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A while ago I recorded two songs (inter alia) that each used a Logic / Garageband synth. I can't perform these songs live without using my laptop. Currently my
by mikorym 7y ago
A while ago I recorded two songs (inter alia) that each used a Logic / Garageband synth. I can't perform these songs live without using my laptop. Currently my setup is with a Nord Piano 2 (which does not use Apple synthesisers and there does not appear to be a way to convert to Nord's file format).
Is it possible to go from first principles, starting with a sound that I have in mind (an Apple Logic default synth) and build a similar sounding (digital) synthesiser in some (hopefully open) format that can cross convert?
- 33degrees 7y agoI'm not certain which synth you used, but you should definitely be able to get close with another synth
- mikorym 7y agoThe two synths were called "solo star" and "hovering machine". They come standard with the default installation.
- mft_ 7y agoAFAIK the Nord Piano (as opposed to the Nord Stage and others) doesn't have a full synth engine - but rather plays samples. You'd have to explore sampling the output of the Logic synth, and then converting and loading them into the sample engine on the Piano. https://www.nordkeyboards.com/software-tools/nord-sample-editor https://www.nordkeyboards.com/software-tools/nord-sample-edi...
- mikorym 7y agoCool, thanks. I've seen that sampler on my Nord installation disk but I assumed that there would be some level of loss of quality? Or can the output from the sample engine interpolate cleverly and recreate a faithful (or, at least, high quality) representation?
- mft_ 7y agoHonestly, I've never tried it myself. But the default piano sounds you hear on the Nord Piano are essentially multiple high quality samples, so I'd think that as long as you can sample your original synth sounds in sufficiently high quality, they should sound pretty good.