Where does the definition of “sampler” fit in?
RA: How do you build and play an RPM instrument? EL: I begin by recording a bunch of musical phrases from an instrument and storing them in a phrase database. When MIDI comes in [from a subsequent performer or sequencer], Synful Orchestra analyzes it in terms of separation or overlap between notes, note duration, velocity, expression control, etc. The idea is to make as clear a picture as possible of the phrase being played from the incoming MIDI. Then, in real time, the database searches for little pieces of phrases that correspond to the incoming MIDI. This could be just a transition between two notes or a series of several fast notes. For example, if someone plays C-D-E-G on the keyboard with a little separation between C and D and between D and E and a little overlap between E and G, then in real time the database is searched for phrase examples like that. Somewhere in the database we might find a C#-D-E phrase with the right kind of separation and a legato transition F to A. Now,
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