Still new to music theory and the gears in my head are always spinning......
Each and every instrument or 'sound source' has a "OPTIMAL RANGE" of frequencies or notes/keys where it probably performs or sounds the "best" at....right....???
For example...say your standard 88 key piano...
A. Which octaves or keys/notes...would be deemed the optimal range where the piano performs the best at...???
B. Can it be said that the Piano performs really good thru out its whole range and therefore it could be classified as the only really versatile instrument known in modern/western music...???
Hence the reason for its adoption in our modern era with digital gear, sampling and computers. I.E. Piano keys on synthesizers, samplers and the piano roll in DAWs.
So in conclusion...
1. How do you figure out the harmonic makeup of a particular sound or instrument if it originally has 'NONE' to begin with...??? i.e. Sampling and Sound Design.
Basically...you would use the piano as a 'BENCHMARK' and/or 'REFERENCE GUIDE'...correct....??? Because since a piano's keys are very versatile and every key denotes a 'perfect pitch' and/or 'harmonic / fundamental'.
Therefore...the piano is the best way to figure out which frequencies and/or range of notes a particular instrument, sound or sample performs/sounds the best at...right....???
....BECAUSE.....
There is this instrument that I am trying to sample. And the problem is...it has no harmonic content at all (no perfect pitch, keys/notes, fundamental). Its timbre/character and tone is very 'out of this world'. Therefore...I don't know what frequencies would make up its optimal range.
The only thing I can do....is listen to a melody/song that the instrument is 'traditionally' played with and than make an "EDUCATED" guess at to which tones/notes 'sound' the best to my ear. Than reference these 'good' notes/tones I hear against a traditional 88 key piano.
Than hopefully or better yet 'theoretically'....try and figure out if these good notes/tones has any discernible pitch/fundamental to them and than from that make a guess as to what the optimal range of the instrument is...correct...???
HELP...?!?!?!?!?
Each and every instrument or 'sound source' has a "OPTIMAL RANGE" of frequencies or notes/keys where it probably performs or sounds the "best" at....right....???
For example...say your standard 88 key piano...
A. Which octaves or keys/notes...would be deemed the optimal range where the piano performs the best at...???
B. Can it be said that the Piano performs really good thru out its whole range and therefore it could be classified as the only really versatile instrument known in modern/western music...???
Hence the reason for its adoption in our modern era with digital gear, sampling and computers. I.E. Piano keys on synthesizers, samplers and the piano roll in DAWs.
So in conclusion...
1. How do you figure out the harmonic makeup of a particular sound or instrument if it originally has 'NONE' to begin with...??? i.e. Sampling and Sound Design.
Basically...you would use the piano as a 'BENCHMARK' and/or 'REFERENCE GUIDE'...correct....??? Because since a piano's keys are very versatile and every key denotes a 'perfect pitch' and/or 'harmonic / fundamental'.
Therefore...the piano is the best way to figure out which frequencies and/or range of notes a particular instrument, sound or sample performs/sounds the best at...right....???
....BECAUSE.....
There is this instrument that I am trying to sample. And the problem is...it has no harmonic content at all (no perfect pitch, keys/notes, fundamental). Its timbre/character and tone is very 'out of this world'. Therefore...I don't know what frequencies would make up its optimal range.
The only thing I can do....is listen to a melody/song that the instrument is 'traditionally' played with and than make an "EDUCATED" guess at to which tones/notes 'sound' the best to my ear. Than reference these 'good' notes/tones I hear against a traditional 88 key piano.
Than hopefully or better yet 'theoretically'....try and figure out if these good notes/tones has any discernible pitch/fundamental to them and than from that make a guess as to what the optimal range of the instrument is...correct...???
HELP...?!?!?!?!?