Audio: How to make that harmonica sound?

[db6128]

Yeah, I'm an idiot and a bit of an asshole. The truth had to come out sooner or later! If it wasn't already abundantly clear.

Keep up the good work. This forum has some of the most usable software and enhancements on any I've seen, although I won't claim to be somehow who visits particularly many.

[Gryzor]

No need to get to the opposite extreme  And something one says or does (same goes for me) doesn't necessarily characterizes them. As I said, no harm done, will try to fix it. Right now I'm dealing with the site's performance issues (hey, hasn't anyone noticed?)

[mr_lou]

Get a room, and leave my thread alone. :-)
As I said, I wonder what other instruments can be created using 2 or even 3 channels.
Afaik, a piano sound is made by a hammer hitting 3 strings. Can we create a piano-like sound then by using 3 channels?

[Grim]

Yeah, go on. Play, Harmonica. Play, so you can't bullshit.

When using more than one channel to create a sound on the CPC, you must keep in mind that it won't sound the same when played in mono (internal speaker, some people still use that thing!) or stereo (3.5mm jack).

[McKlain]

That's why you need to use adjacent channels, so that the effect sounds more or less the same in stereo.

[Grim]

Yep, but in mono you can use up to 3 channels (they are all mixed together equally), in stereo (on the CPC) you can use only two (center + [either left or right]). A sound designed for mono using 3 channels won't sound the same when played in stereo. (the difference varies from more or less the same to ear cancer, from personal experience with sample-based sounds, not the usual square wave modulation tho)

[Bryce]

Get a room, and leave my thread alone. :-)
As I said, I wonder what other instruments can be created using 2 or even 3 channels.
Afaik, a piano sound is made by a hammer hitting 3 strings. Can we create a piano-like sound then by using 3 channels?

A Harmonica makes it's sound by vibrating a small piece of tin. But exactly what the sound looks like should be easy to find out. Either by playing a Harmonica into a suitable recording device / soundcard / oscilloscope and looking at the frequencies it produces or you may even find some samples on the web that you could analyse with Audacity or whatever.

Bryce.