again before I found the right answer or modus operandi, it could save many a considerable amount of wasted time, money and effort and might encourage more to get involved in this side of things.
Often as not, a good sample "grab" ends up being a waste of time and money because of either a lack of experience or knowledge. Sometimes there are no easy answers but often there are "work around's" to a many particular problems.
It won't be free (I have to pay my bills as well), but it won't be expensive.
Please show any interest either by email to me or as a reply here.
Perhaps someone who is a whizz at photography, graphics and so on might consider doing something similar for that field.