How to create a virtual thumb piano

[HImey Himron]

Hi all,

I have a 17 key thumb piano. I was considering sampling it to turn it into a virtual instrument.
The sound of the keys is just about right for the intro to a song I have recorded.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a tutorial on how to do this?

thanks,

J

[plgrmsprgrs]

Here's some samples others have already made. Don't know if they sound like your piano.

http://ccmixter.org/files/randumbdots/13474

http://www.soundsnap.com/tags/thumb_piano

Kyle

[HImey Himron]

Sweet thanks Kyle!

If anything the samples might be too in tune. I suspect it probably would be just as effective to record single notes and just arrange them as necessary.

Cheers,

J

[the all new rob]

Here's a tutorial on using shortcircuit that may be useful. I don't know how much you need the features it offers, such as multisampling, but this is the way I'd approach the problem.

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=18176

Instead of getting your samples from the download site, you'd record them yourself, but otherwise this is the path to creating a playable instrument out of samples using SC. I believe version 1 is still the preferred choice for Reaper users.