Emma Beechey wrote:
> 
> Hi!  I'm relatively new to Csound, only been working with it since
> February for a uni course, but I've been following the Csound since
> then.
> 
> I'm looking for a good piano-like instrument to use as a model for
> working out my own (probably more basic) version of a piano sound.  I'm
> doing a short composition that I want to start with a "realistic" (if
> you'll excuse the expression) sound and then move further off into
> sounds associated with the use of nitrous oxide (happy gas, the gas used
> by dentists).  Could anyone help me with finding a piano-like instrument
> for the opening?  I have had real trouble designing one that doesn't
> sound very unreal already!

My suggestion is to use the real McCoy... and then alter it radically.
Investigate analysis/resynthesis, granulation and spectral techniques.
They are very powerful and a lot of fun! Good luck


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