bagpipes???

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:59 am

hi
does anyone know of any vst freeware or something that emulates bagpipes or gives a similar droney sound ?

thanking you in advance

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:53 pm

Bagpipes are a HORRENDOUS instrument

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:56 pm

slatepipe

and then

does anyone know of any vst freeware or something that emulates bagpipes

hahaha, nice

peeddrroo · Post by **peeddrroo** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:22 pm

jeskola wrote:Bagpipes are a HORRENDOUS instrument

WOOOOOORD

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:45 pm

jeskola wrote:Bagpipes are a HORRENDOUS instrument

God yes, I was once serving in the bar for my dads anniversary and one of the guests came and played for hours on end on these contraptions from hell, I wished someone would have come and put me out of my misery.

They can sound cool, but in small doses only

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:51 pm

the Uilleann (Irish) pipes are one of the most lovely instruments around

But I guess they're not the ones he meant

The Scotch pipes are harsh - like thistles, spiky woolen tartan, rugged Craggy snowcapped ladscapes, Salty porridge and Glasgow.

I'm glad my grandad played the dulcimer instead

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:58 pm

i think i have seen a freeware vst for making bagpipe sounds but i have also heard people get pretty realistic results just with a synth.

im sure there's one about somewhere but i cant find it on google...this looks interesting though http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/20 ... galis.html

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:43 pm

ILTK wrote:
jeskola wrote:Bagpipes are a HORRENDOUS instrument
God yes, I was once serving in the bar for my dads anniversary and one of the guests came and played for hours on end on these contraptions from hell, I wished someone would have come and put me out of my misery.

They can sound cool, but in small doses only

Piper douwwnnn!! We have a piper down! I repeat, a piper is down.
http://161.58.5.90/axe/piperdwn.wav

mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:57 pm

If you search the EXS24 user group at Yahoo you'll find some multisamples which are pretty good.

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:06 pm

blimey

yeh they do sound kind of annoying sometimes, but i heard this tune on the radio today by faust which had some old droney bagpipe sounds in it. cant remember the name of it or anything but i thought id try something like that myself. maybe i'll sample some old scottish marching band record or something.

cheers

David · Post by **David** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:29 pm

Maybe try in Google - bagpipes.wav - might throw up some samples which you can chuck into Simpler?

Come to think of it, would probably sound quite haunting with a deep textur'y pad and a good bit of reverb. Nice and haunting maybe. Heard a tune on tv one night with a really deep drony bagpipe sound and a really emotional pad and some weird drums, sounded excellent. Even tried to get the name of the tune, wrote to the bbc and everything but never ever got its name.

dhilsabeck · Post by **dhilsabeck** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:01 pm

kennerb wrote: Piper douwwnnn!! We have a piper down! I repeat, a piper is down.
http://161.58.5.90/axe/piperdwn.wav

YES! one of the funniest characters in movie history. nice one.

regarding the instrument, it's not freeware, but i know motu's ethno instrument has it as well as many other celtic instruments. fwiw

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:05 pm

there should be some soundfonts about. please post if you find a solution, i also wouldnt mind getting hold of it.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:51 pm

Here you can find some free bag pipe soundfonts:

http://www.hammersound.net/cgi-bin/soun ... tLength=15

No idea of the quality...

LOTS of other soundfonts on hammersound.net BTW.

Use together with eg. rgc's free soundfont VST:

http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm

marky · Post by **marky** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:03 pm

Hey I won't hear a word against my national instrument !