Ive been trying to get a realistic Bagpipes sound for Highland Cathedral.

The technique I use is to first establish the base note for the left hand, which is usually a relatively low "A" note that is constantly held.

Next, play the melody with your right hand, using a Floyd Kramer type of fingering. I don't have my keyboard here at home right now, but if you listen to 254 in the attached midi you'll get the idea of how I do it. https://app.box.com/s/t6neciwv2k8iskswjtu2pw238r4x0nd8

Gary

I recorded Highland Cathedral some years ago with Roland Integra bagpipes and MOXF pipe organ... The Integra bagpipes, especially those from SRX06 and also 09, are really good. Many synths and arrangers don‘t care about bagpipes and have very poor samples.
https://soundcloud.com/rorosetree/highla...ntegra-bagpipes

start with an oboe, and tweak the resonance, and filter

Examples please.

Gary

Oh, I haven't got that kind of time, but you can add buzz, and squeal with a few knob turns. It already "sorta" sounds like a bagpipe when you play it like one.

You probably want to get a bagpipe ensemble, so I'd try to combine several oboes (if there are no bagpipe samples) and, additionally to what >Uncle Dave< said, slightly detune the pitch of these oboes individually. I know, unfortunately arrangers have heavily restricted capabilities to combine several samples to one voice compared to synthesizers, I hope it will be possible at all.

I'm thinking that you want the bagpipes for the LEAD voice, correct? You wouldn't necessarily have to combine the samples to the same voice. You could assign oboes individually to R1 and R2, and then use a fine detune. Or you could activate RH automatic harmony aka Melody Intelligence, and try various settings to get the ensemble effect.

I remember experimenting with various ethnic sounds when I first got my PSR-3000. The Bagpipes sounded like someone strangling a cat!

Well that's authentic, alright .

chas

Thanks for the input folks.