«Epic Sax Guy (cheap version)» by rukano
on 09 May'12 00:17 inAgain, just an exercise to get this tune out of my head. I was actually trying out the Stk plugins, but the sax there is quite cheesy. Not it's replaced by a cheap pseudo trumpet.
Epic Sax Guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHy7DGLTt8g
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( //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // EPIC SAX GUY SynthDefs // http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHy7DGLTt8g // Not yet there... but hearable // sounds more like a trumpet/horn after the failure and cheesyness of the stk sax SynthDef(\sax, { |out, freq=440, amp=0.1, gate=1| var num = 16; var harms = Array.series(num, 1, 1) * Array.exprand(num, 0.995, 1.001); var snd = SinOsc.ar(freq * SinOsc.kr(Rand(2.0,5.0),0,Rand(0.001, 0.01),1) * harms, mul:Array.geom(num, 1, 0.63)); snd = Splay.ar(snd); snd = BBandPass.ar(snd, freq * XLine.kr(0.1,4,0.01), 2); snd = snd * amp * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(0.001, 0.2, 0.7, 0.2), gate, doneAction:2); Out.ar(out, snd!2); }).add; // should be more like a gated synth, but this one gives the rhythmic element // remember to pass the bps from the language tempo! SynthDef(\lead, { |out, freq=440, amp=0.1, gate=1, bps=2| var snd; var seq = Demand.kr(Impulse.kr(bps*4), 0, Dseq(freq*[1,3,2], inf)).lag(0.01); snd = LFSaw.ar(freq*{rrand(0.995, 1.005)}!4); snd = Splay.ar(snd); snd = MoogFF.ar(snd, seq, 0.5); snd = snd * EnvGen.ar(Env.asr(0.01,1,0.01), gate, doneAction:2); OffsetOut.ar(out, snd * amp); }).add; // yep, an organ with a sub bass tone :D SynthDef(\organ, { |out, freq=440, amp=0.1, gate=1| var snd; snd = Splay.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq*Array.geom(4,1,2), mul:1/4)); snd = snd + SinOsc.ar(freq/2, mul:0.4)!2; snd = snd * EnvGen.ar(Env.asr(0.001,1,0.01), gate, doneAction:2); OffsetOut.ar(out, snd * amp); }).add; // from the synth def pool SynthDef(\kick, { |out=0, amp=0.1, pan=0| var env0, env1, env1m, son; env0 = EnvGen.ar(Env.new([0.5, 1, 0.5, 0], [0.005, 0.06, 0.26], [-4, -2, -4]), doneAction:2); env1 = EnvGen.ar(Env.new([110, 59, 29], [0.005, 0.29], [-4, -5])); env1m = env1.midicps; son = LFPulse.ar(env1m, 0, 0.5, 1, -0.5); son = son + WhiteNoise.ar(1); son = LPF.ar(son, env1m*1.5, env0); son = son + SinOsc.ar(env1m, 0.5, env0); son = son * 1.2; son = son.clip2(1); OffsetOut.ar(out, Pan2.ar(son * amp)); }).add; // full of fail: //SynthDef(\sax, { |out, freq=440, amp=0.1, gate=1| // var r_stiff = 67; // var r_ap = 63; // var noise = 10; // var pos = 20; // var vibf = 20; // var vibg = 1; // var press = 85; // var snd = StkSaxofony.ar(freq, r_stiff, r_ap, noise, pos, vibf, vibg, press, 1, amp); // snd = snd * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(0.001, 0.2, 0.7, 0.2), gate, doneAction:2); // Out.ar(out, snd!2); //}).add; ) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // EPIC SAX GUY TUNE // http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHy7DGLTt8g // ... still needs a nice gated pad ( TempoClock.default.tempo = 2.1; Pdef(\kick).quant = 4; Pdef(\organ).quant = 4; Pdef(\sax).quant = 4; Pdef(\lead).quant = 4; //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Pdef(\kick, Pbind(\instrument, \kick, \dur, 1, \amp, 1)).play; Pdef(\organ, Pbind( \instrument, \organ, \octave, [3,4], \root, 3, \scale, Scale.minor, \degree, Pstutter(3, Pseq([0,-2,2,4], inf)), \amp, 0.3, \dur, Pseq([1.5,1.5,1], inf) )).play; Pdef(\lead, Pbind( \instrument, \lead, \octave, [5,6], \root, 3, \scale, Scale.minor, \degree, Pseq([0,2,0,4], inf), \amp, 0.2, \bps, TempoClock.default.tempo, \dur, 4 )).play; // needs more articulation... Pdef(\sax, Pbind( \instrument, \sax, \root, 3, \scale, Scale.minor, \octave, 5, \legato, 0.75, \amp, Pwhite(0.9,1.0, inf), \degree, Pseq([Pseq([Pn(4,4),3,4],2), Pseq([4,6,4,3,2,0,0,1,2,0])], inf), \dur, Pseq([Pseq([2,1/2,Pn(1/4,3),3/4],2), Pseq([1.5,1,1,1,1,Pn(0.5,5)])], inf) )).play; )
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I always thought "Epic Sax Guy" was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws
hm, well it is epic indeed, but he is sexysaxman ;)
cool btw - the youtube link is dead -