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Hi, this is Dave from Sonic Reality (SR is a sound development company that has sampled instruments for many of the major hardware and software keyboard and virtual instrument makers).

I finally got an Alpha and I'm still wrapping my head around it and dealing with a few technical issues with a finicky instrument cable and such. But once I have it dialed in I plan on developing some sample-based sounds to respond to it in interesting ways. I am doing this mostly for myself as a performing musician and for fun experimentation. I'm willing to share (or trade) some of these sample creations being done on sample platforms such as Alchemy or SampleTank if you're interested.

A few experiments on my list are guitars and basses sampled chromatically per string. (Especially tap instruments like the Chapman Stick). Those will be nice in SampleTank because of the built-in effects as well (although even better through AmpliTube). Then, the other thing I may do in both SampleTank and Alchemy are human voice instruments. I own the original Miroslav Vitous orchestral and choir archives which have even more articulations than the original library so I may experiment with orchestral performance instruments in either SampleTank and/or Alchemy. Lastly, some exotic world instruments and experimental acoustic/electric stuff. Could take awhile though but if you're particularly interested in any of the above or want to request something I'd be curious to know. Again, I intend to share some of these proprietary Eigenharp-related creations with the community.

Thanks

Dave (aka Squids)

Thanks Geert! You guys have been great and I think John is a genius. I'm really excited about making the most expressive instrument samples to respond to the Eigenharp. I might also use Kontakt which has some interesting features such as AET (a morphing feature) and of course Alchemy has some interesting possibilities there too. It's going to be fun! Looking forward to a new instrument cable. I got the current one to kind of sort of work but it's not reliable enough to trust. I should probably buy an extra instrument cable just in case because I plan on taking this out on the road later this year. I co-produce and play in a band with Simon Collins (Phil Collins' son) and I also played on Steven Wilson's upcoming solo album and while I didn't use the Eigenharp Alpha on either album I may put something together for live performances. Just need to make sure I have a fully reliable live set up is all... so I'm sure I'll have my share of questions to the community too! I want to master it for my musical needs. But I also want to share and contribute to the community in support of these brilliant instruments. Could be interesting!

Thanks Geert and Neil!

Looking forward to what you come up with.

I think it makes sense to leave the vibrato out if the sounds are able to respond to each key individually especially. Sounds much more realistic with player controlling the per note vibrato.

That said, you can do other things with the channel and poly pressure, and especially yaw, like for example choosing a different timbre of sample depending on pressure and yaw. This seems to work well when playing and can offer some amazing range of expression IMO.

Basically this is human controlled vibrato. Reresonation of strings via poly pressure, yaw controlling timbre.

http://www.vimeo.com/24053655

Working with a trombone sound now and the yaw moves through Timbres which I find effective.

Thx Cheers

A convincing electric guitar sample designed from the ground up for the Eigenharp would be utterly fantastic. I have Komplete 7 and Orange Tree samples and, to my ears, I haven't been too pleased with any of the guitar sounds thus far .. perhaps I have not dialed it in properly yet but I am yearning for an eigen-guitar that is on par with the factory piano, cello and clarinet.