In a message dated 11/7/99 1:24:56 AM !!!First Boot!!!, gharvey@netsource.co.nz writes: << One thought I had was that although each note is digitally sampled (therefore possibly contains the partial series from the sampled piano) how about when more than one note is played at once. Electronic pianos must (?) produce their chords as a collection of single sampled notes without the blend of partials that would occur in an acoustic piano. Perhaps the blend of notes once amplified and put through a speaker creates the blend? Maybe I'm off track here but I too am interested in this question. So many questions, so little time.... Graeme Harvey >> I agree with you, Graeme. The engineers took a small sampling of overtones produced by a real piano, and had the electric piano copy those overtones. Once these sound are programmed into a note, it cannot be changed. As you said, there are a multitude of overtones produced by a piano, with an endless combination of harmonics produced by different chord structures. And these overtones change when the piano goes out of tune a little. Even though we want a piano to be in tune, I think part of the "character" of a piano is when it is slightly out of tune. I think it adds a certain amount of warmth to the sound. And this is something that can never be duplicated electronically. Willem
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