PDCON:Porcelain carillon: Difference between revisions

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The carillon installed in the tower of the city hall has 35 bells made from Meissen porcelain, the lowest note being an a and the highest note g2. The bells are driven by solenoids with plasic tips, there is no velocity dynamic possible. For playing and composing with the original sound of the Weimar porcelain bells just download and unzip the soundfont.
In Linux use FluidSynth, in OS X you can put it in ~/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks and use it with SimpleSynth.

Downloads

Media:PorcelainCarillon Soundfont.zip Download the Weimar carillon as Soundfont
Media:PorcelainCarillon PureDataPatch.zip Download the Weimar carillon as pd-patch

Links

Radio Campanile
Bertuch Verlag Weimar
Turmuhrenbau Ferner
Soundfont Tutorial how to import and use soundfonts in GarageBand
Recommended OS X Apps

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-The carillon installed in the tower of the city hall has 35 bells made from [[wikipedia:Meissen porcelain|Meissen porcelain]], the lowest note being an A and the highest note g1. For playing and composing with the original sound of the Weimar porcelain bells just download and unzip the soundfont.<br />
+The carillon installed in the tower of the city hall has 35 bells made from [[wikipedia:Meissen porcelain|Meissen porcelain]], the lowest note being an a and the highest note g2. The bells are driven by solenoids with plasic tips, there is no velocity dynamic possible. For playing and composing with the original sound of the Weimar porcelain bells just download and unzip the soundfont.<br />
 In Linux use [http://www.fluidsynth.org FluidSynth], in OS X you can put it in ~/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks and use it with SimpleSynth.